Meet the UEFA Youth League finalists: Olympiacos vs AC Milan
https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/ne ... finalists/
Olympiacos
Domestic champions path first round: W6-2agg vs Lecce (W3-1h, W3-1a)
Domestic champions path second round: W7-0 agg vs Gabala (W3-0a, W4-0h)
Play-offs: D0-0h, W6-5pens vs Inter
Round of 16: D2-2h, W4-2pens vs Lens
Quarter-finals: W3-1a vs Bayern
Semi-finals: D0-0, W3-1pens vs Nantes (Nyon)
Top scorers: Charalampos Kostoulas, Christos Mouzakitis 5
Previous best: Round of 16 (2014/15)
Were already the first Greek team to reach the quarter-finals before taking a step further to Nyon. Now only the second Greek club to made a UEFA competition final after Panathinaikos in the 1970/71 European Cup.
Isidoros Koutsidis, an unused senior substitute on Thursday as Olympiacos beat Fenerbahçe on penalties in the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals, flew in from Istanbul to start Friday's semi-final. Last year Wouter Goes of AZ Alkmaar did exactly the same after a senior tie against Anderlecht (also won on spot-kicks), helping the Dutch club win both their Geneva semi-final against Sporting CP on penalties and then the decider with Hajduk Split three days later.
AC Milan
Group F winners: W4-0h vs Newcastle United, W2-1a vs Borussia Dortmund, L0-1a vs Paris Saint-Germain, W3-2h vs Paris Saint-Germain, W4-1h vs Borussia Dortmund, L1-3a vs Newcastle United
Round of 16: D2-2h, W4-2pens vs Braga
Quarter-finals: D1-1h, W4-2pens vs Real Madrid
Semi-finals: D2-2, W4-3pens vs Porto (Nyon)
Top scorer: Diego Sia 5
Previous best: Semi-finals (2022/23)
Previous finals matches:
2023: L1-3 vs Hajduk Split (semi-finals, played in Geneva)
The first Italian side to reach the final.
Captain Kevin Zeroli scored the winning penalty in each of the shoot-outs against Braga, Madrid and Porto.