Quarter-final against Greek giants
The Red Bull Football Academy will host a huge UEFA Youth League clash tomorrow at 16:00 Austrian time - as reigning champions Olympiacos visit the 2016/17 winners.
The Greek club go by the nickname of The Legend - and they fully lived up to that in last year's Youth League, winning the final 3-0 against AC Milan. This season the Athens-based club have taken the champions' route to the quarter-final, overcoming Kalev Tallinn, AS Trencin and FC Girona before coming to Austria in the last round to face Sturm Graz. Several of last year's tournament winners were involved as the Greeks won on a penalty shootout in Graz.
We are determined to use our home advantage one last time before a potential final four tournament in Nyon, Switzerland. Our boys have won every single Youth League match at home this season, after all, even if we also needed penalties to progress on one occasion.
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We will face a few guys who won the title last year - and they aren't in the quarter-finals again for no reason. We have a big challenge ahead, and we are really looking forward to it. They can make a lot from very little, and are happy for their opponents to come onto them as they defend so determinedly. We need to be wide awake, remain active in our counter-pressing and have the necessary patience. We are looking forward to a really cool home match and are going into it to make the next round - I am confident of that!
UEFA Youth League on live stream
The match is being played at the Red Bull Football Academy. We will offer a free live stream of the encounter - as we do on each of our Young Bulls' UEFA Youth League matches.
A (free) ticket booked in advance is required, but these are all fully booked. There will be no ticket point on the day!
Getting there
The academy does not have any public parking spaces. Access is only via a free shuttle bus from the Red Bull Arena stadium car park. The buses depart from the Kaindlstraße at the stadium and travel directly to the academy and then back after the match.
Departure times:
- Departure times: 15:15 & 15:40
- Both shuttle buses are to return to the stadium shortly after the end of the match.
There are also bicycle parking spots by the academy entrance that offer a comfortable and practical way to ...
