Breaking news! Sporting learn their next Champions League opponents | OneFootball

Sporting will face Puskás Akadémia FC in the round of 32 match of the UEFA Youth League, the Champions League for youth teams. The draw, following the end of the league phase, took place this Friday, December 12th, in Nyon.

After six matches played, Sporting finished the league phase in 12th place on the standings. The lions did not suffer any defeat and accumulated 12 points, the result of three wins and three draws achieved in the initial stage of the youth competition.

This position gave Sporting the right to advance to the next phase of the tournament. The lions also already knew they would face a team from the champions path, and that they would not enjoy the important home advantage in the next round of the competition.

With the draw held on the morning of this Friday, December 12th, the lions learned that they will travel to Hungary to face Puskás Akadémia FC (who defeated Steaua Bucharest on penalties in the previous round). The knockout round is a single-leg match and will take place on February 3rd or 4th.

Check out all the round of 32 matches of the UEFA Youth League here: Chelsea-PSV; Benfica-Slavia Prague; Club Brugge-Monaco; Real Madrid-Marseille; Villarreal-Bayer Leverkusen; Athletic Bilbao-Eintracht Frankfurt; Dynamo Kyiv-Atlético Madrid; Maccabi Haifa-FC Barcelona; Betis-Tottenham; HJK Helsinki-Manchester City; AZ Alkmaar-Borussia Dortmund; Puskás Akadémia FC-Sporting; Dynamo Minsk-Paris Saint-Germain; Cologne-Inter Milan; Legia Warsaw-Ajax; MSK Zilina-Liverpool.

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