Xavi Simons and Julian Rijkhoff made a good turn in the UEFA Youth League on Tuesday. The Dutch talents of Paris Saint-Germain U19 and Borussia Dortmund U19 respectively were important to their teams in the final group match. PSG was 3-2 too strong for Club Brugge and ends up as group winner, which means that they can go directly to the eighth final. Dortmund won 6-2 against Besiktas and is therefore at the expense of Ajax as number two in Group C to the sixteenth final.
Paris Saint Germain – Club Brugge 3-2
Halfway through the final group match in Paris, Club Brugge Under 19 seemed to be sitting on roses. Mathis Servais opened the score after twenty minutes of play and a minute before half time Arne Engels doubled the Belgian lead from eleven meters. There was more setback for PSG, as defender El Chadaille Bitshiabu was shown the red card. In the second half, however, the proportions were completely different.
Xavi Simons brought the tension back twenty minutes before the end and the connecting goal seemed to give PSG wings. Warren Zaire-Emery tied the score in the 73rd minute. Four minutes into stoppage time, the home team’s comeback was complete. because Wilson Obodert signed for PSG’s winning goal. As a result, the French continue as group winners (fourteen points) in the UEFA Youth League, while Bruges (eleven points) has to settle for second place. The youth teams of Manchester City and RB Leipzig have been eliminated.
Borussia Dortmund – Besiktas 6-2
Rijkhoff struck for the first time in the third minute. The striker took position in the goal mouth, received a low cross from Bradley Fink and scored from close range. Jamie Bynoe-Gittens doubled the margin; Koray Yagci made it 2-1 after half an hour, before Abdoulaye Kamara determined the halftime score at 3-1. In the second half, Rijkhoff also scored very quickly after the kick-off: after Fink hit the bar, the Dutchman used the rebound. Emirhan Ilkhan narrowed the margin to two goals, after which Jamie Bynoe-Gittens made it 5-2. That goal came about when the Besiktas keeper lost the ball, who was chased by Rijkhoff. Kamara ultimately determined the final score at 6-2.
All BVB Tore: 1:0 durch Rijkhoff, Vorlage Fink pic.twitter.com/KqZVg6Oxkk
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The sixteen-year-old Rijkhoff came from Ajax last summer and has a productive start at his new club. This season, the attacker has scored 17 goals and four assists in 19 official games on behalf of the Under 19s. He scored eight times in seven Bundesliga matches, three times in six Youth League matches and was accurate six times in six cup matches. On average, Rijkhoff has scored every 59 minutes for Dortmund this season.
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