We returned to the Joie Stadium for our second home assignment – and third game overall - in this year’s competition.
It’s a League Phase that almost mirrors the men’s competition but only comprises six games rather than eight matches.
Oliver Reiss’s young charges went down 3-1 away at FC Porto in our first encounter before a 2-0 reverse at home to PSG.
In this latest game, we took on AEK Athens at the Joie Stadium ahead of the men’s team facing the same opposition the same evening.
We’ve still got RB Leipzig away and Napoli home in November before this first stage of the competition ends with a December trip to Barcelona.
In order to qualify for the knockout stage of the competition, Reiss and his team will need to place in the top 22 of the 36-team league.
The knockout stage includes a Round of 32, Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final, with the team able to win all five games to be crowned the best Academy team in Europe.
Reiss will have been looking to clock up our first points in the UYL with the Greek side our opponents this afternoon.
Watch how the game unfolded at the top of the page...
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