I posted this in the CL Draw Thread after being ask to give a bit of insight into Young Boys, so will post it in here too for those who're interested.
In general it's an interesting club. It starts with the hilarious fact for english people that the club really is called Young Boys and on top of that their Stadium is called "Wankdorf". This was already mocked in 2018 in here and I'm sure will be the case this year as well
The club is based in the capital city of Switzerland and has a huge fanbase with a whole region behind it. Nevertheless, they didn't win anything for over 30 years before 2017/2018 and got mocked in the whole country for squandering chance after chance to do so in a sometimes hilarious way.
But with winning the Swiss "Super League" (yes it really is called like this) they finally won the first title after over 30 years in 2017/2018 and never looked back. With very good squad and financial management and clever transfers they've won every title since then.
They also played very good football under former manager Gerardo Seoano, who moved to Bayer Leverkusen this summer. It was high press, high intensity football with a lot of chances created and a lot of goals scored. I haven't seen enough of them since the start of the current season, but the choore of the team remains the same and with David Wagner (ex Huddersfield & Schalke) they have an experienced manager in charge now. From what I have seen, they play a bit more conservativ, posession based style under him so far, but as I said, haven't seen enough yet to have a definite opinion.
As for the players, it's a good mix between homegrown and foreign players. They have three players who got a call-up for the swiss-national team for the current break in Fassnacht, Aebischer and Zesiger. They have a fair few good, rapid foreign forwards/wingers in Jordan Siebatcheu (plays for the US national team), Meschak Elia (plays for Kongo) or Nicolas Ngamaleu (plays for cameroon). Their topscorer of the last two seasons Jean-Pierre Nsame (also cameroon) is currently injured. I'm not sure if he will be fit for any of these games as he torn his achilles tendon in May. But even withouth him, these forwards are certainly good enough to make the difference in Switzerland. And they have the quality to be dangerous in this group as well.
If we get our shit together, we will beat them comfortably in both games. But if we don't, we could be in for a surprise. I also wouldn't be surprised if they give a good fight to Atalanta and Villareal and even get something out of this games, especially in the home games. (The atmosphere in a packed Wankdorf can be electric.) But all in all, I think they will be too fragile defensively for the quality in this group and will go out bottom of the group. I will certainly root for them when they play Villareal and Atalanta though.
Yes but you’re flogging a dead horse
Champions league anthem… Full crowd at Old Trafford, Ronaldo walking out …
Risky risky risky
Jesus keeps getting better and better
Same here
Funny if Moraine turned up at OT on Tuesday
The fat one? Yes
Williams plays for Norwich doesn't he ?
an injured player and 8 others! Masterful!Who is Wilson at LB?
Oh good to know, transfer window is hibernation time for me, so I missed it. Dalot it is then.
Tbh I was questioning it myself I had a small recollection of him moving. I think this game is another great chance to Gel the team. I would say very little changes maybe give some time to VDB and Possibly Cavani ( if available ) Sancho needs more time and Varane and Maguire get another chance to Solidify their partnership.
Need to set a precedent for this season with a thrashing to show we are game this season. We cannot allow what happened last season to happen again. But with Ronaldo I would say it shouldn't...............VS...............
Date: Tuesday, September 14 2021
Kickoff Time: 1745 Hrs BST
Venue: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf, Bern
Champions League form guide
Manchester United:
BSC Young Boys:
Previous Meetings
Manchester United 1—0 BSC Young Boys
BSC Young Boys 0—3 Manchester United
All-Time Record
Manchester United wins: 2
BSC Young Boys wins:
Draws:
Pre-Match Pressers
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
David Wagner
Team News
Manchester United
Marcus Rashford, Alex Telles, Dean Henderson and Phil Jones ruled out. Scott McTominay and Edinson Cavani doubtful.
BSC Young Boys
Fabian Lustenberger, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Esteban Petignat, Joël Monteiro and Nico Maier ruled out.
Know the opposition
Berner Sport Club Young Boys, commonly known as Young Boys of Bern or Young Boys, nicknamed Die Gelb-Schwarzen (Yellow and Blacks) and abbreviated to YB, is a Swiss sports club based in the capital city Bern. One of the most successful club in the nations, Young Boys have won 15 Swiss league championships and 6 Swiss Cups, and in 1957, they were named the Swiss team of the year. Young Boys is also one of the most successful Swiss football clubs internationally, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in the 1958–59 season.
The club was founded on 14 March 1898 after a game of football with the Basel Old Boys Association playing against FC Bern as Fussballclub Young Boys by brothers Max and Oscar Schwab, Hermann Bauer and Franz Kehrli — who were studying at the University of Bern. The slightly older FC Bern submitted an offer to the YB leadership to provide grounds, changing rooms, and equipment if these students would play as a team affiliated with FCB with Young Boys still retaining their own leadership and statutes. In 1925, the association's name was changed from FC Young Boys to Berner Sport Club Young Boys. This year was also the last game on the old Spitalacker-platz as in October, the new Wankdorf Stadium by the architects Scherler & Berger was opened with a tournament. It was attended by the Old Boys from Basel, Servette Geneva, and the Young Boys.
Young Boys enjoyed their most successful period between 1957 and 1960 under German coach Albert Sing, when it won the title four times in a row and reached the semi-final of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup (now the Champions League). Young Boys's biggest rivals are FC Thun, FC Basel 1893, FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich. They play their home games at Stade de Suisse Wankdorf.
Referee
Aristotelis Diamantopoulos.
A well rounded character who acted alongside Tom Hanks in Castaway
Amad is injured . Its why he didn't go on loan as far as I remember
Amad and Telles is only just back in training.
Fred
David de Gea
Bruno Fernandes
Donny van de Beek
Luke Shaw
Jesse Lingard
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Raphael Varane
Harry Maguire
Victor Lindelof
replaced by Nemanja Matic
replaced by Anthony Martial
replaced by Raphael Varane
replaced by Jesse Lingard
replaced by Diogo Dalot
