U19s: REWE JUNIORCUP (9-12 January)

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Another indoor tournament in Germany for our youth players, this time in Göttingen. As @Gungerz said it'll be interesting to see which players will be here and who will go to the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup. We won the REWE tournament both in 2017 as well as 2018.

Some decent academies in the other groups - PSV, AZ, SK Rapid, Fulham, Schalke... Way too many rules to go through. Match length 1x13min, pitch size 40x20m, 4+gk on the pitch at the same time.

More info (in German) on the official website.

All matches are streamed live on YouTube.

Group standings
HSV 2 +5 6
Rhume-Oder 3 +4 4
Eichsfeld 2 -1 3
Heiligenstadt 3 -5 3
West 2 -3 1
Mönchengladbach 0 0 0
United 0 0 0

Fri 10 Jan
20:04 GMT | JSV Eichsfeld vs United
20:55 GMT | United vs HSV

Sat 11 Jan
10:30 GMT | SV Rhume-Oder vs United
12:45 GMT | United vs JSV West Göttingen
14:57 GMT | M'gladbach vs United
16:55 GMT | 1. SC 1911 Heiligenstadt vs United

Sun 12 Jan
Playoffs

 

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Friday stream
Saturday stream
Sunday stream

 

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United squad:

Byrne-Hughes
Helafu*
Mills
Plunkett
McCormack
Bailey
Thwaites
Ibragimov*
Shah
Bradbury

*Listed also in the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup squad

Good to see plenty of 2008s and even a couple of 2009s in the team. Looks like we’re going with an older squad for the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup, as expected.

 

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Nick Cox:

”These competitions give us different stimuli.

“It’s small-sided, indoor games, so it’s about touch, close control and intensity. We’re also playing against German clubs like Bayern Munich who play in this format every week so it’s a proper challenge. We’re playing them at their game.”

”These smaller formats in front of crowds are great for all-around development as they expose players to new challenges that they might not face in a full-sized game, and the addition of the crowd adds a new level of pressure to overcome.

“This is one part of our consistent focus on delivering a varied programme. The league matches supporters may see the results of are just one part of a wider games programme which we hope will stretch the boys as much as possible to help prepare them for a future in professional football.”

 

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Unsurprisingly it looks like it’s Adam Lawrence who is in charge of this team. Wonder if it’s Colin Little or David Hughes who will manage the team in the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup. Or the U16s' head coach?

 

[Gungerz]

Unsurprisingly it looks like it’s Adam Lawrence who is in charge of this team. Wonder if it’s Colin Little or David Hughes who will manage the team in the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup. Or the U16s' head coach?

Colin Little is with Paul McShane assisting.

 

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Colin Little is with Paul McShane assisting.

Cheers.