The stage is set. On Wednesday, 32 teams will battle it out in order to progress to the Round of 16 of the Inaugural Top 100 Youth Cup. Who will triumph tomorrow? It’s a rare rest day for the experienced heads who will all be in the crowd cheering the under-21s. The managers are all set for the first round of games. But before that, they will have to travel to Munich for the Opening Ceremony, to be held later on Tuesday. With Bayern not participating, the Allainz Arena were kind enough to offer their stadium for this. The managers should be present in order to kick things off. The full list of participating managers are as follows:
- Italy (7)- Sean Cass (Atalanta), Frank Hirst (Genoa), Stephen Beddows (AC Milan), DP 91 (Juventus), Mister…Malcolm (Fiorentina), Gav Harmer (Sampdoria) and Shyne Omara (Chievo Verona
- England (5)- Joe Jordan (Man Utd), Walter Smith (Man City), Muz Muz (Stoke), David the Fox Piero (Spurs) and Rahul W (Aston Villa)
- Spain (4)- Tom Parfitt (Levante), Roy Keane (Real Madrid), The Doctor (Atleti Madrid) and Andrew Kelly (Villarreal)
- Germany (4)- Lee Reynolds (Dortmund), Sameer Arshad (Schalke), Mike Scalotti (Leverkusen) and Nuno Bento (Stuttgart)
- France (2)- Gary Naylor (PSG) and Golden Bear (Monaco)
- Argentina (2)- Nikolas Nikkis Nikolaou (Independiente) and Ben Hall (River Plate)
- Portugal (1)- André Guerra (Porto)
- Turkey (1)- Noisy (Fenerbahce)
- Russia (1)- Libaan Hassan (Zenit)
- Belgium (1)- Gordon ‘Gino’ Kinnear (Club Brugge)
- Netherlands (1)- Gerrit Vogeleer (Feyenoord)
- Ukraine (1)- Lee Masters (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Scotland (1)- Jens Wednesday (Celtic)
- Brazil (1)- Mark Phelps (Flamengo)
There has been a flurry of activity in the U-21 market and all teams are ready for the game. Some interesting games will be played, including an all-German and all-English game. Hoping for some great matches played (and a victory for Villa :P). All the best all!
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