Our Academy side will encounter a familiar foe in the UEFA Youth League on Wednesday afternoon.
We take on AS Monaco at their impressive Performance Centre on matchday three of the Under-19 tournament, where fixtures in the league stage mirror those of the senior sides in the UEFA Champions League.
The contest in the principality is sure to evoke memories of our previous meeting with Monaco in the UEFA Youth League back in February, 2018, when a certain Brandon Austin played a starring role in a penalty shootout victory in the round of 16.
Excellent throughout the game at Stevenage, Brandon, then only 19 years of age, made a crucial save in the shootout as we triumphed 3-1 after a 1-1 draw in regulation time to advance to the quarter-finals.
We previously met Monaco at home and away during the group stage in 2016/17 but lost out on both occasions, while a more recent match against the Ligue 1 side’s Academy came last December when our Under-21s were on the wrong end of a 4-0 scoreline against them in the Premier League International Cup, in a game also held at Stevenage.
This time, Wayne Burnett’s young side will be looking to produce a positive performance and result in a bid to make it three wins out of three in the UEFA Youth League’s initial league stage, before a handful of players head off to represent England at the Under-17 World Cup in Qatar.
The match kicks-off at 2pm local time in Monaco, 1pm UK. Supporters will be able to watch the game live in the UK on TNT Sports 3.
We’ll also have match updates on our Monaco blog here on tottenhamhotspur.com and via our official Academy social media channels, with a full report available after the match as usual.