The official website of UEFA named the best young players who performed in the completed Europa League.

UEFA decided to celebrate 12 young players who showed themselves in the Europa League of the 2017/18 season. There was a place here and Victor Tsygankov from Dynamo, who got a comparison with the star of Real Madrid.

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan, goalkeeper, 19 years old) The first match for the main team of Milan, the keeper held at the age of 16, and this season impressed with a convincing game in his debut Eurocampaign. Gigi is still a teenager, but in his active already three dry matches in the main stage of the UEFA Europa League.

Ademola Lukman (Everton, striker, 20 years old) Everton foully performed in Europe, but in his game there was a ray of positive in the person of Lukman. The young forward made a double in a match with the Cypriot Apollo, in which the toffees won their only victory in the group stage - 3: 0. Fast, clever, versatile - the Englishman scored a goal in the first match of the Bundesliga, when he went to rent in the Republic of Belarus Leipzig.

Wassem Auer (Lyon, midfielder, 19 years old) At times he won the competition for a place in the base, seating himself on the bench of Memphis Depai himself. After home defeat from CSKA Moscow (2: 3) Auar watched from the bench, but still remembered in the tournament as a technical game, thanks to which he was even compared with Andres Iniesta.

Patrick Coutrone (Milan, striker, 20 years old) The classic center forward, which was his former coach for the youth team of Milan Filippo Inzaghi. Kutron is dangerous in the penalty area and scored twice in the qualification of the European League, and then looked great in the main stage. Especially memorable was his double at the gate of Austria in the group stage.

Ashley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal, midfielder, 20 years old) Another universal football player from the Academy of Arsenal. Maitland-Niles in the group stage acted in the position of the left-back, but in the match 1/16 finals with Ostersund (3-0) was transferred to the position of the central midfielder. This is his natural position, "said Arsene Wenger. - He is strong in defensive actions and very well accelerated.

Diao Upamekano (RB Leipzig, defender, 19 years old) Frenchman in 2015 moved from Valenciennes to Salzburg, and two years later he was in Leipzig. After a period of adaptation in the first season in Germany, Upamekano flashed in the German club both on the inside and in the European arena.

Amadou Aidar (Salzburg, midfielder, 20 years old) Aidar in Salzburg last season became the winner of the UEFA Youth League, after which Marco Rosa invited the young player to the main team. Aidar scored a goal in a memorable victory match with Lazio (4-1) in the quarterfinals, and then struck the gate to Olympique Olympique in the semifinals. Now the Malian is closely monitored by European grandees.

Mikel Oyarsabal (Real Sociedad, midfielder, 21 years old) Playing on the left flank and always aiming at the goal. Winger made a great debut campaign in the European League. Oyarsabal scored the first goal in the match against Vardar (6-0), when Real Sociedad scored the biggest guest victory in the history of the European League. His goal in the end of an away match with Rosenborg brought the club a ticket to the playoffs.

Alexander Golovin (CSKA Moscow, midfielder, 21 years old) Football player of the Russian national team has long moved from a class of hopeful leaders to the red and blue, for the main team which held more than a hundred matches. Close interest to the midfielder of clubs from abroad only emphasizes his new status.

Tonga Ndombele (Lyon, midfielder, 21 years) Last season Ndombele played in the second division of France, now his name is the new Michel Essien. Was one of the main stars in the January victorious match of the championship of France with Paris Saint-Germain, scored his head the first goal in the gate of Villarreal in the 1/16 finals.

Rodrigo Hernandez (Villarreal, midfielder, 21 years old) Villarreal lost to Lion in the 16th round, but the miniature midfielder managed to make a great impression. Playing next to the idol of his childhood, Bruno Soriano, Hernandez quickly became a taste and in March debuted in the Spanish national team.

Viktor Tsygankov (Dynamo Kiev, midfielder, 20 years old) Former coach of Kiev Sergey Rebrov repeatedly called Tsygankov future Dynamo. The winger, born in Israel, often receives comparisons with Gareth Beyle. In the European League-2017/18 Tsygankov scored three goals and gave three assists.