By Fatih Erel</p> <p>ISTANBUL (AA) – The UEFA on Friday picked out a team of young football players of the UEFA Champions League this calendar year.</p> <p>A 21-year-old Turkish footballer Cengiz Under, who plays for Italy's Roma, was also in the 2018 Breakthrough Team of UEFA.</p> <p>He "helped Roma to last season's semis and has kicked on this term thanks to his pace, creativity and lethal left foot. Scored three group goals," UEFA said on its website.</p> <p>The players were selected by the criteria of aged 24 or under and UEFA Champions League debut in 2018 or only limited prior experience and made a major leap this year.
The young players of the team are as follows:
Goalkeeper: Odisseas Vlachodimos, 24 (Benfica)
Defender: Milan Skriniar, 23 (Inter Milan)
Defender: Matthijs de Ligt, 19 (Ajax)
Defender: Andy Robertson, 24 (Liverpool)
Midfielder: Frenkie de Jong, 21 (Ajax)
Midfielder: Houssem Aouar, 20 (Lyon)
Midfielder: Arthur, 22 (Barcelona)
Midfielder: Nikola Vlasic, 21 (CSKA)
Forward: Cengiz Under, 21 (Roma)
Forward: Hirving Lozano, 23 (PSV)
Forward: Jadon Sancho, 18 (Dortmund)
