"A great success!"

Made it! Sturm advance to the Youth League semi-finals

Youba Koïta and his young strikers have done it ...(Bild: GEPA)

Sturm have made it through to the last 16 of the Youth League!

And deservedly so. The foals were the better team against Lok Zagreb. The match in Croatia seesawed back and forth, after which Sturm took command and knocked on the door more and more often.

In minute 35, the time had come: After a defensive blunder, Osayantin was on hand - 1:0! After the break, Lok equalized with a "Wembley goal" and the game was decided in a penalty shoot-out. Sturm with the happy ending - and without the injured captain Leon Grgic. Friday is the draw ...

"It would be nice to play in Graz for the first time!"
Academy manager Didi Pegam: "A great success! There's no preferred opponent, but it would be nice to play in Graz for the first time." In the event of a home game in the round of 16, the Liebenauer Stadion would be the first option for the Sturm youngsters - but nothing is fixed yet.

Coach Christoph Wurm was also jubilant: "Before the penalty shoot-out, I knew we would win it. The boys' belief was there," said the new coach, under whom Jonas Peinhart, a 15-year-old, celebrated his Youth League debut.