Sporting Lisbon 3, Liverpool 0: A Tough Test For the Academy
Vålerenga 3 Joao Teixeira 26′, Alberto Coelho 37′, Farley Rosa 86′
Liverpool 0
Liverpool Starting XI
Belford
Wisdom, McGiven, Sama, Robinson
Coady, Shelvey, Silva, Suso, Sterling
Morgan
Substitutes
Adorjan for Shelvey 59′
King for Robinson 59′
Ngoo for Morgan 59′
The NextGen Series was always about pitting some of Europe's most promising academies against the best, and for Liverpool, coming up against the academy that has won the Portuguese youth championships five years in a row and is widely considered amongst the best youth set-ups on the continent was setting the bar awfully high right out of the gate.
The Offside - Liverpool @ Aug 17, 2011 5:12 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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