For the first time in the history of the top-5 leagues, 11 players born in the new millennium have taken the field in a championship match for a single team, reports the Telegram channel “Bomburdyr,” referencing OptaJean.
This achievement was set by the French “Strasbourg” of Eduard Sobol in the match against “Metz.”
The maximum age of the starting players is 22 years! Later, three more footballers took to the field, but none of them were born before 2002!
Mike Penders — 2005
Samuel Amo-Ameayau — 2006
Junior Mvanga — 2003
Lucas Hogsberg — 2006
Mamadou Sarr — 2005
Abdul Watara — 2005
Samir El-Mourabet — 2005
Felix Lemarchel — 2003
Valentin Barco — 2004
Emanuel Emega — 2003
Joaquín Panicelli — 2002
With an average age of 20, “Strasbourg” defeated “Metz” with a score of 1:0, scoring the winning goal in the 86th minute!
