Ezatollahi ahead of UEFA Youth League debut

Persianfootball.com – TURIN, Iranian teenage midfielder Saeid Ezatollahi was included in Atletico Madrid’s UEFA Youth League squad for the match versus Juventus Turin on Tuesday, leading Spanish sports newspaper ‘Marca’ reports.

The 18-year-old finally is eligible to play for the Spanish giants after done paperwork in a must-win match, as only a win in Turin would put Atletico in first position of the group and allow them a favourable draw in the knockout stage.

‘Marca’ went on to call Ezatollahi one of the biggest potentials in Atletico’s football academy, pointing out the outstanding physique and technique of Iran’s u-19 captain.