Young talents in focus: SSV Ulm celebrates successes and fights despite defeats!

Young talents in focus: SSV Ulm celebrates successes and fights despite defeats!

In the exciting world of youth football, the SSV Ulm 1846 youth teams showed a mixed picture on the last matchday. While the U19s suffered a bitter defeat in the duel against FC Bayern Munich, the U17s and U16s were able to celebrate clear victories. The focus remains on the development of young talent.

SSV Ulm's U19s didn't have it easy on Sunday. The young people from Ulm lost 1:3 against the B-Juniors of FC Bayern Munich in the DFB youth league. Mike Wisdom gave Bayern the lead in the tenth minute before Gashi Yil made it 2-0 shortly before half-time. Although El Hadj-Safi Ilas was able to catch up in the second half, a penalty in stoppage time by Snip ensured the decision. Despite the defeat, interim coaches Unsöld and Dürren were satisfied with their team's performance, as they were able to record more goals than the Munich team, as SSV Ulm reported.

U17 and U16 score strongly

It was a different story for the U17, who won 3-1 against SC Freiburg. Roko Calusic was the man of the game and scored two goals from corners in the 24th and 34th minutes. Leonardo Krivic sealed the victory shortly before the end with another goal in the 72nd minute. Freiburg was able to reduce the deficit in the final phase, but coach Alex Käs praised the disciplined and intensive style of play of his charges.

The U16 of SSV Ülm was also successful and defeated VfL Kirchheim/Teck 4-0 in the association league. Elian Erdugan shone with a hat trick (2nd, 8th and 25th minute), while Raphael Grab also hit the net once. The team controlled the game throughout without allowing any further goals in the second half. Coach Dennis Brixy was also pleased with the performance of his young players.

Further results and challenges

U15:Unfortunately, the U15 couldn't score and lost 2:4 against SV Stuttgarter Kickers in the Regionalliga Süd. After taking an early lead, the team was unable to take advantage of the numerous opportunities and the Kickers took advantage of their opportunities in an ice-cold manner.

U14:The U14 lost to FC Augsburg 1:6 after Augsburg decisively turned the game around in the second third. The U13 couldn't win either and lost 3:6 against TSV 1860 Munich.

On the other hand, the U12 celebrated an impressive 5-1 win over FC Ingolstadt 04 and showed a strong performance in the twin game mode. The D-Juniors were also successful in the performance comparison in Konzenberg and were able to finish with two wins, one draw and one defeat against 1. FC Heidenheim.

With these results in the rearview mirror, it will be exciting for the U19 and U17, because from February the main rounds in the newly structured DFB youth league are coming up, as SC Freiburg explains. Both teams are tackling an important development in the highest German youth football league. The U17s will have to prove themselves against teams like SV Sandhausen and FC 08 Villingen, while the U19s will have to face opponents like FC Augsburg.

The young footballers at Ulm show a lot of potential, and it remains to be seen how the talents will develop in the coming games. Many eyes will be on the young footballers, as the future stars of football could take their first step into a successful career here.

Overall, the balance of the SSV Ulm youth teams shows a positive trend. Given the numerous challenges that the DFB youth leagues bring with them, it will be interesting to see how the SSV's young players perform this season. The coming months are likely to hold many exciting games and certainly one or two surprises, not least of which the list of [young talent centers](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Nachwachsen performance centers) shows that the pressure on talent is constantly growing.