UEFA have announced their breakthrough XI for the calendar year of 2019. Haaland, Rodrygo & Lautaro lead the team. Hakimi, Pavard & Lodi also included.
The breakthrough XI is selected with 2 standards:
i) aged 24 or under;
ii) UEFA Champions League debut in 2019 or only limited prior experience and made a major leap this year.
Complete XI
Alex Meret (Napoli); Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig), Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid); Sander Berge (Genk), Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb); Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Erling Braut Haaland (RB Salzburg/Dortmund), Lautaro Martinez (Inter).