"When you get the very first game in the Youth Cup at Anfield you are concerned as a coach as to whether the boys will respond to playing there," said Academy coach John Owens.
"Most fans, who stand on the Kop or at the ground, would say I would love to play there. It is everyone's dream. So these lads are getting the chance at 17 or so to live that dream. But you can never be sure when they go out whether the occasion might overtake the football and they can sometimes freeze.
"But the fact they have been on this run to the final and many of them have the experience of last year, means that shouldn't be an issue."