5: 1 led, nevertheless not won: After a sobering offensive spectacle, the German football juniors have to worry about moving into the semi-finals of the U19 European Championship in Romania.
Due to the 5: 5 (4: 1) against England in Bucharest, the team of coach Hanno Balitsch has no longer moved into the round of the last four.
“Very, very bitter,” said two -time scorer Said El Mala from Viktoria Köln at “Sky”. “We had the game under control,” but then the German team would have believed that they had already had the victory. Instead, “you fly to the face,” said goal scorer Max Moerstedt. “If you score five goals, you can’t collect five goals,” added El Mala.
In the last group game against Norway on Friday (7:00 p.m.), the DFB selection (1 point) needs a victory against Norway (1). At the same time, England (2) may not win against the Netherlands (6), which are already safe for the semi -finals after a 3-0 against Germany and a 2-0 win against Norway.
With the goals of Noah Darvich (7th), El Mala (31st, 48th), Moerstedt (42.) and Leopold Wurm (44.), the DFB juniors earned a clear lead despite the interim 2: 1 by Josh King (FC Fulham/35th). But then all the dams broke within eleven minutes.
Also favored by mistakes by goalkeeper Konstantin Heide from SpVgg Unterhaching England, through the goals of Ethan Wheatly (52.), Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (55.), Zach Abbott (61.) and Jesse Derry (63.). The unsettled German team could hardly free itself from their own half.