The German U17 footballers have reached the final of the European Championship for the first time since 2015.
Coach Christian Wück’s team beat Poland 5-3 (1-2) in Felcsút/Hungary. In the final on Friday in Budapest, the opponent was France, who beat Spain 3-1 (0-0).
Hoffenheim’s Max Moerstedt (22nd), Dortmund’s Paris Brunner (57th) and Charles Hermann (65th), Schalke’s Assan Quedraogo (79th) and Robert Ramsak from FC Bayern (83rd) scored the goals for the enthusiastic performance German team.
“We’re really proud of the boys,” said coach Wück after kick-off. “I hope that Germany will now also notice that a generation is growing up here that tears itself apart on the pitch for the national jersey and brings the German mentality to the pitch – just as it used to be.”
The Poles were twice ahead thanks to goals from Daniel Mikolajewski (7th) and Karol Borys (31st), Filip Wolski (68th) had provided the equalizer shortly after the first German lead.
The young German footballers had already secured participation in the U17 World Cup by beating Switzerland in the quarter-finals.