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.
The final in Budapest is against France, who beat Spain 3-1 (0-0) in the evening. The fourth and last European Championship title came in 2009, when the 2014 world champions Shkodran Mustafi and Mario Götze were there. “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.”
attending World Championship already secured
Hoffenheim’s Max Moerstedt (22nd), Dortmund’s Paris Brunner (57th) and Charles Hermann (65th), Schalke’s Assan Quedraogo (79th) and Robert Ramsak from Bayern Munich (83rd) scored the goals for the inspiring playing German team. 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 in Peru (November 10th to December 2nd) by beating Switzerland in the quarter-finals.