However, one should not be blinded by the current success of the U21, unfortunately the finals are not an indication that German football will go uphill in the future.
At a U21 European Championship, it always depends on how many players are already an integral part of their national team.
While Germany is almost with its best U21 (or U23) players at the tournament, Spain, for example, could have used completely different calibers for the U21 with Pedri, Yamal, Balde, Gavi, Williams, Cubarsi, Fermin and Huijsen. So it could have been half Barca on the pitch.
At France Olise, Camavinga, Doué, Barcola, Cherki, Zaire-Emery, Ekitiké, Yoro, etc.
Near England Bellingham, Saka, Palmer, Rogers, Madueke, Colwill, Gittens, Lewis-Skelly, Mainoo etc.
Germany could not have countered with players such as Musiala, Wirtz, Adeyemi, Bishop, Beier, Beier, Schade and Pavlovic, especially since no really talented players have been in the defense positions for years and we have big problems.
Spain, for example, will still have no defense problems with Cubarsi, Hujsen, Balde, etc. for the next 10, 15 years, such talented defenders have been searched in Germany since Hummels, Boateng, Lahm and Co.
If all nations would have their best U21 or U23 players run, then one could have dreamed of a final.
There is a reason why, after the U21 European Championship titles from 2017 and 2021 (2019 also final), there was no noticeable impetus to the A national team.
Most U21 European champions from the years mentioned have become a maximum of good Bundesliga players, some also in League 2 or somewhere in the USA or something. Goretzka, Tah, Gnabry, Schlotterbeck and one or the other are just a few exceptions to U21 European champions from 2017 and 2021, who have more or less established themselves with the A national team. Pretty manageable …
Conclusion: Other countries are miles ahead of us during the youth work, but with a U21 European Championship title you can turn the problems well under the carpet or at least talk nice. I “look forward” to the gibberish of how great the offspring in Germany is, Germany should win the European Championship.
Anyway, for the players I am pleased to have fun watching, but you shouldn’t hang the success too high.