The German juniors win their second game at the U21 European Championships in Italy and stand in front of the semi-finals. A Freiburger shows off his scorer qualities, but remains surprisingly quiet.
Triple-Scorer Luca Waldschmidt
The 5:0 of the scoring of the German under-21 player has already a little Experienced. This time the goalkeeper of Serbs had not looked to counter-attack well. Luca Waldschmidt from moved from 18 metres in the direction of Tormitte, the regret, the conclusion of the man slid the Ball over to the fists in the angle (80. Minute). But since the second group game was over anyway.
Because even before that, forest Schmidt, the game had made its mark on. After the 1:0 by Marco Richter at the end of a wonderful combination (16.) Waldschmidt took the 2:0 just can’t keep up. Marco Richter, who had unselfishly applied (30.). Then the next sample of the Freiburg striker: a alone about 30 meters, at the end of a strapping Falchschuss carefully to the right corner (37.).
The goal of the interim time 4:0 got Mahmoud Dahoud (69.) with a 22-Meter-Hammer in the angle, Andrija Zivkovic condensed with a transformed foul penalty (85.) to 1:5, the final point of the 1:6 (0:3) in front of almost 10,000 spectators in Udine, Arne Maier in stoppage time with a wonderful Curling shot into the top corner.
Mahmoud Dahoud achieved the goal for 4:0 for Germany
Four goals better than the Superstar
For Waldschmidt the tournament-hit the number two, three and four were. The 23-year-old passed in the scorers list of the Junior European championship in Italy to its assault by fellow judges, now stands at three goals after two Games. The supposed Superstar of the Serbs, Luka Jovic, the changes from Eintracht Frankfurt for 60 million euros to Real Madrid, was signed out of Jonathan Tah almost completely.
After 3:1 against Denmark, the German Junior team has the game in front of the last group to get along, and so the participation in the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, as well as secure. “We have done a lot and it is also well-implemented. It was again a great Team performance,” said the 21-year-old Augsburger professional judges after the match in the ARD television and was so much more out of himself than his two years older players Waldschmidt. The was embarrassed in the Interview, obviously, not brought out much more than typical football phrases because of one good performance, good cooperation. “If it even runs, it makes all the fun.”
Cheers, maybe in the cabin
On his reluctance to addressed, hemmed and hawed waldschmidt something: “of course I’m happy, maybe I’ll show it here yet, not quite, but maybe in the cabin.” No matter if he shows it more on the court, you want to say. Under-21 coach Stefan Kunz also visibly anxious to leave the euphoria of the title defender is not growing in to the sky : “The development of young players is close to our heart”, avoids the question as to the waldschmidt-phenomenon, “and this development, we have seen some of the players.”
Marco Richter opened the scoring against the Serbs
Detached from individual persons, it should be noted Kuntz, the satisfaction to say: “That was a great game, a lot of our ideas worked are. We have not made in many areas, small steps forward, but are still a long way from where we want to go.” Thus, Kuntz believes, even in 1996, European champion with the “Big” in the semi-finals, the minimum goal for this tournament in Italy. Since Reaching the Playoff round at the same time means the qualification for the summer games in Tokyo.
“Not so bad…”
“My guys don’t show now, that it looks at the Moment, with the German talent so bad,” says Kunz smugly. Especially when you consider that German could be talents like Kai Havertz, Timo Werner or Leroy Sané also still in the juniors, but already the squad of national coach Joachim Löw have managed. For the group victory in the European under-21 CHAMPIONSHIP with a draw against Austria, now it is on Sunday. But because of a draw. “We go, of course, victory!”, striker Marco Richter promises.