The title defense is unsuccessful: Germany loses the final match of the European football championship against Spain. Only inches missing at the end.
SPAIN – GERMANY 2:1 (1:0)
The revenge is a success: Spain defeated Germany in the new edition of the U21 CHAMPIONSHIP in 2017 with a 2:1 (1:0). Already in the seventh Minute, Fabian brought the Iberians with a magnificent Curling shot in the lead and rewarded his Team for a strong start, with over 60 percent possession of the ball. Germany looked in this Phase, had a passive and shocked by the early setback.
In the second round, the German team came back into the game, dominated the game and played out the chances, acted but too imprecise. Dani Olmo (69.) rose in the midst of this strong Phase of the DFB-selection to 2:0. The Anschlusstor of Nadiem Amiri (88.) fell too late. Luca Waldschmidt was this Time empty, in his view Chance available he missed in the second half, the goal by inches. However, his seven goal of the tournament made him the League’s top scorer. The best player of the tournament, Fabian was elected.
Two years after the EM-Coup of 2017, the German Junior selection missed this in front of the eyes of national coach Joachim Löw and DFB – Director Oliver Bierhoff, a further Triumph. At that time, the team of Kuntz was in the final against Spain with 1:0 by set. It is the fourth final was the participation of a German U21. 2009 and 2017, the selection had brought to the title. “We were able to still get a lot of take-away, although we did not win. But the disappointment is, of course, very large,” said captain Jonathan Tah in the ARD: “we may have let us in the first few minutes a bit unsettling. But we gave it anyway to the end of everything.”
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The final WHISTLE
90.+2. Minute: Spain makes the sent, draws the Foul, the game is often interrupted, and time is ticking down…for Spain.
90. Minute: Three Minutes Added Time. Three minutes for the compensation.
88. Minute: GOAL AMIRI!!! With a slightly deflected Ball from Vallejo, he brings back the German Team again in the game.
84. Minute: How complicated to make it today? Forest Schmidt assigns to centimeters, that would have been the right time for the goal.
83. Minute: it Is not necessary, and he sees YELLOW: goalkeeper Sivera with time game.
81. Minute: Since shaking the box of Nübel: Soler hits the crossbar of the cross. Resistance: None.
78. Minute: a third party EXCHANGE in Spain: FABIAN makes space for MERINO. Also, the DFB-Elf changes: NMECHA comes to EGGESTEIN.
75. Minute: Fabian’s self and not on its free-standing players. The only reason why it is probably still only 2:0.
74. Minute: woodland Schmidt with the next attempt, Sivera can hold on to it, but the Ball just does not want to the goal.
72. Minute: EXCHANGE in Spain: FORNALS must go, MAYORAL comes. Also Germany changes: ÖZTUNALI leaves the court, JUDGE him to be replaced.
71. Minute: In a Phase, where Germany pushes and the balance always comes closer, makes Spain the Sack, supposedly to. Bitter. NUNEZ YELLOW after a Foul on Amiri.
69. Minute: ⚽ awesome GOAL for Spain! OLMO dusted off after Nübel bounce, and increased to 2:0.
64. Minute: The German team has more shots on goal on the account as the Spienier, but it lacks the accuracy. Maxi Eggestein prevented with his good positional play, a dangerous, was able to initiate the next attack.
63. Minute: double chance for Germany: Henrichs shoots Nunez after the threshing Amiri about it. Spain remains quite passive.
60. Minute: Stefan Kuntz SWITCHES: NEUHAUS comes to SEDAR. It’s a Tick more aggressive.
57. Min: The young German is missing, the precision in the financial statements. Again and again, on the right, but shortly before the 16er version.
55. Minute: coach de la Fuente responded with a CHANGE: OYARZÁBAL has to go, SOLER is new to the game.
54. Minute: Apparently, Kuntz, the right words are found, the German Start of the 2. Mid-term is similar to the Spanish in the first round. Only the goal is missing.
52. Mintue: forest Schmidt’s better. His shot misses to the right of the goal. Seven Times he has scored in this tournament already.
50. Minute: The beginning of the second half is promising: Both Teams are wide awake from the cabin came.
47. Minute: Amiri checks Sivera that can bounce the Ball, but forest Schmidt comes a Tick too late. Vallejo gets in between the feet. Good Start!
46. Minute: let’s go! Again, impetus. Germany in possession of the ball. No Change.
Kick-off 2. Mid-term
A 15-Minute Break. The German team is in the Euro final, in the 7. Minute brought Fabian with a beautiful Curling shot, the Spaniards in Front. The Iberians started with a lot of momentum, safety and ball possession in the match, Germany ran after first, and acted quite passive. That changed at the end of the 1. The mid-term. For at least 45 minutes.
The final WHISTLE 1. Mid-term
45. Minute: two minutes until the break whistle. According to a German Drang phase of the compensation would have been in there.
42. Minute: Öztunali draws off to a corner deflected wide, again corner. Then three other corners will follow. But no other shot on goal.
41. Minute: Also to the rear of the works Öztunali and provides first again for the German possession of the ball. But the balls are lost again, Spain seems to be a bit more alert, faster, hungrier.
36. Minute: Serdar puts his head to the ball after a free-kick over the crossbar – no danger for Spain’s final man.
32. Minute: the forest, Schmidt is in full print from the Spanish captain Vallejo fouled and stays on the ground. Vallejo sees the YELLOW CARD. At least worthy of discussion, because that was an “open sole”.
28. Minute: First difference of opinion between Fabian and Amiri. Amiri had held its opponent first, then the feet hit. Ref Jovanivic calmed both of them and the cards are stuck.
25. Minute: Always comes Öztunali on the right of the penalty area, because Spain is not so firm in the saddle. The DFB-Eleven can play out but not a real goal-scoring opportunity.
23. Minute: oyarzábal comes in the Penalty area and wants a free kick. He would have had to also get. Has not (Ref Jovanovic seen but, so).
19. Minute: The Germans are now for the first time, a long time in possession of the ball and in the attacking half. Also in the semi-final against Romania, the DFB-Elf was in the meantime with 1:2… and in the end won 4:2.
17. Minute: Finally a promising foray: Amiri returns the Ball from the right into the middle, Dahoud missed but. The next Ball, the German Eleven gets. Corner. Now the Germans fight in the game.
14. Minute: The German team gets no access to the Ball. Spain pushes the Ball through the ranks through it. Since considerably more must come from the Kuntz-Eleven.
11. Minute: The German U21 operates more fairly passive, must the behind early first to cope with. Many balls will be lost.
7. Minute: ⚽ awesome GOAL for Spain! FABIAN with the 1:0! Beautiful goal, Fabian of the shot. No Chance for Nübel.
5. Minute: Cautious start from both Teams. The respect for each other seems to be high. Spain has more possession of the ball, Germany to look first.
1. Minute: The final is open! Spain kick-off.
Kick-off
20:44 PM: The Serbian referee Srdjan Jovanovic has a pipe in his mouth, and pink (!) Pipe on. The same let’s go!
20:43 PM: And so plays Spain: Sivera – Martin Aguirregabiria, Unai núñez, Vallejo, Junior Firpo – Marc Roca, Fabian Ruiz, Dani Olmo, Ceballos, Fornals – oyarzábal.
So, among other things, with Vallejo, we know of Eintracht Frankfurt and Ceballos from Real Madrid, which was two years ago, player of the tournament.
20:41 PM: The starting lineup for the final: Nübel – Klostermann, Tah, Baumgartl, Henrichs – Serdar, M. Eggestein, Dahoud – Öztunali, forest Schmidt, Amiri.
Surprisingly Suat Serdar is instead of Florian Neuhaus, on and off the court. Benjamin Henrichs has served the yellow lock and replaced Maximilian Mittelstädt.
20:39 PM: The thumb press on a lot of (Ex-)colleagues from the League: Among other things, wanted Mario Götze, Philipp Lahm, Lukas Podolski, Benedikt Höwedes and Jürgen Klopp via Social Media a lot of success. Meanwhile, a certain Mr Pirlo carries the trophy into the stadium.
At 20:37: self-confidence is likely to the German Eleven to bring: for 16 Games undefeated and has in the last twelve Games, each at least hit once.
20:35 PM: In the stadium in Udine are also national coach Joachim Löw and DFB-Director Oliver Bierhoff with you, as well as the DFB-top-of-the Reinhard Rauball and Rainer Koch. This should be additional Motivation for the players to captain Jonathan Tah, who is already A national player, the U21 final two years ago but due to injury had missed.
At 20:33: Five German protagonists of today were exactly two years ago, when the German U21 European title with a 1:0 success against Spain won: Mahmoud Dahoud, Nadiem Amiri, Levin Öztunali, Waldemar Anton, and of course Trainer Stefan Kuntz. “I see Spain a bit more in the favorites role,” said the however.
20:31 PM: Around 30 degrees in Udine – the children’s of the U21 European championship. Hot it is to the players one way or the other – Germany is the defending champion, Spain wants revenge for the lost final of 2017.
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