Germany U19 - Champions of Europe

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Nice Win !
But Why Kroos And Muller From Bayern Dont Playing With National Mannshcaft U19 ?
Any One Know?!

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I don't have an answer on Müller. I just know that he has played one match for the U19 squad though.

As for Kroos, this should explain it:

fcbayern.de: You’ve not appeared for Germany since the U-17 World Cup. Why?
Kroos: “We made an agreement that I should spend a year totally focused on Bayern. That’s nearly up now. We’ll see if the association still has any plans for me and whether I’m called up.“

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Good News :
Germany In Final After Dramatic Win Agaisnt Czech Rep.

Richard Sukuta-Pasu struck after 118 minutes of a gripping contest to send Germany into the UEFA European Under-19 Championship final as 2-1 victors over a brave Czech Republic side.

Deadlock
The Germany substitute raced clear to smash in the winning goal in Mlada Boleslav and finally end home hopes at the Mestský Stadion. The Czech Republic had fallen behind to Marcel Risse's goal but rallied marvellously after Tomáš Necid's equaliser.

Advantage Germany
Benefiting from Czech nerves, Germany dominated early on. Dennis Naki fed Savio Nsereko down the inside-left channel and he cut inside Radim Řezník before rolling a shot the safe side of Tomáš Vaclík's post. Timo Gebhart broke down the right to cross for Dennis Diekmeier, but he lost possession in the six-metre box. A goal might not have been coming, but one arrived after 17 minutes. Risse collected a half-cleared ball on the Germany right and advanced a few strides before hitting a low diagonal shot towards Vaclík's near post which the keeper could only help into his net.

Equaliser
With wingers Risse and Nsereko supporting forwards Naki and Gebhart, Germany's control appeared total; except it was not. Necid equalised with the hosts' first attempt after 24 minutes. The centre-forward looped a header beyond keeper Ron-Robert Zieler from Lukáš Mareček’s right-sided free-kick for his fourth finals goal. After much coughing and spluttering by their team, the 5,000-strong crowd found its voice.

Ebb and flow
With twins Lars and Sven Bender patrolling midfield, Germany continued to push forward. However, sloppiness crept into their football and Jan Morávek twice threatened Horst Hrubesch's defence after picking up on loose play. There was even more give and take about the second half. When Jakub Heidenreich's corner reached Roman Brunclík at the far post, he helped it back across goal where Necid just failed to apply the finish. Next, Jan Vošahlík teed up Necid near the penalty spot and his volley sailed centimetres wide.

Near misses
With midfielder Jan Hable – recalled by Jakub Dovalil along with Brunclík and Heidenreich – gaining the upper hand, Morávek fluffed a chance after a mistake by Zieler. An even better opportunity fell to Germany replacement Sukuta-Pasu, after Sven Bender invited Diekmeier to lay a ball across ball, yet the No9 touched it wide. Another substitute, Martin Zeman, flashed a pass from right to left for Jan Lecjaks whose strike Zieler did well to hold.

Agonisingly close
The longer the game went, the more belief seemed to infuse Czech players and fans. The place nearly erupted when Lars Bender, challenging Jan Polák, nodded Zeman's inswinging free-kick wide of his own goal. It should definitely have been 2-1 after 84 minutes when Necid directed a free header agonisingly wide. It was the cue for extra time. Here, Necid carried on bullying Germany’s defenders. Sukuta-Pasu provided a similar menace and might have scored twice before his late clincher which sent his team into Saturday's final against Italy.

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It was on Eurosport, but I couldn't watch it, as I had to watch Bayern instead.

Good news, glad they won.

Now, they will face Italy in the finals.

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HighLights : Deutschland-Czech.Rep

[Dragoen]

It is great to see the U19 doing so well. Especially if you compare who is there and who could be there. Because as usual the biggest talents were not released by there teams.

But still I can see some players there becoming an option for the real nt in a few years. The Bender twins are looking really promising. Just imagine having identical twins on the CM position at the EC 2012. Would completly confuse all opponents.

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Bender Twins Are Promesing For the future .. germany needs Players in the CDM Role .....

[Vargas_4]

Now that's a great winning goal

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Germany Are Champions Of Europe !!

Germany power to U19 glory

Germany claimed the UEFA European Under-19 Championship trophy for the first time despite playing more than half the final against Italy with ten men. Goals from Lars Bender, Richard Sukuta-Pasu and Timo Gebhart secured victory in an eventful decider in Jablonec.

Eventful encounter
Germany last tasted victory in a youth championship in the U16 event in 1992, yet Horst Hrubesch's side took a significant step towards ending that long wait when Lars Bender struck midway through the opening period. Their hopes suffered a seemingly severe setback as captain Florian Jungwirth was dismissed for a second bookable offence seven minutes before half-time having fouled Stefano Okaka Cuka twice in quick succession, but Germany weathered the resulting Italy pressure and doubled their advantage a minute past the hour when Sukuta-Pasu drilled in his third goal of the finals. Italy lost Matteo Gentili to a second yellow card with 20 minutes remaining but still halved the deficit through Silvano Raggio only for Gebhart to restore Germany's two-goal cushion almost immediately and finally end their challenge.

Bender breakthrough
Germany had won all four of their previous matches at these finals but nearly fell behind for the first time within three minutes as Jungwirth misread Raggio's through ball and Alberto Paloschi prodded a shot over Ron-Robert Zieler that just missed the target. Gebhart provided much of Germany's early attacking impetus, volleying over after Sven Bender had flicked on a throw-in. Dennis Diekmeier and Sven Bender then nearly combined to play in Sukuta-Pasu, although Italy failed to heed the warning and fell behind in the 24th minute, Gebhart and Lars Bender creating confusion in the penalty area and the latter lashing a left-foot shot into the net.

Red card
Italy nearly responded straight away, Okaka Cuka shooting weakly at Zieler after a swift counterattack. The balance of the match shifted markedly seven minutes before the interval, Jungwirth collecting his second yellow card in five minutes for tripping Okaka Cuka, and Italy almost made their numerical advantage tell within seconds, Fernando Forestieri curling the resulting free-kick just over. There followed a spell of Azzurrini pressure, although Germany threatened to stretch their advantage on the break before half-time, Vincenzo Fiorillo producing a fine diving stop to deny Deniz Naki.

Defensive reshuffle
Italy continued to press forward as the second half unfolded but struggled to unpick a reshuffled defence with Lars Bender having dropped back to centre-half and substitute Danny Latza protecting the back four. However, Germany still looked the more dangerous side, and made it 2-0 in the 61st minute. Naki and Gebhart combined to give Sukuta-Pasu an opening on the edge of the area, and the striker's low shot found the bottom corner of the net. Sukuta-Pasu was then denied by Fiorillo, Latza somehow failing to turn in the rebound, before Gentili was dismissed, although Italy temporarily revived their hopes as Raggio struck with 12 minutes left. Two minutes later, however, Naki's free-kick was headed in by the outstanding Gebhart and Germany's celebrations could start in earnest.

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Great !!

[Tomori]

Just one thing to add.

[GhostFromAbyss]

Germany was best team in this tournament.

[Vargas_4]

Originally Posted by Tomori

Just one thing to add.

Jajaja. Nice one.

Saw the match.

Germany was great! Despite having 1 man less they completely dominated Italy. Maybe the Italians got away for a few brief moments but 95% during the game we had them under our boot.

Good goals. Loved the set up play for the 2nd one.

No.7 is really good. His passing and movement remind me of Diego of Werder Bremen. Really anxious to see what he has to offer in the future.

No.10 was awesome. Really great movement, great shots and speed. Seemed like a 'Gerrard' He had a great goal and could have gotten another one but got a bit cocky. After he received a pass from No.17, he touched to control it but if it had been me, i would have whipped out the shot before it bounced. He didn't he let it bounce, giving time for the Italian keeper to come out and make a really good save. But it's all good.

I liked No.3 and No.2 ... Really solid. I have the impression that No.3 was the one who started up the play for the 2nd goal. If someone can confirm me who it was, I'd appreciate it.

Loved the introduction of No.17 ... I know he had fresh legs and all but i loved how he out runned like 4, 5 Italian players to reach their goal... Gave a great pass to No.10 but as mentioned before, he didn't convert it.

The keeper was pretty solid. Didn't make too much errors. There was a moment that he came out wrong and an italian gave a header that hit the post... but he was offside.

Then the Italian goal. There was a cross and he came out and punched it in front of an Italian who stepped up and headed, converting Italy's consolation goal.

But... We had 1 man less and we beat the living hell out of them. It's nice to know that this Germany generation defeated Italy, who I'm sure will cross swords again when they make it to the senior squad.

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Thanks for the review, Vargas.

I totally forgot about it. I'll have to see the highlights/goals.

I'm really glad they won.

[Dragoen]

Nr. 7 = Deniz Naki from Bayer Leverkusen
Nr. 10 = Timo Gebhardt from 1860 München
Nr. 17 = Bastian Oczipka from Bayer Leverkusen
Nr. 2 = Dennis Diekmeier from Werder Bremen
Nr. 3 = Björn Kopplin from Bayern München


It is great that we won the title looks like we have another great generation coming.

We dominated every opponent but imagine what a great midfield this would haven been.

--------------S.Bender---------L.Bender----------------
Marin--------------------Kroos-----------------------Özil

With that we would have won with even more goals ahead.

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