Germany’s U21 national team were visibly satisfied upon their return to the team’s hotel in Bad Gögging following their comfortable 3-1 victory against arch rivals the Netherlands in Ingolstadt. The last match of the year will be against European Championships hosts Czech Republic on Tuesday (17:30 CET).
“I’m very satisfied with our performance,” said manager Horst Hrubesch after the well deserved win against the Netherlands. “We were able to try a few things, rotate positions against a technically strong opposition and of course we managed to score some great goals.”
Despite several personnel changes, Horst Hrubesch’s side maintained the standards set in the play-offs. Hoffenheim’s Niklas Süle made his U21 debut in the centre of defence and showed a flawless performance. “We have a great team,” said the defender. “The boys know how to play and that’s why it was a lot of fun today.”
Great goals from Younes, Heintz and Meyer
The team, led by skipper Moritz Leitner, were visibly enjoying themselves, controlling the game right from the start and creating numerous chances. It took only eleven minutes before they took the lead, thanks to Amin Younes (1. FC Kaiserslautern). Dominique Heintz, Younes’ team mate in domestic football, doubled Germany’s lead ten minutes later with a quality strike from 25 yards.
Schalke’s Max Mayer showed his class shortly before the break. Having won possession in midfield, he exchanged passes with Hannover’s Leonardo Bittencourt, before receiving the ball with his back to the goal, spinning around two defenders and firing home to make it 3-0. The Netherlands only created one noteworthy chance in the first half through Anwar El-Ghazi but keeper Marc-André ter-Stegen saved comfortably.
Germany take the foot off the throttle in second half
Germany failed to score in the second half, mainly due to the fact they took their foot off the gas. Jean-Paul Boëtius grabbed a consolation goal for the visitors with an unstoppable shot, which made it 3-1. “Things didn’t work out the way we wanted to in the second half,” explained ter Stegen after the game. “But we know what we need to do in order to improve and we get another chance to test ourselves against good opposition on Tuesday in Prague.”
Germany’s U21 national team were visibly satisfied upon their return to the team’s hotel in Bad Gögging following their comfortable 3-1 victory against arch rivals the Netherlands in Ingolstadt. The last match of the year will be against European Championships hosts Czech Republic on Tuesday (17:30 CET).
“I’m very satisfied with our performance,” said manager Horst Hrubesch after the well deserved win against the Netherlands. “We were able to try a few things, rotate positions against a technically strong opposition and of course we managed to score some great goals.”
Despite several personnel changes, Horst Hrubesch’s side maintained the standards set in the play-offs. Hoffenheim’s Niklas Süle made his U21 debut in the centre of defence and showed a flawless performance. “We have a great team,” said the defender. “The boys know how to play and that’s why it was a lot of fun today.”
Great goals from Younes, Heintz and Meyer
The team, led by skipper Moritz Leitner, were visibly enjoying themselves, controlling the game right from the start and creating numerous chances. It took only eleven minutes before they took the lead, thanks to Amin Younes (1. FC Kaiserslautern). Dominique Heintz, Younes’ team mate in domestic football, doubled Germany’s lead ten minutes later with a quality strike from 25 yards.
Schalke’s Max Mayer showed his class shortly before the break. Having won possession in midfield, he exchanged passes with Hannover’s Leonardo Bittencourt, before receiving the ball with his back to the goal, spinning around two defenders and firing home to make it 3-0. The Netherlands only created one noteworthy chance in the first half through Anwar El-Ghazi but keeper Marc-André ter-Stegen saved comfortably.
Germany take the foot off the throttle in second half
Germany failed to score in the second half, mainly due to the fact they took their foot off the gas. Jean-Paul Boëtius grabbed a consolation goal for the visitors with an unstoppable shot, which made it 3-1. “Things didn’t work out the way we wanted to in the second half,” explained ter Stegen after the game. “But we know what we need to do in order to improve and we get another chance to test ourselves against good opposition on Tuesday in Prague.”
Until then, manager Hrubesch will use the time to allow his players to recuperate. A training session was scheduled for after breakfast this morning and in the evening the team will attend Germany’s EURO qualifier against Gibraltar in Nuremberg.
