Dhe German U21 national team has suffered the highest defeat in six years – so their triumphal march in the European Championship qualification was stopped by Poland. In the thick fog of Großaspach, the European football champions completely lost perspective on Friday evening in the early stages of the European Championship qualifier and had to admit defeat to the Poles 0: 4 (0: 3) despite considerable morale. After a nightmare start, the selection of the new coach Antonio Di Salvo was already 3-0 down after 15 minutes and then lost Jean-Manuel Mbom due to an emergency brake (19th). In the end, there was the first defeat in 14 months. In 2015 there was a 0: 5 against Portugal.
Adrian Benedyczak (5th / 12th minute) and Michal Skoras (15th) shocked the DFB selection early with their goals in front of 3994 spectators, the clumsy boarding of Bremen’s Mbom worsened the mood further. Kacper Kozlowski scored shortly before the end (90.) After four wins in four games, Germany remains leader of Group B and has the fight for the ticket for the European Championship finals in Georgia and Romania in their own hands. It continues on Tuesday at the end of the year in Ingolstadt against San Marino.
In the first defeat since the 1: 4 against Belgium in September 2020, the German team made too many mistakes in the beginning and revealed glaring weaknesses in the remaining defense. In the duels, the German offspring always came a step too late against the physically strong guests. The DFB defensive got double-goal scorer Benedyczak from Parma Calcio and the triple preparer Jakub Kaminski from Lech Posen not at all under control.
Di Salvo, the successor to Stefan Kuntz, who had switched to the Turkish national team, was then able to record as a positive finding that his team did not give up. Outnumbered, the team around captain Jonathan Burkardt initially calmed the game down and developed advantages over the course of the game. Angelo Stiller hit the post with a remarkable free kick from around 18 meters, the margin went over the goal.
Despite the 3-0 break at break, the German team continued to struggle. After a duel, Luca Netz went down, there was no penalty (46th). Burkardt (54th) wasn’t missing much from close range to make it 1: 3, as was Malick Thiaw (56th) and Yannik Keitel (63rd) with their headers. After two victories under Di Salvo when he took office in October, despite an increase in performance, his first defeat as head coach remained.
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