In the semi-finals of the U21 European Championship in Slovakia, Germany beats France and is in the final where the title is against England.
End: That was it. Germany also makes France 3-0 in height and is in the final of the U21 European Championship. In the final, the team of head coach Antonio di Salvo against England, against whom there was already a victory with the B-team in the preliminary round.
Deutschland against France 3:0 (2:0)
| Atubolu – Collins, Rosenfelder, Arrey-Mbi, Brown – Martel, Reitz, Knauff, Woltemade, Nebel – Weiper |
| RESTES – Magassa, Doukouré, Lukeba – Sildillia, Cisse, Lepenant, Merlin, Odobert, Tel – Abline |
| 1: 0 Weiper (8. Minutes), 2: 0 Woltemade (14. Minutes), 3: 0 Gruda (93. Minutes) |
94. Minute: The Var switches on. Does the hit count? In fact, Gruda scores the 3-0!
93. Minute: Gruda with the supposed 3: 0, but it was offside.
90th minute: Suddenly the big chance after a corner, but the header only clapped on the post. Happiness for Germany!
87. Minute: Germany is closer to the 3-0 than France. It is difficult to imagine that the DFB team is still playing this lead in the last few minutes.
80. Minute: No get through for France because the German U21 defends concentrated and clarified. Ten minutes until the final against England in Bratislava.
74. Minute: Gruda with a perfect flank on the completely free Woltemade, which misses the final decision with his head.
71. Minute: Röhl and Gruda come for Weiper and Knauff.
68. Minute: Wow! Atubolu fishes a header from the goal from a very short distance – what a parade! World class!
66. Minute: Brown sees Weiper in the back, but his shot is still scratching a Frenchman from the line for the already beaten keeper.
60. Minute: Weeper! The Mainz has the great chance of 3-0 after Woltemade dances several opponents and puts on for the storm colleague. Weiper’s shot rushes over the goal.
54. Minute: Good counterattack of the DFB selection, fog sees Knauff on the other side, but his passport does not arrive at Weiper.
51 minutes: France presses power with power. The DFB team has to be careful not to collect the goal.
46th minute: After a few seconds, the very big chance for France, but Atubolu is on the spot and parried world class!
46. Minute: It continues with the second half.
Halftime: Then it’s a break. Germany leads 2-0 through two earlier goals from Weiper and Woltemade. In the course of the first 45 minutes, France became stronger, but the DFB selection defended it well and has the best prospect of moving into the final.
41. Minute: Collins with a very strong action! The Frankfurter comes rushed and is just blocking a Frenchman’s shot, centrally in front of the German goal.
37th minute: Tel with the great chance to equalize, but the former Bayern player does not quite get to the ball and misses the goal.
36. Minute: Now France again, but an attempt to shoot can be blocked. But more offensive has to come from Germany again.
32. Minute: Little chances are currently, both teams neutralize a little. But of course that’s good for the German team, which still leads 2-0 here.
26. Minute: The French are becoming more offensive, but Di Salvo’s team withdraws a bit.
19. Minute: Now France, Atubolu defuses Odobert’s shot. The DFB team has to be careful, because France’s offensive has enormous quality.
14th minute: Tooooor for Germany! Nick Woltemade initially fails on the keeper, but sinks the margin. Dream start for the German U21! The VAR still checks the hit for offside, but it counts.
10. Minute: Rosenfelder touches his thigh and has to go down very early. For him, Oermann comes into the game.
8. Minute: Tooooooor for Germany! After a fine move, Woltemade unpacks a very strong pass, fog only hits the latte with his shot, but Weiper is on the spot and dusts off.
3. Minute: After an interaction of the Frankfurt Knauff and Collins, there is the first corner for Germany, which does not bring anything.
1. Minute: Let’s go!
+++ 8:50 p.m. The tension rises, starting in ten minutes. We Germany make the leap into the final?
Update from June 25th, 6:56 p.m.: The head coach Antonio di Salvo has made two changes at the starting eleven of the German U21 national team. Weiper and Knauff begin for Tresoldi and Gruda.
First report: Kosice-The German U21 national team faces the greatest game of the current European Championship. On Wednesday (June 25th) the team of national coach Antonio di Salvo will meet France. After the dramatic 3-2 victory after extra time against Italy in the quarter-finals, the dream of the fourth European Championship title is tangible.
“We are already in the semi -finals and if we would not think of wanting to come to the final and, if you were there, you would be strange even after the title,” said coach Di Salvo after the quarter -finals. The final in Bratislava is the declared goal of the German team, which has won all four games at this European Championship so far.
The semi -final opponent from France has received impressive comeback qualities. “France is a top team that has a lot of quality, especially on the offensive. They scored a lot of goals,” Di Salvo analyzes the opponent. The French recently showed their morals in the 3-2 victory against Denmark when they were still turning a 1: 2 with a double strike in the 84th and 85th minute.
Nick Woltemade from VfB Stuttgart is the top scorer of the German team with five tournaments. “Nick is and remains the nick we know. He is down to earth, always has fun, holds the team together,” di Salvo praises his striker. The 22-year-old collected impressive 18 goal participations (eleven goals, seven assists) in the last nine U21 games and is the key player in the German attack.
Play at eye level between Deutschland and France expected
The short regeneration period after the exhausting quarter -finals employs the national coach. “Logically, the boys are tired and broken, there are 120 minutes in the bones,” Di Salvo explains the situation. Nevertheless, he shows himself optimistic: “We do everything we can to regenerate and freshly go into play.”
The direct balance speaks for France: In 14 previous duels, the German U21 only won twice, while France was six times victorious. Most recently, both teams separated in November 2024 with a 2-2 draw. The German U21 is in an EM semi-final for the seventh time and was able to win the title three times. “It will be a game at eye level. It will be a game in which little things will decide on who will move into the final,” Di Salvo predicts the upcoming duel. ((smr)
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