England – Germany 3: 2 (2: 2, 2: 1)
Julian Nagelsmann traveled to Bratislava on Saturday, and was essential for a national coach. In the European Championship final of the current U21 year, there were also potential successors for his team, which last weakened in the final four of the Nations League. The German offspring was against England Even favored in the preliminary round, a DFB B-Eve had conquered the youngsters from the island with 2: 1. For the Germans, however, the game ended with a disappointment, they lost 2: 3 after extra time. It was the first defeat after 20 games for this year.
How should you feel like such a bitter exit? The Nick Woltemade, which has been outstanding in this tournament, has long been a Nagelsmann student, sank to the ground, the disappointment had overwhelmed him. Nevertheless, he leaves the Slovakia As a winner: he showed great achievements, was in all games in all games in which he was there, and he also became top scorer with six goals. Nagelsmann will feel confirmed: A player who has already matured into an outstanding kicker in the Bundesliga, was allowed to show himself in the A-Elf and now prove against the same age that he has long since skipped the status of a youngster, can travel home with the predicate climber of the season.
It speaks for Woltemades class that it is far from sure where this home will be in the future. Still at VfB Stuttgart, to whom he helped win the DFB Cup, or already at FC Bayern, who is trying intensively for this extraordinary player? At the tournament in Slovakia, Woltemade was hard to stop, he dribbles excellently – and that with a size of almost two meters. In addition, there is a strong degree and a significant improvement in the header game, which he can expand into a domain in view of his physical requirements.
“The football god was not on our side today”
Disappointed, however, Woltemade was like all of his colleagues in front of his parents that it didn’t work with the European Championship victory, although there had almost been a happy ending. The Germans did not find their game in the first half hour, were 0: 2 behind and shortly before half -time still managed the 1-2 that Nelson Weiper scored with a header. “We had no access to the players in the first half,” said German coach Antonio di Salvo. Weiper had served Paul Nebel, like Weiper employee of Mainz 05, who finally shot the 2-2 – and almost scored the German winning goal in added time. But his shot crashed into the crossbar.
Instead, the English made the decision early on in the extension when the substitute center forward Jonathan Rowe put a flight headball in the German network from five meters (92nd). “We believed it until the end, but the football god was not on our side today, unfortunately,” Di Salvo regretted. “The team is sad, but I can’t blame her.” Rocco Reitz, the strong driver from midfield, regular player at Borussia Mönchengladbach, said: “We played a really good tournament, but that’s extremely bitter now.”
The Germans actually played a good tournament. They dominated their preliminary round group with victories against Slovenia (3: 0), Czech Republic (4: 2) and England (2: 1). This was followed by a 3: 2 after extra time in the quarter-finals against Italy and then the masterpiece of this team-a 3-0 triumph against the fellow favorite France in the semi-finals.
Not only Woltemade can be satisfied
The path of Di Salvo’s team only ended at the last moment, in the end there was simply no power in the end of high temperatures and great stress in this tournament. But in addition to Woltemade, there are also a number of winners among the losers who can also be of great interest to the observer Nagelsmann.
This applies primarily to Paul Nebel, a fine technician with a urge to score, which has strong dribbling and can flank precisely. A competitor who was enormously against the impending fate of defeat in the regular season. Fog is confident enough to hope for missions in the A-Elf. However, Nagelsmann has to hurry up in this regard, fog has Irish ancestors and the Association of the Green Island is already trying to do this promising player.
Goalkeeper Noah Atubolu shone against Italy and France. He has long been a regular goalkeeper of SC Freiburg and has already played 60 Bundesliga games. In the final, however, he looked bad at the second goal of the English, and he let Omari Hutchinson’s shot pass through his legs. Nevertheless, Atubolu seems to be increasingly establishing itself on the line. In Freiburg, he had a carver as number one at the beginning of his time, but most recently he had also stabilized in the league and convinced in Slovakia in the final despite his mistake. In the long run, he should also have a perspective in the A team.
Many interesting successors for Nagelsmann
The regular staff in the Bundesliga also include Frankfurt’s full -back Namdi Collins (21) and Nathaniel Brown (22), who were set at the European Championship. But they did not act flawlessly and were sometimes very wild in their actions. However, they are learners with perspective. This also applies to Eric Martel, who has been a Bundesliga and second division as a placed player in Cologne and had strong appearances in Slovakia as captain of the European Championship finalist. Rocco Reitz also convinced and justified Di Salvo’s trust.
And so should Julian Nagelsmann Despite the final defeat, in contrast to the German players, did not drive home so unhappily. He had seen many potential successors from the A-Elf substructure called U21, which was interesting for him.
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