U 17 also beats Italy and gets tournament victory

On Monday morning the final of the four-nation tournament for Deutsche U 17. Against Belgium (5: 0) and Israel (2: 0), the team had already been able to prevail, this time she received the Italian juniors in Duisburg, won 2: 1 and thus the entire tournament.

Siegtor in the 88th minute

In front of the game, coach Marc Master had been warned before the opponent: Italians are very playful and have a lot of pace. That's a great final, the coach had been quoted on the DFB website. In fact, Italy went to lead in the 23rd minute. The DFB juniors, however, shortly thereafter by a hit of the Mainzers Nelson Weiper (33.). For a long time it looked after a draw, then Joker Dzenan Pejcinovic shot his team from FC Augsburg to victory (88.). With a maximum yield of nine counters, Germany secured one.

The team has shown a great morality and absolute readiness.

Marc Master

Our team used everything today to beat the Italians. The gameplay was maximally complicated, but the team has shown great morality and absolute operational readiness, says Master. Both goals have fallen out of the game. This shows that we have quality in the goal of the goal. The tournament victory is one, but we wanted to win the third game. The boys have made a great job.

For the U 17, the EM qualification follows at the end of October. There she meets San Marino (October 20), Romania (October 23) and Russia (October 26).