Germany won the UEFA European Under-17 Championship for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 2-1 through substitute Florian Trinks's extra-time free-kick in front of a competition record 24,000 crowd at the Stadion Magdeburg.
Trinks winnerEarly shockDead-ball danger
Dynamic play from the Netherlands' forward line was still causing Germany's defence a headache, though, and in the 22nd minute, Castaignos sped clear and beat Ter Stegen again only for his shot to come back off the post. With the majority of the noisy crowd behind them, Germany were beginning to dictate the pace and looked especially dangerous at set-pieces. It was from one of these, in the 34th minute, that they equalised. Christopher Buchtmann's deep free-kick was headed against the bar by Scheidhauer and Thy was on hand to nod in the rebound. The goalscorer then nearly added a second only to be brilliantly denied by Patrick ter Mate following another dead-ball delivery as Germany finished the half with a flourish.
Germany pressureTrinks intervention
Trinks winnerEarly shockDead-ball danger
Dynamic play from the Netherlands' forward line was still causing Germany's defence a headache, though, and in the 22nd minute, Castaignos sped clear and beat Ter Stegen again only for his shot to come back off the post. With the majority of the noisy crowd behind them, Germany were beginning to dictate the pace and looked especially dangerous at set-pieces. It was from one of these, in the 34th minute, that they equalised. Christopher Buchtmann's deep free-kick was headed against the bar by Scheidhauer and Thy was on hand to nod in the rebound. The goalscorer then nearly added a second only to be brilliantly denied by Patrick ter Mate following another dead-ball delivery as Germany finished the half with a flourish.
Germany pressureTrinks intervention
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