DFB juniors scramble to their first U17 World Cup title
Coach Christian Wück's team makes history: the DFB juniors become the first German U17 soccer team to win the World Cup title. In the final against France, they let a 2:0 lead slip away and were outnumbered for a long time. The decision is only made in a penalty shoot-out.
For the first time in history, a German U17 national soccer team has won the World Cup. Coach Christian Wück's team beat France 4:3 on penalties in the final in Surakarta/Indonesia; after 90 minutes and stoppage time, the score was 2:2 (1:0). Germany conceded a 2-2 equalizer after Winners Osawe was sent off in the 69th minute, but saved the tie in the penalty shoot-out.
Paris Brunner (29, penalty) scored for the DFB side, who had won all seven of their tournament matches, to make it 1-0 after video evidence that Bilal Yalcinkaya had been hit on the foot by left-back Aymen Sadi. However, it took several minutes to study the TV images.
Captain Noah Darvich (51') increased the lead to 2:0, but Saimon Bouabre (53') almost scored the equalizer for the French side. Mathis Amougou (85) made it 2:2 for the French. Germany midfielder Osawe (69) was sent off with a yellow card for a repeated foul.
Exactly six months ago at the U17 European Championships, Germany had also won the final against the French, then on penalties. On the way to the final, the DFB team had defeated Spain and Argentina, among others.
This is only the second World Cup title in the history of the DFB's national U-teams: in 1981, the U20 team led by Roland Wohlfarth, Michael Zorc and Ralf Loose won the title. Two other World Cup finals in 1985 (U16) and 1987 (U20) were lost by German U-teams.
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The DFB Juniors' World Cup victory was not just a feat in Germany, but also made headlines in Indonesia. France, being a formidable opponent, posed a challenge in the World Championships, but couldn't prevent the German team from securing a spot in international soccer history. Previously, another German team, the U20 squad in 1981, had also claimed a World Cup title, proving that Germany's success in youth soccer tournaments is not a new phenomenon.
Source: www.ntv.de
