German U17/U19/U20/U21 Discussion Thread [R]

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Dream goal by Schulz, who scored from 30 metres.

[Bayerntone]

Looks like a great goal from Schulz, good recovery after erroneus efforts in his match in FCN.

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Malik Fathi made the 3-1. :)

[Bayerntone]

more more!

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Match is over 3-1 for the U21.

[Bayerntone]

Good!

Hope the senior team can do even better!:)

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Here are some interviews and the goals:
http://rapidshare.de/files/16089670/u21.avi.html
(sorry for the average quality)

Schulz said it was his mistake at the 0-1,
he underestimated the pace of the no.9 of Armenia
and that he´s happy to score with the right foot.

Eilts analysed, that his players first wanted to win
the match only with their technic.
After the against goal they fight and made tacklings
and got control about the match this way.
He´s happy with the match.

Former national player Andreas Möller (one of the commentatories)
analysed, that the freekicks could be improved.
Eilts answered, they will improve it,
(althought the 3-1 by Fathi was scored after a kreekick)
but to train it at the U21 wasn´t easy, because he had only 2 days
to prepare the players for the match,
but promised, that freekicks and corners will be trained at the preparation
for the EC, where the team wants to win the title.

[Bayerntone]

Thanks Eilts.

Does anyone know what is Andreas Moeller doing now ( I think he moonlights as a commentator?!)?

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

He became involved at Fußball D21 (http://www.fussballd21.de/1000.asp),
this is an organisation, which wants to improve youth football.

Many former and actual players participate there,
Klinsmann, Balakov, Löw, Eilts, Kohler, Bode, Metzelder,
Kuntz, Baumann, Kehl, Lahmann ...

As far as i understand it, they want to motivate more children
to play football and to improve the training methods at youth teams.
They also do some football camps.
On the website there many former professional give tips for young players
and many more.

Interesting, never heard of it before.

[ForeverRed]

Man I am so pleased with how this U-21 team is progressing!

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Do you think in the coming ties Fabian Schoenheim of FCK will get a call. He's been really good for Lautern lately and I think should be someone that Mr. Eilts should call upon.

Opinions?

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Other German youth teams also have sucess:

U17 qualifies for EC and best: They kicked out Holland and Portugal :D

They won the qualification tournament (2nd qualification round)
in the Netherlands (against host Holland, N. Ireland and Finnland).

24.03.2006
Germany - N. Ireland 4:0
1:0 Manuel Fischer (23., Stuttgart)
2:0 Toni Kroos (Hansa Rostock)
3:0 Marko Marin (M'Gladbach)
4:0 Lars Bender (87., 1860 Munich)
Netherlands - Finnland 1:0

26.03.2006
Netherlands - Germany 1:1
1:0 Romario Sabajo (11., PSV Eindhoven)
1:1 Marko Marin (39., M'Gladbach)
http://de.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/Under17/407606_MEDIUMSQUARE.jpg
Finnland - N. Ireland 2:3

28.03.2006
Germany - Finnland 4:0
1:0, 2:0, 3:0 Manuel Fischer (33.,46.,53., VfB Stuttgart)
4:0 Mathias Wittek (70., 1860 Munich)
Netherlands - N. Ireland 3:1

1. Germany 9:1 7
2. Netherlands 5:2 7
3. Northern Ireland 4:9 3
4. Finnland 2:8 0

In the first qualification round Germany already kicked out Portugal:
Germany 16-0 9
Portugal 9-2 6
Faroer-Islands 3-11 1
San Marino 3-18 1

The final round will take place in Luxemburg this Mai,
besides Germany and host Luxemburg,
the winners of the 6 other 2nd round qualification groups
will play for the U17 EC title.

[F96]

With a name like Fischer how can you be anything else than a great goal-scorer?

[Cazlon]

Do you think in the coming ties Fabian Schoenheim of FCK will get a call. He's been really good for Lautern lately and I think should be someone that Mr. Eilts should call upon.

Opinions?

Eilts is said to have his EC squad settled already, not including Schoenheim. I guess he surfaced to late and will loose out eventually.

btw: Anyone got a link to the U17 squad list ? And are those the guys who whiffed last year's U17 WC in Peru, loosing the qualification spot to the DUTCH ?

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

btw: Anyone got a link to the U17 squad list ? And are those the guys who whiffed last year's U17 WC in Peru, loosing the qualification spot to the DUTCH ?

Not exactly the same guys, because the players get older and older. ;)

btw: current U17 squad (http://www.dfb.de/dfb-team/jugend/u17/maenner/spieler/index.html)

[Cazlon]

Thanks for the link. One thing i noticed, Hertha U23 player Chinedu Ede is listed in the U19 team, isn't the guy a Nigerian ?

[meininki]

Thanks for the link. One thing i noticed, Hertha U23 player Chinedu Ede is listed in the U19 team, isn't the guy a Nigerian ?

According to Hertha (http://www.herthabsc.de/index.php?id=1343), he was born in Berlin.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Thanks for the link. One thing i noticed, Hertha U23 player Chinedu Ede is listed in the U19 team, isn't the guy a Nigerian ?

No he's German, I'm sure.

["Eisenfuß" Eilts]

Do you think in the coming ties Fabian Schoenheim of FCK will get a call. He's been really good for Lautern lately and I think should be someone that Mr. Eilts should call upon.

Opinions?

In the last matches he didn´t convince so much,
but definitely a player to keep in mind.

An option for the defense could also be Heiko Westermann,
the guy plays a class season for Bielefeld.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

In the last matches he didn´t convince so much,
but definitely a player to keep in mind.

An option for the defense could also be Heiko Westermann,
the guy plays a class season for Bielefeld.

Yea I had to curse him. ALthough TBH, he did bad against Hertha ;)

But yes there are good youngsters out there.