Auf geht's, Jungs: German Youth Discussion Thread Vol. V

I strongly agree. Coulibali is a starter for bremen since week 2 while Blank is mostly bench at BL 2 Hannover.
2007 born striker Wallentowitz starting for Schalke for the first time against Elversberg.

 

I wouldn't put down Gechter would be at higher level ages ago if not for injury proness, he actually brokethrough 1BL as a teenager when Hertha was still in 1BL too. Also ALL top 1BL clubs are interested in him minus Bayern. All indications that Winter or Summer and he'll be in 1BL.

Quarshie, Blank, Pauli, Drexler, Munz, Bakatukanda etc are the CBs that seem like lesser in quality and/or won't even be 1BL level come Summer 2026. They seem like the CBs that are just there as PLACEHOLDERS for better talents. I think from this lot, feels like the Pauli, Drexler, Bakatukanda might be in 1BL next season at clubs like Hoffenheim+Koln following successful loans but I would only have them as pool options even then. If they make it into U21 Euro its likely because of the whole refusing to up players earlier that would be issue for players below.

CBs really should focus on
Collins, Gechter, Jeltsch, Odogu, Coulibaly, Palma

if one looking a talent/potential and level these are the better ones. Gechter should be in 1BL soon enough. Odogu and Palma are trying to breakthrough Serie A XI, once they do becomes harder to ignore them. Coulibaly likely will be ignored by DFB for U21 until next season as they will likely force him to play Germany U19 until Summer. Upping Coulibaly+Palma is also a way of keeping them satisfied. Issue with Palma is that Italy SNT coach is following his progress and add his past frustrations with Meister, upping him to U21 once he breakthrough would be a way of keeping him.

 

next season looking like important season for next gen GKs.
-from 04-05s=Seimen, Backhaus, Weiss, Feller might very well emerge as 1BL level #1s. Seimen ALL reports are that he'll become 1BL Stuttgart #1 next season. Weiss is playing subordinate to an almost 37 y/o with expiring contract. Feller we had Pletti saying he'll become #1 for 1BL Heidenheim next season.
-from 06-07=we are seeing the first moves already from this group. Their U21 cycle starts Fall 2027. So they got rest of this season+next season to make further breakthrough before we even reach their cycle.

06 GK Schlieck playing back to back XIs for Furth II after return from injury. According to reports he's gonna potentially play 90 mins with 1st team during International break. So yeah him becoming 2BL Furth #1 seems like a good chance soon enough. If it happens than the original 06 #1 who missed on double trophies with Germany U17 to injury will be the 1st to breakthrough relevant pro XIs, LOL.

06 GK Heide went to 2BL Hertha. Most expectations are that 03-Ernst will leave Hertha in Summer and thus opening door for either Heide or 05 GK Goller to become #1. One feels that since Hertha made a transfer for the U17 Euro+U17 WC Champ Heide in Summer that he might very well be the one that is being prepped as next #1.

06 GK Schmitt on 3rd Liga loan played his 1st ever pro XI today and looks to have impressed even with a 5-0 L. Seems like he couldn't do anything on the goals with opener even being a PK. According to media, Schmitt was ONLY reason why this wasn't a 8-0 or more L, with numerous strong saves to keep the game less horrible. Lets hope he makes himself #1 for rest of season, if he does that, chances are will end up in 2BL-1st Abroad level next season.

07 GK Hellstern already a 3rd Liga XI GK. One would expect that Stuttgart who rate him highly are likely to loan him out next season to 2BL-1st Abroad level.


if one is honest, the last few cycles its been obvious who are the main GK candidates for U21.
-for 02-03s=Atubolu, Urbig, Ernst were ALWAYS the most obvious but 02-03s is FULL of early breakthrough GKs too. After Urbig skipped U21, Noll was given a chance as #3 for U21 Euro but yeah. Still curious to see how many of them in 2BL #1 will jump to 1BL next season.
-for 04-05=one could have called ages ago that Backaus, Weiss, Seimen were gonna be the call ups. And DFB CONFIRMED that reality when last season's U20 was 3/3 of these players all season, LOL.
-for 06-07=already looking like the Schlieck, Schmitt, Heide, Hellstern are the main candidates.
Which would be interesting as the 1st 3 were regulars in that double trophy win run for 06s.

What I don't get is why is DFB constantly calling up random GKs for U20????

05-Herrmann, 05-Pfeiffer, 05-Wechsel, 06-Rothenhagen.
why waste U20 on 3/4 players who's U21 cycle is THIS cycle. LOL, Prufrock has more pro experience than these 4 combined and he gets ignored. Herrmann isn't gonna breakthrough 1BL HSV #1. Pfeiffer doesn't seem on track to become Basel #1 anytime soon. Wechsel even if he manages to become 2BL H96 #1 next season, as 03-Noll could bail in Summer, he still wouldn't displace the 04-05s who have higher experience than him. And Rothenhagen, 0 indication he'll become Kiel #1.

use U20 to prep GKs for NEXT U21 CYCLE. So use U20 ONLY for 06 GKs. Hellstern will play with Germany U19 this season.

 

the good news about GKs, is that the full German GKs tend to be the ones who seem to make more pro progress, LOL. And due to this, we are left with not much dual GKs who are a risk of poaching.

who are the duals?
Dahmen, Ramaj, Atubolu, Backhaus, Seimen that's basically it.

Although would be shocking if Pengland show any interest in Dahmen tbh. If he was playing EPL and doing very well there its one thing but 1BL, most Pengland coaches don't rate 1BL highly anyways. They'll make exceptions for clubs like Bayern only.

sure Noll is German-Spaniard but Spain ain't gonna poach him, so in his case, his duality is IRRELEVANT. Wechsel can play for Poland and Guinea but he's not seen by anyone as a huge GK talent either, so if he bails, like oh well type thing.

that's reality, go to 1BL, 2BL, 3rd Liga etc and one sees ALL full German GKs allround.

so in end its more of an Dahmen,Ramaj, Atubolu, Backhaus, Seimen ONLY issue at least for now and at least so far when it comes to German GKs from entire 90s born up to 06s GKs.

I'm hoping Nagelsmann gets balls and just play Atubolu vs Luxembourg this month get the guy perm capped and get it OUT of the way. You don't need an experienced GK to play that match either. If not one would expect post WC26 he might get perm capped in NL or something. So his perm cap seems like its coming in next year period.

which basically leave the Backhaus+Seimen issue.
I tend to think it becomes harder to ignore these 2 going forward. Will be harder post U21 to keep them. Post U21, there will be nothing to keep them from poaching outside of them wanting to play for Germany.

why its hard to ignore them?
Backhaus already had interest from bigger clubs before becoming Bremen #1, feels like one who could end up in a top club come Summer 2027. And then Seimen Stuttgart is bigger club than Bremen and feels like a player who give him 2 years region in 1BL and could already end up in top club too. I mean as a teenage GK he's already seen as best/one of best GKs in entire 2BL.....

then issue is one can't ignore Urbig who could become Neuer's heir come Summer 2027.

add that Atubolu is being linked with bigger clubs than Freiburg and seems on track to likely going bigger come Summer 2026.

yeah GKs for Germany, looking MIGHTY interesting, whether looking at U20-U21-SNT topic. And its even more exciting because LOADS of potential, TONS breakingthrough young and then reality than we are getting SUPER close to a changing of the guard. The ter Stegen, Baumann, etc aren't gonna be there long term. Then the Nubel+Dahmen are NOT more talented than next gen. And everything seems to be lining up that 2026, 2027, 2028 could see LOADS of upping (including all those 02-03s #1s in 2BL going 1BL soon), bigger clubs allround. Will be curious to see who shall become future #1 of SNT.

from duals, I feel like the more iffy one of all is Backhaus. Guy doesn't shut up about Japan and seems to be drawn to idea of bailing. He legit seems like the hard one to keep. He's more obnoxious because he's Germany U21 #1 and he still flirts with bailing. Why bother at that point? I've said it before but if Seimen becomes 1BL Stuttgart #1 next season and if Backhaus loses his #1 to him. Does anyone think he'll stick around???

 

Looks like all rival countries seem to have gone FIXED with their CFs after now 3rd International call up of the cycle.
-Germany=04-Tresoldi (Belgian 1st, looks headed to 1BL-Serie A in Summer. Does play CL too.), 04-Ansah (1BL), 05-Pejcinovic (1BL), 05-Weiper (1BL)

-Italy=06-Ekhator (Serie A), 08-Camarda (Serie A)

05-Esposito (Serie A, SNT, NOT U21), I'm not entirely sure why he got SNT sooooo quickly. These days, Italy seem to call up players fast to SNT. Is it due to trying to rebuild that they rush? I think its a shame that we can't see him play in this U21 cycle.

its that SAME RUSHING, that gets Italy linked with poaching Tresoldi+Palma from Germany too. This could make it harder to keep them if they actually push for them......although as mentioned a lot in past Tresoldi even if poached can't play Italy U21. Its SNT or nothing as no player is allowed 2 countries in same U21 cycle and this is his last U21 cycle. And yeah I've been saying for years that Tresoldi WOULD have been called up to Italy 02-03 U21 cycle and would have been called up to Italy 04-05 U21 cycle too.

-Spain=05-Garcia (La Liga but doesn't get off the bench), 05-Mayenda (EPL), 05-Bravo (Serie A), 06-Guiu (EPL)

04-Aghehowa (Portuguese 1st, SNT, NOT U21). Another rushed call up, its obvious he needs to play higher level than Portuguese 1st. But what's telling is that Spain used to be more restraint about lower level play. But for CFs we saw them call up, the eternal youth player Abel Ruiz who barely did anything in Portuguese 1st and now another Portuguese 1st CF, LOL. Although its clear that Aghehowa is more talented than Ruiz. Feels like the whole player is taller than all SNT CFs and is scoring like crazy=call up.

-France=05-Tel (EPL), 06-Kroupi (EPL), 07-Meite (Ligue 1)

LOL, wonder if Meite gets called up early because he's rare CF they have in 190s tall.

-Pengland=04-Mubama (Championship), 05-Lankshear (Championship, not called up this break)

-Portugal=04-Chermiti (Scottish 1st), 05-Varela (Portuguese 1st)

-Netherlands=04-van Bergen (Eredivisie), 04-Haen (Eredivisie), 06-Konadu (Eredivisie),


honestly the usual,
-when countries start calling up next cycle players aka up a cycle its almost ALWAYS because the current cycle options are WEAK. So when you see Italy and France focusing on 06-08s for CFs its because their 04-05s are weak or just playing lower level like 2nd division.

same shit happened with 02-03s, where it was clear SUPER early that allmost all the rivals were weak at CF. In reality, how many relevant CFs does one see from rival countries from 00-05 Age Group. Honestly doesn't feel like a lot tbh.

-bolded=less than 1.85m tall.

LOL, not many non-shorts, looking like ITALY are the ONLY country besides Germany to have 0 players below 1.85m tall.
-the usual, how many of these shrimps will be shoved OUT of CFs in long run??? Like Tel got that W shaft at Bayern and now in EPL seems to also get that AM/W shaft aka doesn't always play CF. Once that door opens up for shafting it opens door for it too become perm too.
-pretty funny the dumb as frick rants about height as if all the rival countries had giants, LULZ.
-Germany, Italy, Spain looking like the only lot with more interesting call ups.
-what the Esposito and Aghehowa show is that some countries are rushing call ups very early. Something Germany would never do. They prioritizing potential over club showing or league setting.

 

on topic of GKs, some roundup comments

-showing how illogical DFB is. Nothing new its a very very STUPID organization, LULZ.
why exactly does CLOWN di Salvo have 05-Wechsel as his #4???

a GK playing Polish 2nd is seen as your #4 when you have Hulsmann who is playing higher level. Where's the logic??? Di Salvo's dumb logic is that Wechsel impressed for Germany U20 that's it. And who recalls when CLOWN Kuntz+DFB used to BITCH NON-STOP during 90s age groups that DFB had to call up 3rd Liga GKs, LOL. Parody stuff.

Wechsel was also the 1st ever Polish 2nd GK to get U21 call up. At least making history for 0 good reasons, LULZ.

-Why is Mainz wasting 06 GK Babatz??? He won U19 Championship with them and was part of Germany 06s from U17-U19 and as of now 0 RL caps he's bench GK. Preferring 05-Gauer (from Frankfurt) instead over him. This is dev??? Where you screw your own produced GKs for ones dev elsewhere???

I'm not huge of Babatz tbc, just the nonesensical waste by his own club who prefer players like 05-Gauer and 03-Kinzig.

for me, Babatz is one of those who got called up to Germany U17 because 06-Schlieck was injured and then even when Schlieck was fit again, Babatz was favored by DFB over him. Like suddenly DFB ignored POTENTIAL and just focusing on the 3 double U17 trophy wins instead. Its typical DFB though that call up same players over and over and over.

even when Schlieck was playing Belgian 2nd #1 last season he still got ignored by DFB. Its funny because pre-injury he was 1st choice for 06s and then when it came to pro progress at club level, he was ALSO ahead of every other option, LOL.......Now on track to be the 1st 06 to become relevant pro footy #1. Its 100% embarrassing to DFB if Schlieck becomes 2BL #1 this season after being mostly ignored even when fit.

-another wasteful case, 06-Lade of 3rd Liga Hoffenheim II. Lade made history as first GK to win both U19 Championship+DFB Junioren Cup with Hoffenheim U19. Come post U19, 0 to show for it. Hoffenheim II has too many GKs who are older and who have RL experience. Because of that 3 04-05s are ahead of him and he doesn't do anything at this point. Not sure why he wasn't loaned out to some RL club in Summer. Who the ******** needs 4 GKs anyways???

he's NOT the only one with same issue, 05-Philipp is 3rd choice and he too has 0 adult experience. Philipp has made 1st team bench in past and Hoffenheim seem to like him well enough.

I always hate clubs who have poor planning for players, accumulation in 1 position, and clubs who just decide the pecking order based on age....yeah too many clubs do this especially at GK. Its not about who has biggest potential but older you are the more likely your ahead.


that's one thing that has screwed a few 06 GKs who had loads of success in Youth footy like Babatz+Lade. Older players ahead when they went post U19, no real planning and just being wasteful. Not saying either one will become big either but one could have do better than 0 games for half a year for 2/2......and if one adds Philipp another 0 all season so far.....

I mentioned in recent times, that it sucks that poached by Iceland 04-Petersson is Hoffenheim II #1. It sucks because IIs in 3rd Liga is a very very good way to have MORE German youth #1s in lowest pro level of German footy. So when we have Stuttgart II and Hoffenheim II and only 1/2 give us anything, its a huge waste.

reminds of BVB II when they were in 3rd Liga in recent last few years, they wouldn't stop with the 01-Lotka poached by Poland as #1 non-stop. Every freaking time, he's linked with OUT, nope he stays and then BVB only wanted him for 3rd choice in 1st team and he basically blocks all other BVB young GKs...ugh. Stupidest thing was that he played 10 1BL XIs with Hertha and went downgrade to 3rd Liga the following season with BVB. Hilarious story, BVB got him too early like Winter for Summer transfer and then because of mass injuries became Hertha #1. Hertha trying to convince BVB to nix the transfer they refused and ended up doing NOTHING with him. When BVB II got relegated to RL in Summer he FINALLY left the club, LOL. Anyways because of that we could NEVER use BVB II for young emerging GKs as 1 OLDER GK was dominating the playing time.

 

Bochum still going with a very young squad. 2006 Lenz scored his first BL2 goal. He was never selected for any german youth squad before. It is a matter of time he should make it in the U21. Looking forward to where all these youngster would end up next summer.

 

07 AM/W Onyeka makes it 2-0 and his 4th of season. Gonna be the 1st Bayer Academy since Havertz to breakthrough Bayer..................hopefully, LOL.
https://streamin.me/v/4925da02

the Bochum 6 XI Youth continue their UNDEFEATED Run, LOL.

Lenz and U21 won't happen unless players like Bischof+Ouedraogo jump to SNT and even then there are too many other candidates that he might not get that U21 call up until next cycle. Time will tell if we see him or not.

he does have good chances for next U21 cycle as he should be easy peasy in 1BL by then.

 

the ever growing LB Pool!!!!
what used to be a "problem" position, doesn't look like it anymore with 03-onwards. 03 has players like Brown, Netz, Herold, Kratzig, Gunther, Di Michele Sanchez etc in that 1BL-2BL-1st Abroad level too.

04-onwards Emerging Pool
-1BL=04-Rothe, 04-Ullrich, 04-Zehnter (THIS SEASON), 04-Finkgrafe (THIS SEASON)
-2BL=04-Abrangao (THIS SEASON), 04-Sticker (THIS SEASON), 05-Haas (THIS SEASON), 05-Becker (THIS SEASON), 07-Keumo (made debut this season but still playing U19), 07-Porstner (similar position to Keumo but instead of U19 its RL for him, both don't seem far away from breakthrough)
-1st Abroad=06-Hennig (On loan, THIS SEASON)

outside of Finkgrafe due to new club and injury, although he has past 1BL experience with Koln though and Sticker and the 2 still U19 eligible 07s everyone else is XI at their clubs. The newest entry being Abrangao. We've gotten 7 new LBs in relevant pros too this season.

its interesting to see as BOTH Haas+Becker are ALSO linked with 1BL transfers, LOL. Becker was ALWAYS seen as best 05 LB but he missed U17 Euro of 05s to injury, in past he was injury prone player. Nobody expected him to breakthrough this quickly after all those injuries and he basically went from RL to impressed in Summer 2025 preseason to directly XI in every game when season started, LOL. Haas is 1st Academy youth of FCK to breakthrough club in AGES.

-3rd Liga=05-Behrens (plays for Hoffenheim II, has pro contract with 1BL), 05-Doktorczyk (recently brokethrough XI), 05-Wagner (on loan, was XI before long term injury)

-RL=only focusing on the close to 1st teams or ones who seem likely to jump to relevant pros soon.

05-Bauerle, injury issues are main reason he has yet to fully breakthrough 2BL Paderborn, he does have like 5 2BL caps from past seasons too. Also spent half of this season injured now getting match practice in RL. Will he breakthrough or did he miss his chance? Reality if Paderborn get 1BL Promotion that will likely kill his chances. Same for the 2BL listed Sticker who also plays Paderborn but mostly on bench. These 2BL clubs ALL the same, players who are barely used when promoted will dump those players who weren't regulars-semi regulars to loans or perm out while they transfer in new players.

06-Kabar, has 5 caps for 1BL BVB but they have no plans for him. Seems likely to bail in Winter. RL is 100% waste of time for him, he 100% needs to bail. Tons of clubs are interested he'll likely end up MIN relevant pro footy soooon.

08-Unal, ALL the top clubs in Germany want him. Whether U19 or RL vs adults both are a waste of time for him. Issue is that although he doesn't look far away from jumping to 2BL XI which was confirmed by Hertha, he has yet to sign that pro contract. Likely no 1st team chances until he does. And yeah a player ignored by Meister.......

09-Lemke, another player who has ALL the top clubs in Germany who want him. But 1BL HSV recently secured his services with extension. The plan is starting in October aka last month he'll train with 1st team. He made his RL/Adult debut yesterday in XI playing 71 mins in a 1-0 W for HSV II. Feels like he legit could be the HSV Academy youth who is closest to 1st team. Hopefully him and Stange opens door for more Academy players at HSV. Will Lemke become the 2nd 09 to breakthrough pros after Eichhorn???

Also Lemke playing RL is because they want him ready for MEN's footy vs adults and that its better to adapt to than than U19......so yeah this U21 league BS is a farce, these kids should be playing vs adults in 3rd Liga-RL not U21 league BS. I hope that he's allowed to continue in RL. Too many of these dumb clubs make players play RL temp only to go back to U19 in their obsessive fixation of POINTLESS youth results.

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although the pool of LBs from 03-onwards is bigger then ever. The main question mark is who shall make SNT or who will end up 1st choice LB down the line??? So far 03-Brown has made SNT jump but 0 guarantee he'll be 1st choice long term.

 

08 CB Palma of Serie A Udinese continues to pick up game time!!!!

-August 18, played his 1st ever XI in Coppa Italia
-September 23, played another XI in Coppa Italia
-September 28, played his 1st Serie A XI and 3rd XI of season

after that wasn't used in October but he's still regular on bench and now back to being used.
-November 1, 14 min sub in Serie A
-November 9, 37 min sub in Serie A

Total Game time=262 mins for a Serie A club.

seems to at least be XI in Coppa Italia which Udinese is still active in too. Seems very likely to at least reach 500+ min this season.

so yeah the boy is having a breakthrough Serie A season. But not good enough to play for Meister, LOL.

 

LOL this year's U17 WC has the most bogus competition yet when it comes to the Golden Boot, Silver Boot, Bronze Boot.

teams like Fiji, New Caledonia, Haiti, Honduras etc getting trashed by everyone has kickjumped so many players to 3-4 goals in GS.

2023 U17 WC the Scoring Boot race was more fair and even then this farce.

 

Too many teams, 48 is too much means you get very weak nations who are getting destroyed.

At least if we crash out early maybe could mean getting rid of Meister, imagine Palma ditches thanks to that clown. He looks a big prospect.

 

expanded WC will also mean that sadly Klose will lose the WC Senior record soon enough, given WC26=1st expanded WC......well at least Klose will have kept the record before any WC expansion happened.

although I 100% want Meister gone, I feel like its better to just be eliminated in a less embarrassing manner. We don't need to see whole German has 0 talents, doomsday etc crying and bitching from DFB+Media, LOL.

as for Palma, in past months, saw some Italian scouts, media, ex-Italian players all showing high praise for Palma.

funniest praise was, paraphrasing that Palma is one of most promising Italian football talents to emerge.

funny because he's a German talent, LOL. He left Hertha Berlin (always losing talents, LOL) in 2022, so has only been in Italy for 3 years. Italian father and German mother is likely what allowed him to go to Italy that young.

 

Germany U17 takes the 1-0 lead thanks to Mensah.
LOL Mensah missed M1, used as end of match sub for M2, now M3 XI and scores.

 

Staff makes it 2-0 but very poor GK....oh well who cares, LOL.

 

Germany U17 now make it 3-0 with Wisdom.

LOL at this point concacaf+Oceania teams are the biggest embarrassment of this tourney.

we also currently lead our table in 1st place too!!!

 

4-0, the GK is very very poor, LOL.

 

Mensah with tap in gets brace and 5-0.

yeah we shall win group!!!

 

LOL, Meister always has that face of someone who looks like their mind is elsewhere.

 

counter goal, 6-0 now....

 

Antonio Di Salvo on...
... the two opponents: We face matches against Malta and Georgia, both of which we want to win. Malta is the opponent at the bottom of the group table. We are the clear favorites, and I want to see that from the very beginning. The players should show that we want to play attacking football, score goals, and decide the game early. In Georgia, we then have a tough match against an up-and-coming football nation that has played well in the last two European Championships.

... Said El Mala and Lennart Karl: I am constantly in contact with Julian Nagelsmann, and we talk about the players and the matches. He wants to see and test Said (El Mala; editor's note). I'm happy for Said because he has shown good performances. If he has the opportunity to prove himself, that's also a good sign for us. It's my job to identify players so that the path to the senior national team is shorter. Lennart Karl is currently making the most of his opportunities at FC Bayern, playing freely and showing great performances. Also, due to the injury to Brajan Gruda and the call-up of Said, we have a need on the wing in the U21 team. I'm glad that Lennart will be there. I expect him to be able to transfer this performance from his club to our team.

... the defense: Defensive stability is important for the game; it's the basis of a good performance. In our recent matches against Greece and Northern Ireland, you could see that we had many personnel changes in the defense. This is not a criticism of the players who played recently, many of whom made their debuts and played in positions that are not their natural positions. The defense had to find its footing, and the opponents noticed that and tried to take advantage of it. We still did a decent job. I'm glad that with the returning players, we will be more stable again.

... the goalkeeper position: In the goalkeeper position, we currently have two players, Dennis Seimen and Mio Backhaus, who are playing a lot and attracting attention. Unfortunately, Max Weiß is currently getting less playing time in England. I want to get a feel for who will be playing in the coming days. We want to evaluate the performance we see on the training pitch. The same applies to the captaincy, especially since Aljoscha Kemlein, Finn Jeltsch, and Tom Bischof, the players who most recently wore the captain's armband, are all here.

... Nagelsmann's interest in U21 players: I think that's really good. Developing players is one of the main tasks of a U21 coach. It shows that we're focusing on the right people and that the path to the senior national team is becoming shorter.



LOL, Di Salvo exposing himself.
Translation he DIDN'T want to call up Karl he did because there were openings.

and yeah 3 International Calls ups and Di Salvo continues to struggle with topic of who shall be #1. Its interesting because usually they go by default aka Backhaus in 1BL=#1 by default but that Seimen in 2BL is able to make them hesitate is good. Also Seimen's club on loan Paderborn are in 1st place in 2BL. If Di Salvo is hesitating now imagine next season when Seimen is 1BL #1. Reality, he shouldn't make any final decision until next season. I still expect Backhaus will play this month.

 

BREAKING, 06 M Ouedraogo is OUT from U21.........not to injury but because Amiri is injured and thus got his SNT call up!!!!

Lets go!!!
the first double U17 champ with SNT call up!!!!!

now who will Di Salvo call up as replacement?

 

sad to see El Salvador GK so bad got replaced....yikes.

7-0 another tap in!!!

 

Well finally get to see some U17 WC and we have a blow out win. El Salvador are terrible but we are playing well, the midfield duo of Is and Mensah look very good today.

 

Great news. I am never convinced of Amiri as a national team player. He is very average . Quedraogo is the real deal and one for the future.