Review: Germany - 2015 U-17 World Cup Discussion

There's only 88 days to go before the U17 WC begins in beautiful Chile, taking place from Oct 17- Nov 8. Here is the full list of all participating nations, this should be an exciting tournament for sure. All the top teams from around the world are well represented. Final draw is being held on Aug 8, with the deadline for setting the 21-squad roster still to be announced.

http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/teams/index.html

 

I think the most pressing question on all of our minds is how many Werder players we should call up for this tournament. I'm not biased at all but personally I think the entire starting XI should be from the Grün-Weißen based on how we've been owning everyone this summer. The great winning chemistry will also be kept which is another added bonus. With J.Eggestein, N.Schmidt, Krol, Filipovic, Luca Horn, Vollert, and Marcel Walter, etc this is already quite an elite team.

 

Germany qualified and competed in the U17/U19/U21 Euros and U20 WC in 2015 so far. The U17 WC later on during autumn will be the final major international youth tournament this year.

 

Guess it wouldn't be fair to other clubs if Werder players had all the nominations every time so here's an alternate roster that I would also like to see put together.

Starting XI

------------------J.Eggestein------------------
Krol--------------N.Schmidt----------Passlack
-------------Gül-------------Dorsch-----------
L.Horn----Abu Hanna----Karakas---Gonzalez Vass
------------------Frommann-------------------

Rotation options:

GK-Schubert

DF-Busam, Nesseler, Handwerker

MF-Burnic, Janelt, Saglam

FW-Serra, Skenderovic, Ramaj

 

The difficulty level in this draw definitely skewed towards Groups A, B, and C. But not to fear, the Werder boys will be ready.

 

Getting closer to the big tournament, start date is one month from today. Here's Belgium final selection:

http://belgianfootball.be/fr/nouvelles/sélection-coupe-du-monde-17

 

I would have gone with Luca Horn instead of Enes Akyol for that left-back position. As seen during the U17 Euros, Akyol is not a big tournament player and had to be benched during the later stages due to his sub par display. Horn is a solid playing moving forward and also forms great chemistry with Eggestein and Schmidt. The selection of Özcan is a bit redundant, when there's Saglam and Schmidt for the ten spot. An additional winger like Ramaj, Probst, or Krol would have been a better choice.

 

Haven't heard about Dominik Franke before, but Jayson Breitenbach is someone mentioned to be well rated as a right full-back talent. He's also spent time training with Mainz's pro team. Since there's no natural RB on this team roster, Breitenbach could have been a useful addition for the tournament.

 

HSV are showing interest in signing Leandrinho. One of the top Brazilian talents of this age group and will also feature in the U17 WC.

http://www.fussballtransfers.com/bu...lt-um-brasilianisches-spielmacher-juwel_58187

 

This blog has scouting reports covering top talents of some participating U17 NTs:

http://premscout.com/

 

http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...6753/artikel_azzaoui_tipps-von-de-bruyne.html

Article on Belgian and Wolfsburg talent, Ismail Azzaoui. Hecking thinks highly of him, "he seems very mature, and does not play like a 17 year-old. He makes a fresh and cheeky impression". Azzaoui is described as technically brilliant with his dribbling and also has good finishing. A versatile attacker, though his preferred position is LW. His role model is De Bruyne, who has given him tips on reaching the Bundesliga.

 

http://mobil.mopo.de/hsv/hsv-nachwu...ubi-mats-koehlert--17-,23481658,32108712.html

HSV are also currently in discussions with Köhlert's family and advisor on signing his first pro contract.

 

Anderlecht's talent factory continues to produce quality footballers one after the other.

http://premscout.com/2015/10/11/u-17-world-cup-preview-group-d-belgium-faes-azzaoui-and-ademoglu/

Wout Faes is the captain and undisputed leader of this Belgian U-17 team. He has long been touted as a major talent and currently is not far from the Anderlecht first team. Faes posses excellent marking and tackling abilities and is imperious in the air. He is great on the ball and likes to take it out of defense and can both receive a make passes with ease.

Faes is aggressive and strong and displays a very apparent will to win. He has good pace and his anticipation is excellent. Nothing seems to phase him.

Overall this is a complete defender and one of the best on show in Chile.


Alper Ademoglu is the star player for Belgium U-17 and the junior team at Anderlecht. He is considered the biggest talent at the club and for good reason – Ademoglu is a playmaker beyond compare this level.

Ademoglu is astoundingly technically gifted. His passing and vision are superb. His ability and unpredictability in tight spaces is he best I have seen at this level also. He does not have a ton of pace, but he is a superb dribbler over 5-10 yards. He is much more a creator than a finisher – and indeed his finishing is something that he needs to work on. Tactically he requires a free role and does not contribute to the defensive phases of play.

His first touch and one touch play is incredible and his creatvity and passing ability are consistently superb. Reminds of Andres Iniesta and has the talent to go to the very top of the game.