Germany thrash Serbia, Austria left with work to do

Maximilian Eggestein played for 66 minutes in Germany's win (Photo: imago).
First Team
Thursday, 20.06.2019 / 22:50

The Germany U21 national team recorded a thumping 6-1 victory in their second group match against Serbia. Werder’s Maximilian Eggestein started the match and impressed in attack before being substituted off after 66 minutes. As in the first game, brother Johannes was an unused sub. Luca Waldschmidt (3), Marco Richter, Mahmoud Dahoud and Arne Maier scored for Germany, while Andrija Zivkovic converted Serbia’s consolation strike from the penalty spot.

By contrast, Marco Friedl’s evening was less of a success, as he and the Austria U21s went down 3-1 against Denmark. Friedl played the full 90 minutes once again. The Danes took the lead through Maehle midway through the first half, before Philipp Lienhart equalised shortly after the break. Christoph Baumgartner passed up a golden chance to hand Austria the lead and his wastefulness was punished when Maehle re-established the lead in the 77th minute, before Andreas Olsen wrapped things up deep into injury time.

Germany’s two victories see them top Group B with six points and a perfect chance of reaching the semi-finals this Sunday when they face Austria at 21:00. Friedl and his teammates will be keeping one eye on the match between Denmark and Serbia, as both they and Denmark are currently sat on three points. Only the highest ranked second-place side from the three groups will qualify for the knockout round, which would also guarantee qualification to the 2020 Olympics.

 

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