The Germany U17 national team’s World Cup adventure in Indonesia continues: the team with BVB youth players Charles Herrmann, Paris Brunner and Almugera Kabar won their round of 16 game against the USA in Bandung 3-2 and qualified for the quarter-final against Spain, which takes place at 9:30 German time on Friday.
The Dortmund youngsters played a decisive part in qualification for the next round. Charles Herrmann opened the scoring at 1-0 with a dream goal from a free-kick in the 14th minute. The pacey winger then teamed up with Eric da Silva Moreira of FC St. Pauli to create the goal that Max Moerstedt scored to fire the team into a 2-1 lead (34).
With three minutes of normal time remaining, substitute Bilal Yalcinkaya scored the much-celebrated winner following an assist from Paris Brunner. Herrmann played the full 90 minutes, while Brunner was substituted in stoppage time and Almugera Kabar came on in the 63rd minute.
“We made a lot of mistakes in possession today and were really just defending. The three goals resulted from our individual quality, and that’s what we rely on and can make use of to do special things. In tournaments, you sometimes have a game where you leave the pitch lucky to have won. That was the case today,” explained DFB coach Christian Wück.
(wiwi)