“We have now some thrilling guys with us.”

Talking to German broadcaster “Pro7MAXX” after his DFB-Juniors squad started their 2025 UEFA U21 European Championship qualification marketing campaign with a 3-0 victory, Germany U21 head-coach Antonio di Salvo declared himself optimistic in regards to the future prospects of the nation’s top-youth stage. 

While the senior German males’s nationwide staff discover themselves in whole disarray exiting the September worldwide break, the German U21s have been capable of bounce again from their disappointing efficiency on this previous summer time’s UEFA U21 European Championship and defeat two opponents by a mixed 5-0 scoreline. Antonio di Salvo’s squad bested the Ukraine 2-0 in a pleasant final Friday night time. The new-look U21s additionally started their 2025 UEFA European Championship qualification marketing campaign with a 3-0 victory over Kosovo yesterday in Pristina.

The win featured a scorer’s brace from Dortmund striker Youssoufa Moukoko. New call-up Brajan Gruda of FSV Mainz 05 was concerned in all three targets. Rising abilities Nick Woltemade and Maximilian Beier turned in strong video games. One other recent call-up, central defender Colin Kleine-Bekel of Holstein Kiel, additionally netted a objective shortly earlier than time. Even though all three of Germany’s tallies got here within the closing quarter-hour, di Salvo declared himself happy with the general work of his lads over the course of the complete 90.

“We knew it will be a tough sport,” di Salvo informed German broadcaster “Pro7 MAXX” throughout a pitch-side post-match interview final night time, “That additionally had one thing to do with the truth that the pitch circumstances weren’t that nice, “We missed out the possibility to play extra up-tempo from the beginning. The idea that it will work out finally was there. The idea that, if we remained steady, probabilities would come our means [was there].”

Di Salvo reserved some particular reward for the work of Kleine-Bekel, Woltemade, and Gruda. Requested whether or not or not he would possibly think about pairing Woltemade with Moukoko in a two-striker set in the course of the October fixtures, the nationwide staff coach famous that this might be “a risk”. In any occasion, di Salvo’s physique language recommended whole satisfaction. A dominant win was solely barely marred by the truth that captain Eric Martel needed to depart early with an Achilles harm.

“I am glad I bought a possibility to watch loads of gamers,” di Salvo concluded, “That is the primary time we had this staff collectively. I am actually trying ahead to the subsequent break as a result of we’ve got some thrilling guys with us.”

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