Coach Rainer Adrion WINS with U21-team (copyright) SID-IMAGES/Pixathlon /.The "new" German U21 national team has passed the test for the arch-rival Netherlands.
Sittard (SID) - the "new" German U21 national team has passed the test for the arch-rival Netherlands. The rejuvenated selection of German coach Rainer Adrion won 3: 1 (1: 1) in the European champion from 2006 and 2007 after a strong performance on Friday evening in Sittard and remained unbeaten for the sixth time in a row. Seven months after the missed European Championship qualification, the German team continued its upward trend.
Debutant Pierre-Michel Lasogga of Hertha BSC Berlin (27), Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim / 46.) and Captain Lewis Holtby from FSV Mainz 05 (65.) met for the strong German team. For the hosts, Genero Zeefuik (45) scored the interim balance just before the interval.
Front of 5920 spectators, the German team started willing to play, and with much train to the port. After 50 seconds, Lasogga, awarded with nine hits of best scorer of second League organized Hertha, from winnable position. The shooting star was (Alemannia Aachen) and Kevin Vogt (VfL Bochum) as Fardi Shervin Radja Bali as a debutante in the starting XI, later also Vogt's club-mate Matthias Ostrzolek came to its premiere in the DFB Jersey.
In the 27th minute, Lasogga had more success: after an exemplary cross from Boris Vukcevic (1899 Hoffenheim) the 19-year-old on the penalty spot, headed a completely his earned management. Against the technically strong Dutch, the DFB Elf then remained the more active team, just before the break but otherwise attentive defence fell asleep. After a rebound, Zeefuik brought the ball from close range under the crossbar.
Unimpressed from compensation, expressed the German team after the break on the pace and promptly joined the new leadership. Midfielder Rudy summed up in a few seconds from 25 meters a heart and got off to the Dutch goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet wrong-footed. Holtby soon increased from five metres to a 3-1-full time.
Next opponent of the U21 is record European champion Italy on Tuesday (6: 00 pm / Sport1) in Kassel. The first competitive match of the year is on on August 10 in qualifying for the European Championships 2013 only against Cyprus.
