Germany’s New Golden Generation Ready to Claim U21 European Championships

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Published: June 15, 2015

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Last summer, in the heat of Rio de Janeiro, wasn’t the first time Mats Hummels, Manuel Neuer and Mesut Ozil all lifted a trophy together in the black, white and red of Germany. Six years ago, all three stars made history long before they would do the very same thing for the first team by winning the European U21 Championships in Malmo, Sweden.

Not only were they the first German side to manage such a feat, but no team donning the colours of the proud European nation has managed to emulate it since. Well, maybe until now.

The manager who led Neuer and Co. to a 4-0 win over England in the final all those years ago was Horst Hrubesch— a former player who made his name as a striker for Hamburg and West Germany in the early '80s—and after a brief stint with the U19s the 64-year-old is back and in desperate need of more silverware.

Yet unlike the previous tournament in Israel two years ago, in which the former champions failed to make it out of their group, Germany now have the manager who guided them to the title once before and, perhaps even more importantly, the talent to go all the way.



In Neuer’s place Hrubesch will have Marc-Andre ter Stegen between the posts. He's a goalkeeper truly drenched in experience, having played first-team football for Borussia Moenchengladbach from the age of 19 and having only recently won the Champions League with Barcelona. Now, the 23-year-old is perfectly capable of handling the tournament ahead.

Yet he’s not alone. In defence, Germany will rely upon the defensive partnership of Wolfsburg’s young starlet Robin Knoche and Borussia Dortmund’s Matthias Ginter. Sure, the latter may not have had the best year with the Black and Yellows but is undoubtedly talented and capable at the highest level when played in a proper system and formation.

Hrubesch’s prospects in the Czech Republic this summer only...
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