Goal-filled Germany top, Ireland advance too

Germany cruise to victory and progress as U17 EURO Group C winners
Ireland also through in second after Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Serbia 1-0
Germany will face the Group D runners-up in the quarter-finals on Saturday
Ireland second on goals scored in three-way head-to-head with Serbia and Bosnians
Elias Abouchabaka shoots Germany in front after Maurice Malone breaks into box
Jann-Fiete Arp rolls the ball in following a cross from Dominik Becker
Noah Awuku pokes ball across goal and Lee O’Connor directs it into his own net
Early in second half Arp turns in a perfectly-weighted cross by Abouchabaka
Arp then completes his second hat-trick of finals after a ball from Sahverdi Cetin
Awuku powers through and scores on the half-volley
Substitute Eric Hottmann makes it seven as he rounds Brian Maher and shoots in
Ireland’s despair turns to joy thanks to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s late winner
Germany’s 15 goals is the most by a team in any UEFA men’s national team finals group

Colin O’Brien, Ireland coach
“We expected Germany to dominate, but we did not expect such a big defeat. One of the reasons is that we did not close down space in the middle well enough. My boys are good learners, so we will try to fix that for next matches. Qualifying is the best result in the history of this Ireland team, so we fulfilled our goal and we are very satisfied. Anything can happen in the next stage.”

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