{"id":31739,"date":"2014-07-14T16:03:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T16:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=31739"},"modified":"2014-07-14T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T16:03:16","slug":"german-youth-policy-pays-off-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/german-youth-policy-pays-off-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"German youth policy pays off in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"
Germany’s youth policy paid off as they became world champions for the fourth time.<\/p>\n
Six of their World Cup-winning squad played in the side which beat England 4-0 in the 2009 European Championship Under-21s final.<\/p>\n
James Milner was the only England player from that game to play at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The Germans beat Argentina 1-0 in Sunday’s final, while England went out of the competition in the group stages.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, defenders Mats Hummels, Benedikt Howedes and Jerome Boateng and midfielders Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil started against England in the youth final.<\/p>\n
Only the injured Khedira did not start against Argentina.<\/p>\n
Since that final in Malmo five years ago, Ozil won La Liga with Real Madrid before making a \u00a342.4m move to Arsenal last September.<\/p>\n
His title-winning team-mate at Real was Khedira, who also helped the Spanish giants to the 2013-14 Champions League title.<\/p>\n
Neuer, 28, and Boateng both play for Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, while Hummels is a two-times Bundesliga winner with Borussia Dortmund. Howedes, 26, plays for Schalke.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Germany’s youth policy paid off as they became world champions for the fourth time. Six of their World Cup-winning squad played in the side which beat England 4-0 in the 2009 European Championship Under-21s final. James Milner was the only England player from that game to play at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":31743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[115,122,161,29,3],"yoast_head":"\n