{"id":36266,"date":"2014-08-01T09:41:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T09:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=36266"},"modified":"2014-08-01T09:41:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T09:41:23","slug":"germanys-under-19s-win-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/germanys-under-19s-win-european-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Under-19s win European Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next generation of German footballers matched their senior counterparts with another trophy win for the World Cup winners at the Under-19 European Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Hertha Berlin midfielder Hany Mukhtar scored the only goal in the final as the Germans saw off Portugal 1-0 in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>It comes at the end of a summer of success which saw the senior side lift the World Cup in Brazil after beating Argentina &#8211; and the rest of the world&#8217;s nations will be looking over worried about the next generation of successful Germans coming through<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-7538fce5118992aa\" alt=\"Old veteran: Philipp Lahm\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/31\/1406838215694_Image_galleryImage_RIO_DE_JANEIRO_BRAZIL_JUL.JPG\" width=\"306\" height=\"479\" data-track-pos=\"1\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-327a4cb09014b4ba\" alt=\"Young gun: Niklas Stark\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/31\/1406838217304_wps_7_Germany_s_L_to_R_midfield.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"479\" data-track-pos=\"2\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-3\"><strong>Familiar feeling: Lahm lifts the World Cup and\u00a0Niklas Stark lifts his own trophy after the Budapest final<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"v-3676152696001\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mukhtar&#8217;s winner came after 39 minutes as he converted the latest in a string of German opportunities by knocking the ball in off his shin in a scrap with his marker in the area.<\/p>\n<p><span>Goalkeeper Oliver Schnitzler matched Manuel Neuer&#8217;s World Cup heroics in the second half to keep a clean sheet and crowd the young Mannschaft side kings of Europe at their level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They beat Austria, Ukraine and Bulgaria while drawing with Serbia on their way to the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-d431b2f38c502962\" alt=\"Winning goal: Goalscorer Hany Mukhtar celebrates his first half strike that gave Germany the title\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/31\/1406839560495_wps_1_Germany_s_midfielder_Hany.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"489\" data-track-pos=\"3\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Winning goal: Goalscorer Hany Mukhtar celebrates his first half strike that gave Germany the title<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-a0ffcd79e1c84d97\" alt=\"Lucky break: Mukhtar converted past the Portuguese goalkeeper via his shin in the 37th minute\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/31\/1406839564721_wps_2_Hany_Mukhtar_of_Germany_c.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"396\" data-track-pos=\"4\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Lucky break: Mukhtar converted past the Portuguese goalkeeper via his shin in the 37th minute<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>And the youngsters even took praise from the senior side&#8217;s manager Joachim Low after the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Many congratulations to everyone who who was part of this success,&#8217; he wrote on the German FA&#8217;s website. &#8216;The team had a terrific tournament &#8211; the European Championship showed that German football can look forward to new great talent.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" id=\"i-15c93a79bd590e57\" alt=\"Outnumbered but not outfought: Julian Brandt gets between three Portuguese defenders in Budapest\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/07\/31\/1406839762445_wps_4_Germany_s_midfielder_Juli.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"457\" data-track-pos=\"5\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Outnumbered but not outfought: Julian Brandt gets between three Portuguese defenders in Budapest<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Dailymail<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next generation of German footballers matched their senior counterparts with another trophy win for the World Cup winners at the Under-19 European Championships. 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