Under-21 Championship
UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP - 2013/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Letná - Prague Wednesday 17 June 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Germany Group A - Matchday 1 Serbia Last updated 30/06/2015 09:23CET UEFA UNDER 21 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 Germany - Serbia Wednesday 17 June 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Letná, Prague Match background Germany won the last time they faced Serbia on the opening day of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship and while they will hope of a repeat, they will be eager to avoid what followed. Previous meetings • Group A rivals Germany and Serbia have met only once in this competition, qualifying included: in the opening game of the 2006 final tournament. A 61st-minute goal from Eugen Polanski earned Germany a 1-0 win against what was then Serbia and Montenegro. • The teams at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos on 23 May 2006 were: Serbia and Montenegro: Stojković, Ivanović, Stepanov, Biševac, Lomić, Basta, Krasić, Milovanović (Milijaš 68), Vukčević (Todorović 77), Janković (Purović 65), Vučinić. Germany: Rensing, Volz, Sinkiewicz, Matip, Fathi, Lehmann, Polanski (Castro 68), Schulz, Hilbert (Brzenska 90+2), Kiessling, Nando Rafael (Eigler 77). • The result was a false omen: Germany did not pick up another point and bowed out at the end of the group stage after finishing in a three-way tie for second behind France. Serbia and Montenegro went through on goal difference but lost 5-4 on penalties to Ukraine in the last four after a goalless 120 minutes. Match background • Germany have only gone beyond the last eight twice in nine previous final tournament appearances, in 1982 and 2009, meeting England in the final on each occasion.
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