Six more of the best: The final word on this year's UEFA U-17 EURO
Germany are champions, defeating France in the final – here are half a dozen more players from this tournament you should look out for
As the U-20 World Cup rumbles on relentlessly, the U-17 European Championship has quietly been and gone. We didn’t cover it in as much detail as we will next year, but by all accounts, it was another enjoyable and interesting tournament.
Germany are the champions. Remarkably, this is only the second time they’ve won the U-17 EURO, last doing so in 2009 with a group that included the likes of Mario Götze, Marc-André ter Stegen, Bernd Leno and Shkodran Mustafi. In stark contrast, the women’s teams have triumphed on five separate occasions since then.
All things considered, Germany were the worthy winners. They breezed through the group stage – winning three from three, scoring ten and conceding once – before doing what they needed to do in the knockout rounds, squeaking past Switzerland on penalties, going toe-to-toe with a rambunctious Poland side, then edging out reigning champions France in the final.
In case you missed it, we’ve already picked out six interesting prospects from the group stage. Here are six more that caught the eye as the tournament came to a close, including France’s talismanic captain and another emerging La Masia star…
