Germany U17 fail to qualify for both Euros and World Cup

With a draw enough for France to book their place in this summer’s Euros, they preferred a cautious approach in the first-half. Louis Lemke, who scored the late equalizer against Slovenia, had the first chance of the game.

Thâo Mouapa denied the wingback with a smart save before Jannik Veit failed to capitalize on Germany’s next chance. France managed to slow the game for the rest of the half with Edin Biber’s late header the only other decent goalscoring opportunity.

Leonard Prescott had a very different game to the one against Slovenia, but he nearly conceded inside the first five minutes after the restart. Arone Gadou rattled the crossbar with a brilliant curling effort as Les Bleus nearly took the lead out of the blue.

Meanwhile, Bayern’s highly-rated goalkeeper continued to show his composure with the ball. However, he wasn’t able to stop half-time substitute Noah Loufoundou from close range as France all but secured qualification with the opening goal of the match in the 70th minute.

France’s win and qualification were sealed with a well-deserved goal for Gadou in the 84th minute. José Alcocer’s side will be one of the eight teams in this summer’s Euros in Estonia after topping the group with a maximum of nine points.

Germany also missed out on the U17 World Cup as their four points weren’t enough to put them in the top four in the ranking of best second-placed teams. Eventually, they even finished third in their group following Slovenia's 4-0 victory over North Macedonia.