<p>The national team U 17 of the German football alliance (German Football Association) has protected herself the participation in the U 17 European championship in May in Belgium. The team of coach Paul Schomann asserted itself in the final play of the élite round of the qualification before 7500 spectators in the sold off unity stadium in north horn 3:0 (0:0) against Ireland.</p><p>After an early stage nervously controlled by both teams the German younger generation took over the command and won to himself in the first half time good chances to score. In the 19-th minute missed Henning sour beer after a nice play train about tones Kroos and Sasha Bigalke only briefly, after a little while Kroos put a free kick from 25 meters briefly along the gate (22).</p><p>In the 25-th minute the Irish Keeper parried a shot of sour beer, before Kevin Wolze three minutes later had the biggest chance of the German Football Association choice before the break. The midfield player of the Bolton of traveller put a header after flank of quay Bastian Evers from eight meters in the inside post.</p><p>However, also the Irishmen always remained dangerous in spite of her defensive basic adjustment while countering. Sean Scannell was stopped in the 35-th minute only at the last minute by goalkeeper Fabian Giefer by Fußabwehr. Top attacker Ian Daly was meanwhile with Marvin Pachan and Niels Teixeira in good hands.</p><p><strong>Bigalke breaks the spell</strong></p><p>After the restarting whistle the German team coined his superiority then, finally, in gates around. After a foul to Dennis Dowidat <font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Sasha Bigalke</strong> (Hertha BSC Berlin) transformed the due Strafstoß to the releasing 1:0 guidance (48).</font></p><p><font color=\"#ff0000\">His club colleague <strong>Marvin Knoll</strong> screwed the result in the final phase then still upwards: At first he hit in the 78-th minute after a long ball of Konstantin Rausch, then he concluded a Konter after preliminary work of Richard Sukuta-Pasu in the 80-th minute to the 3:0-final state.</font></p><p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>The German team against Ireland:</strong></font></p><p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Giefer </strong></font></font></p><p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Evers, Teixeira, Pachan, Rausch </strong></font></font></p><p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Kroos, Funk, Wolze </strong></font></font></p><p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Sauerbier, Bigalke, Dowidat.</strong></font></font></p><img src=\"images/post/smile/dvbbs/em01.gif\" />
<h2 class=\"tx-dfbnews-pi1-detail-headline\">U 17 clinch place at European Championships</h2><div class=\"tx-dfbnews-pi1-detail-textformatted\"><p><table cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center;\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http://www.dfb.de/index.php?eID=tx_cms_showpic&file=fileadmin%2FImage_Archive%2FNews%2F73469289TS009_UEFA_Under_01.JPG&title=U%2017%20clinch%20place%20at%20European%20Championships&wrap=%7C%3Cbr%3EBongarts%2FGettyImages&md5=052aceca54a1aa4b0289109172ec01ef\" target=\"thePicture\"><img alt=\"Sascha Bigalke makes it 1-0 Bongarts/GettyImages\" src=\"http://www.dfb.de/typo3temp/pics/4d14b9a8c2.jpg\" border=\"1\"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><div class=\"tx-dfbnews-pi1-caption\">Sascha Bigalke makes it 1-0</div></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Germany\'s U 17 National Team has clinched a place at the 2008 European Championships in Belgium in May by beating the Republic of Ireland 3-0 (0-0) in the decisive match of the elite round of the qualification on Monday.</p><p>In Nordhorn in front of 7500 visitors in a fully packed Eintracht Stadium, Sascha Bigalke of Hertha BSC Berlin opened the score by netting a foul penalty after 48 minutes. Substitute Marvin Knoll, Bigalke\'s team mate in Berlin, finished the match off in style by adding two more goals in the final minutes (78, 80).</p><p><strong>The German line-up against Ireland: </strong>Giefer - Evers, Teixeira, Pachan, Rausch - Kroos, Funk, Wolze - Sauerbier (73. Sukuta-Pasu), Bigalke (77. Jantschke), Dowidat (73. Knoll).</p></div><img src=\"images/post/smile/dvbbs/em15.gif\" />