UEFA European Under-17 Group B starts the tournament ended two years ago with a meeting in Germany and Holland, while new arrivals from Romania in search of team spirit to see them through against the Czech Republic.
Germany and the hosts, beating Holland 2-1 in extra time to win the 2009 tournament, but neither qualified last season. The right to put two this year - Germany, with six victories perfect - and there are plenty of mutual respect before their first game Smederevo.
"It's a special match, Holland v Germany, and a tough game for us," said coach Germany Steffen Freund, without top scorer and defender Samed Yesil Koray Günter because of the suspension on one side they were beaten 2-1 on September 1st Kind. "Holland is really hard, I know their team. They beat Portugal, we lost against a few months ago and drew against Croatia and Austria beat, I know we beat them in qualifying round, which was difficult. That's why I can not tell who is the favorite. We know what we should do. "
Stuivenberg Albert led the Netherlands to a final phase of his reign fourth of five years, but injuries were excluded attackers weekend Jordi bitter Boethius and Jean-Paul, who scored the goal against Portugal, who won the qualification. "Everything is in the game and we are confident the two new players [Danzel Gravenburch Chacon and Michael]," said Stuivenberg.
"The first match is always difficult. This is the first time players have experienced this, if we always wait and see if the players are ready. We are confident that we know in Germany is a very strong team." We lost a game this season, and it was against Germany, "our first match, a friendly match. Much has changed, we have developed and they have developed."
Romania is 31 nation to participate in the UEFA U17 final ten tournaments and coach Adrian Vasai, missing banned midfielder Steliano Filip, aims to reap the fruits of stability against the Czech Republic team at the stadium in Belgrade FK Obilic. "It would be a very difficult game for us," he said. "The Czech Republic is very strong. But we are here and have our strengths and we hope a good result. "Our greatest strength is team spirit, and the fact that they played together for a long period". "
The Czech Republic is the first team to make final M17, having just risen from qualifying round of the fall as one of the best third place finishers. Eight changes were made by coach Josef Csaplár before the Elite round victory in March in Italy and spoke of a "new era" in Czech football, focusing on the ability to secure new talent can still make the transition to higher grades.
"We have a lot of information in Romania," said Csaplár, missing suspended midfielder Aleš Cermak. "But for us it is important to develop the style of play as the results. We have many resources, but 80% or 90%, we focus on ourselves." We want to see good creative football. "