The U17 national team is the soccer world champion. Coach Christian Wück’s team won 4-3 on penalties France through. After regular time the score was 2-2. This is the first time a team has become European and world champions. In June of this year, the team won the European Championship in Hungary, and even then their final opponent in the penalty shootout was France. “I told the boys that they had managed to get a nation behind them.” It is the greatest appreciation for the young players to give them attention and public visibility.
After the triumph there were congratulations from numerous quarters. “This team made us all emotional, we are extremely proud of the team,” said DFB managing director Andreas Rettig. President Bernd Neuendorf sees a chance for a lot of momentum after dreary days for the senior national team. “This success is a great end to the year, which will give us at the DFB tailwind for the European Championship year 2024,” believes Neuendorf.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulates on the World Cup title
Chancellor Olaf Scholz tweeted: “World champions! You deserve it. Respect for this great team performance, the exciting tournament and the enthusiasm you created. Congratulations, dear U17.” Former world champion and national coach Jürgen Klinsmann was also happy. “Huge compliments to the fantastic team as well as the coaches and supervisors,” wrote Klinsmann on X. Kahn also congratulated them on an impressive tournament. Former German World Cup captain Philipp Lahm highlighted a “strong team performance”.
There were also congratulations from other 2014 Rio world champions. “Yes, there’s the thing. Last step taken. Insane finale! Congratulations,” wrote Bastian Schweinsteiger on -Victory! Have fun celebrating!”
National team captain Ilkay Gündogan also congratulated: “Huge compliment to the boys. They fought really well and are now U17 world champions!! Have fun celebrating and greetings to Indonesia.”