Younger served with nice effectivity within the 3-2 win in opposition to Austria within the quarter finals of the European Championship. Adejenughure’s brace was not sufficient.
For the Austrian U17 nationwide soccer crew, the European Championship ended within the quarter finals. Coach Martin Scherb’s crew misplaced 2:3 (1:2) in opposition to Serbia in Larnaca on Wednesday. For the primary time on this event, the younger Austrians needed to chase down deficits, and none of them got here again within the second half.
The sport obtained off to a terrific begin for ÖFB choice, as Oghenetejiri Adejenughure gave his crew the lead after 24 seconds. Djordje Ranković (4th) equalized shortly after, nonetheless, and in first-half damage time (forty fifth + 1), the 16-year-old gave the Balkan crew the lead.
The Austrians had extra possibilities, however weren’t very sturdy – in stark distinction to Serbia. Mihajlo Cvetkovic’s counter-attack end to make it 3-1 within the fifty fifth minute was solely the third end. The Austrians then threw their energy ahead, and within the 79th minute Adejenughure really made it 2-3 after a pleasant particular person effort. Nevertheless, it stayed that method after 98 minutes.
Austria completed the group stage with two wins and one draw with out conceding a purpose. There has not been an ÖFB choice on this age group within the semi-finals since 2003.