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    Cymru vs. Germany | 2026 European Under-19 Championship – Final tournament Group Phase – GrpA

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        2. MATCH SUMMARY

          Cymru suffered a 4-0 defeat to Germany in their second UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group A fixture at The Racecourse Ground despite producing a much-improved performance in front of another passionate home crowd.

          Chris Gunter’s side made an encouraging start and threatened inside the opening 10 minutes when Cruz Allen drove an effort narrowly wide. Germany took the lead on 21 minutes through Francis Onyeka before Montrell Culbreath headed in Moritz Reimers’ cross nine minutes later.

          Cymru continued to compete after the break and Henry Kasvosve produced a vital goal-line clearance, but Otto Stange added Germany’s third on 59 minutes after being played through by Boris Mamuzah Lum.

          The hosts kept battling, with Oliver Bostock and Robert Tankiewicz both seeing efforts blocked late on. Germany then missed from the penalty spot when Onyeka struck the crossbar after Jac Thomas fouled Kacper Koscierski, but the visitors added a fourth in stoppage time as Taycan Etcibasi found Koscierski, whose cross was headed in by Jykese Fields.

          Cymru now turn their attention to their final Group A fixture against Denmark on Saturday.

        3. FULL-TIME SUMMARY

          Despite an improved performance, it’s a second successive defeat for Cymru in the UEFA U19 EURO finals following this 4-0 defeat to Germany, who go through to the semi-finals along with Spain. Meanwhile, Cymru are left to play Denmark in their final group game for a chance to put themselves into a play-off match for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan against the third placed team from Group B.

        4. 90' + 7'

          Yellow card

          PITA Shea

        5. 90' + 7'

          Yellow card

          PITA Shea

        6. 90' + 6'

          Kasvosve is denied at close range with a shot on target.

        7. 90' + 4'

          Goal

          Jykese Fields

        8. 90' + 3'

          Goal

          Jykese Fields

        9. 90' + 3'

          Etcibasi plays the ball to Koscierski who crosses into the box for Fields to head in Germany’s fourth goal of the match.

        10. 90'

          Missed penalty

          Francis Onyeka

        11. 90'

          Onyeka steps up and hits the crossbar.

        12. 89'

          Substitution

          Taycan Etcibasi replaces Moritz Reimers

        13. 89'

          Thomas concedes a penalty for a foul on Koscierski. Germany can increase their lead here.

        14. 89'

          Substitution

          Taycan Etcibasi replaces Moritz Reimers

        15. 86'

          Substitution

          Adin Licina replaces Boris Mamuzah Lum

        16. 84'

          Substitution

          Adin Licina replaces Montrell Culbreath

        17. 84'

          Substitution

          Luis Engelns replaces Boris Mamuzah Lum

        18. 84'

          Substitution

          Kacper Koscierski replaces Rafael Pinto Pedrosa

        19. 84'

          Substitution

          Kacper Koscierski replaces Rafael Pinto Pedrosa

        20. 82'

          Yellow card

          Mirza Catovic

        21. 81'

          Yellow card

          LACEY Joseph Steven Colin

        22. 80'

          Yellow card

          Mirza Catovic

        23. 80'

          Yellow card

          LACEY Joseph Steven Colin

        24. 80'

          Yellow card

          BRADBURY Louie

        25. 78'

          Bostock and Tankiewicz have shots blocked on the edge of the box by German defenders.

        26. 76'

          Substitution

          TANKIEWICZ Robert Mariusz replaces ALLEN Cruz

        27. 76'

          Substitution

          GARDNER Luis replaces CLARKE Brayden

        28. 76'

          Substitution

          TANKIEWICZ Robert Mariusz replaces ALLEN Cruz

        29. 76'

          Substitution

          GARDNER Luis replaces CLARKE Brayden

        30. 72'

          Substitution

          Jykese Fields replaces Otto Stange

        31. 72'

          Substitution

          Jykese Fields replaces Otto Stange

        32. 71'

          Substitution

          PITA Shea replaces MYLES Elliot

        33. 71'

          Substitution

          LACEY Joseph Steven Colin replaces STEVENS Charlie

        34. 71'

          Substitution

          LACEY Joseph Steven Colin replaces MYLES Elliot

        35. 70'

          Substitution

          PITA Shea replaces STEVENS Charlie

        36. 62'

          Yellow card

          STEVENS Charlie

        37. 62'

          Yellow card

          ALLEN Cruz

        38. 62'

          Yellow card

          ALLEN Cruz

        39. 62'

          Yellow card

          STEVENS Charlie

        40. 59'

          Goal

          Otto Stange

        41. 58'

          Goal

          Otto Stange

        42. 58'

          Stange makes no mistake with his next chance as he scores his third goal in two matches after Lum plays a great through pass which led to a lovely finish.

        43. 54'

          Stange goes close for Germany and will feel he should’ve added to Germany’s goals but Stretch makes the block. Stange has another attempt with the loose ball but he shoots into the side netting.

        44. 52'

          Germany have a dangerous free kick 25-yards out from goal but Pedrosa sends the ball into the Cymru wall.

        45. 50'

          Germany force a corner that’s headed by Catovic who has seen his effort cleated off the line by Kasvosve.

        46. 46'

          Yellow card

          Ben Nink

        47. 46'

          Substitution

          KASVOSVE Henry replaces BRETT Adam

        48. 46'

          Substitution

          KASVOSVE Henry replaces BRETT Adam

        49. 46'

          The game is back underway. Cymru have made one change, with Kasvosve replacing Brett.

        50. HALF-TIME SUMMARY

          Cymru matched Germany for long periods in an encouraging first-half display at The Racecourse Ground but trail 2-0 at the break. Francis Onyeka opened the scoring on 21 minutes before Montrell Culbreath doubled the advantage. Cymru showed attacking intent throughout, with Cruz Allen and Oliver Bostock providing bright moments in possession.

        51. 42'

          Yellow card

          THOMAS Jac Edward

        52. 42'

          Yellow card

          THOMAS Jac Edward

        53. 42'

          Yellow card

          THOMAS Jac Edward

        54. 39'

          Pedrosa stands over the ball but he strikes it into the Cymru wall.

        55. 38'

          Allen fouls Catovic on the edge of Cymru box. This is a dangerous free kick.

        56. 36'

          Bostock takes the ball forward in midfield to take the pressure off the Cymru defence but ends up being caught in possession with few options to release a pass. Brett called for the ball but Bostock was unable to offload a pass before being surrounded and tackled by a German player.

        57. 30'

          Goal

          Montrell Culbreath

        58. 30'

          Culbreath makes it 2-0 after he gets onto a cross inside the 6-yard box with a free header from a Reimers cross.

        59. 30'

          Goal

          Montrell Culbreath

        60. 26'

          Cymru are enjoying a lot more of the ball in this game compared to their Euro opener against Spain and they’re putting together some nice passages of play. Chris Gunter’s team will feel they can find an equaliser here.

        61. 21'

          Goal

          Francis Onyeka

        62. 21'

          Germany move the ball down their right through Culbreath before he cuts inside to square a pass across the 18-yard box to set-up Onyeka for his goal.

        63. 21'

          Goal

          Francis Onyeka

        64. 18'

          Yellow card

          LIENOU Jayden

        65. 📸 The Cymru XI

        66. 18'

          Yellow card

          LIENOU Jayden

        67. 16'

          Germany create a change with Onyeka drawing a save from Stretch, the Cymru goalkeeper.

        69. 10'

          Ten minutes into this match, Cymru appear to have improved from their opening game against Spain.

        70. 8'

          Allen goes close to giving Cymru the lead with a strike from outside the box, which goes just wide of the post.

        71. 5'

          The ball is sent into the box but Germany’s Schmetgens heads the ball to safety.

        72. 4'

          Cymru win a corner following some great play by Myles down the right.

        73. 3'

          Pedrosa sends a free kick into the box and Clarke clears the ball with a header.

        74. 1'

          KICK OFF! The match is underway.

        76. The line-up has been named revealed for Cymru’s second match of the UEFA U19 EURO group stage against Germany.

        79. Team-mate Henry Kasvosve struck a similar note, saying: “We’ve got to look forward, we’ve still got two more games to go and if we win one then we could be in contention for getting third place or top two. We’re looking forward to bouncing back.”

        80. CLARKE EAGER TO BOUNCE BACK

          “I think we all know how to bounce back from this, but it’s extremely hard when there’s this scoreline. We can’t be thinking about this; we need to pick ourselves up, which we will do. There’s two games to go and anything can happen.”

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