Germany U17 – Norway U17 Prediction & Picks (21.03.2018)

Match of the day 1 of group 8 of the Elite Round u17, which faces Germany u17 Vs Norway, at 10:00 in Pampeloponnisiako, Patras, Greece.

For this match we are going to look for Germany to win and have less than 4.5 goals over the 80 minutes.

I also liked the option that Marca de gana Germany gave us at rest and at the end, which is a bit higher than this (1.70), but in the end I prefer this option, since I see Germany superior, but not at its best.

Well let’s go to the game that is what matters to us. First meeting of group 8 of this elite round that gives access to the Euro17 u17 to be held in England in the month of May.

Group 8 is composed of:

– Germany
– Norway
– Greece
– Scotland

The 1st group and the 7 best seconds pass to the final phase, with Germany being their first encounter, I’m sure they want to make clear who the group favorites are and start the final round with the best before the European Championship.

In my opinion this will be the most comfortable match for the Germans, as Norway comes to this round as one of the best third, of 4 selections, with only 1 victory behind them and was against the weak Gibraltar, even so not I see them doing a win (said this then put 5, hehe). For its part Greece is the host of this group 8, and playing at home can be a plus for the Greeks, in addition to having made a great preliminary phase. And finally this Scotland, which I do not think will put the Germans in trouble, but they have competed well in the previous phase, and I suppose they tried to do the same in this Elite Round.

The German national team is not the same as the one that disputed the last World Cup, and that fell in the quarterfinals against Brazil 2-1. That selection of the Bissek, Yeboah, Arp, etc, I think it was much more lethal than the current one. The German team comes from playing the Algarve International Tournament u17, with level selections such as Portugal, England and Holland. They finished the tournament in 3rd place with 4 points, after winning the Netherlands 1-0, drawing against England to 1, and falling to Portugal with a convincing 4-0. I know they are very good teams, but Germany have not been able to make 2 goals in any game. They lack powder above, in fact in this new call go without 9 pure, and the most used system by the technician is the 4-3-3 with 2 defensive midfields. They like to have the ball, control the match from start to finish, but do not finish off like their predecessors.

Norway for its part, comes to this elite round after a somewhat strange qualifying phase. As we have said before, he was only able to beat Gibraltar, yes, having a feast, 10-0. But they were not even able to score 1 point against Serbia and Greece. The Serbs beat 2-1, and Greece for the minimum, 0-1. With this, they have achieved the pass, and they are in this last round before the European Championship, and I think that what they will try to do is keep their door at 0 as much as possible, to have the maximum options until the end. His coach, the legendary former Chelsea footballer Erland Johnsen, plays with a 4-4-2, with double defensive pivot, which allows him to be safer back, with what I think he will try to hold as much as possible to try to surprise in some of his rare arrivals.

With all this, I think Germany is superior and will take the match, but I guess it will not be by much margin of difference. Everything will depend on the attitude of the Norwegian team, which we hope will be very good and help us take the green.

Remember that they are matches at 80 minutes, and that all matches of this group 8 are going to be played in Greece.