U17s lose 3-0 in Greece

[HarpoJoyce]

I would have been gutted if that group went above us.
Netherlands another nation that won it's first two matches and are now out. Nobody will ever know how close they came.

[gspain]

A Serbia draw tonight and they'd most likely put us out on 5 points unless they win the group. We ended up with 6 (appreciate teams on 6 had better gd and are behind us).

We need a 1 goal German win or a Serbian win in their match. 2 draws tonight though will do us also. Wins for Serbia and Switzerland will also work. Need a bit of luck tonight.

[greendeiseboy]

Germany 3-1 up
Switzerland 2 up
Presume that's no good for us?

[HarpoJoyce]

No, Serbia are a man down and leaking goals. They couldn't live with Germany in the 1st half.

Only hope is bottom of the table Hungary score two and equalise against home side Switzerland..
That is good enough

[HarpoJoyce]

That's how it stayed. Swit. 3-1 Hungary, Serbia 1-4 Germany.

Germany take over the best runners-up 4-2 GD 3pts. They can be overtaken by Group 5 nations. Wales have a small chance to over-take them but they will need to beat France in France.

This best runners-up only came about because Liechenstein lost some squad players and felt they wouldn't give a competitve performance as hosts of the Finals.

[gspain]

Shame. It was always a longshot but as a couple of groups went right it started to look good.

[yapster]

Sad to see them go out but really we got to do better and in future not rely on long-shots.

[gspain]

Our old friends France have taken the best runner up spot barring mathematical miracles. They needed to beat Wales by 4 goals to pip Germany and did just that.

To deny France a place in the finals Slovakia would need to beat England and Malta to draw with or beat Sweden. Even if Malta win it would take a 3 goal slovakia win.

In reality Sweden will beatr Malta and France are through.

[gspain]

Just to round things off - France did qualify as best runner up as expected. England beat Slovakia to win their group and qualify.

[Kingdom]

Thanks for all the updates everyone; made for compelling reading!

[geysir]

Familiar ending though.
Payback is gathering interest.