Germany find form to grab play-off spot
Sunday, July 17, 2016
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Austria 0-3 Germany
The hosts struck three times after the break to finish third in Group A and seal a place in Thursday's FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off.
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- Germany clinch FIFA U-20 World Cup play-off spot after finishing third in Group A
- The hosts will face either France or the Netherlands in Thursday's tie
- Austria eliminated after finishing bottom of the section
- Crowd of 13,328 witness a tight first half in Reutlingen
- Stefan Posch heads over for Austria; Benjamin Henrichs shoots wide for Germany
- Germany burst out of the blocks in second period
- Phil Neumann converts from Jannes-Kilian Horn's free-kick in the 50th minute
- Cedric Teuchert registers from another Horn delivery 132 seconds later
- Substitute Janni Serra also comes close as Germany dominate closing stages
- Gökhan Gül rounds off scoring late on with a fine header from Horn's cross
