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Mlapa treble helps Germany overwhelm San Marino

Published: Monday 10 October 2011, 22.45CET
San Marino 0-8 Germany
Two goals up inside five minutes, Germany eased to their fifth successive victory in qualifying Group 1 with the help of Peniel Mlapa's hat-trick.
Mlapa treble helps Germany overwhelm San Marino
Peniel Mlapa celebrates his hat-trick for Germany against San Marino ©Getty Images
 

Matches

Road to the final

The 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship comprises a qualifying group stage and play-off round to determine which seven teams join hosts Israel in the final tournament.

Qualifying group stage

Teams are split into ten groups – two of six teams and eight of five – and play each other on a home and away basis. The ten group winners and four runners-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their sections advance to the play-offs.

Play-offs
Play-off matches are played according to the knockout system, with each team playing each opponent home and away. The team which scores the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the next round, with away goals, extra time and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw.

Final tournament
The final tournament comprises the seven play-off winners and Israel, who qualify automatically as hosts. The eight teams are split into two groups of four. Each team plays each other once in their group with the winners and runners-up advancing to the semi-finals where the winner of Group A plays the Group B runner-up and vice-versa. The winners advance to the final.

Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, can be found in the official competition regulations.

Published: Monday 10 October 2011, 22.45CET

Mlapa treble helps Germany overwhelm San Marino

San Marino 0-8 Germany
Two goals up inside five minutes, Germany eased to their fifth successive victory in qualifying Group 1 with the help of Peniel Mlapa's hat-trick.

Peniel Mlapa helped himself to a first-half hat-trick as Germany strengthened their stranglehold on UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group 1 with an emphatic defeat of San Marino.

Rainer Adrion's side had already completed a comprehensive victory against the same opponents last month, but this time they went one better than that 7-0 rout, rattling five unanswered goals past Mattia Manzaroli in the first half alone.

Mlapa took just half an hour to net his treble, scoring twice inside the opening five minutes and pausing momentarily to allow Moritz Leitner to make it 3-0 before completing his night's work. An added-time effort by Maximilian Beister at the end of the first half exacerbated the hosts' problems, although they restricted Germany to three goals after the break, two of which came from Alexander Esswein, either side of Daniel Ginczek's strike.

After five wins on the spin Germany are eight points clear of second-placed Belarus, who have a game in hand, and nine ahead of their next opponents, Greece, who have played too matches fewer and host the section leaders on 11 November.

Last updated: 09/05/13 11.06CET

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Lineups

San Marino

San Marino

Germany

Germany

1
ManzaroliMattia Manzaroli (GK)
12
BaumannOliver Baumann (GK)
2
MaianiDaniele Maiani
2
JantschkeTony Jantschke (C)
Substitution68
3
MuracciniMarco Muraccini
Yellow Card50
4
BellStefan Bell
4
ColonnaMatteo Colonna
11
MlapaPeniel Mlapa
Goal3
Goal5
Goal30
5
Alex Della ValleAlex Della Valle (C)
Yellow Card33
Substitution53
13
LeitnerMoritz Leitner
Goal20
Yellow Card60
6
BrolliCristian Brolli
15
EssweinAlexander Esswein
Goal58
Goal76
7
CiavattaSimone Ciavatta
Yellow Card68
16
HornschuhMarc Hornschuh
8
GiardiMattia Giardi
Substitution65
19
NeumannSebastian Neumann
Substitution46
9
DolciniDavide Dolcini
Yellow Card70
Substitution80
20
FunkPatrick Funk
Yellow Card34
10
GasperoniLorenzo Gasperoni
21
GinczekDaniel Ginczek
Goal74
11
BattistiniManuel Battistini
22
BeisterMaximilian Beister
Yellow Card36
Goal45+1
Substitution46

Substitutes

12
MuracciniGiacomo Muraccini (GK)
23
ter StegenMarc-André ter Stegen (GK)
13
AngeliniNicolo' Angelini
3
OstrzolekMatthias Ostrzolek
Substitution46
14
BuscariniLorenzo Buscarini
5
KirchhoffJan Tilman Kirchhoff
15
CalzolariPietro Calzolari
Substitution80
14
RodeSebastian Rode
Substitution46
Yellow Card83
16
GenghiniGabriele Genghini
Substitution53
17
JungSebastian Jung
Substitution68
17
GolinucciEnrico Golinucci
Substitution65
18
RinaldiGiacomo Rinaldi

Coach

Pier Angelo Manzaroli (SMR) Rainer Adrion (GER)

Referee

Veaceslav Banari (MDA)

Assistant referees

Serghei Trofan (MDA), Andrei Bodean (MDA)

Fourth official

Igor Satchi (MDA)

Legend:

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  • Own goalOwn goal
  • PenaltiesPenalties
  • Missed PenaltiesMissed Penalties
  • reds_cardRed Cards
  • yellow_cardsYellow cards
  • yellow_red_cardsYellow/red card
  • SubstitutionSubstitution

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