VW: U13 juniors from FC Basel in the semi-finals
The best teams from 21 countries met at the Volkswagen Junior World Masters 2016 in Paris. The tension was already high during the group draw, which was conducted by former French football star Jean-Pierre Papin. The Swiss winners of the 2014 Junior World Masters shone again this year, but were eliminated despite an outstanding performance in a [...]
The Swiss winners of the 2014 Junior World Masters shone again this year, but were eliminated in a spectacular semi-final against Germany despite an outstanding performance. The FC Basel juniors won the first match against the French team FC Rueil Malmaison 1:0. FC Basel managed to equalize against the Russian team and then went on to the biggest triumph of the competition the following day with a draw against FC Golden Gate from the USA - the match against Senegal. With an impressive 10:0 victory, FC Basel qualified for the quarter-finals.
Exciting football thriller against Hertha BSC in Paris
The Swiss U13 team also won the quarter-final match against Colegio Salugi from Spain. However, the semi-final against Hertha BSC from Germany was a real football thriller. After FC Basel were 2-0 up in the first half, the team from Berlin scored a regular goal and were awarded a foul penalty in the final minute. With this goal, the German team saved themselves in a penalty decision, in which the FC Basel juniors were eliminated from the tournament with a missed goal despite an outstanding performance.
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