The Young Whippersnappers of Europe.

And they are off! The U-17 European Championship is underway with the Germans edging Georgia 0-1 thanks to Max Meyer's 59th minute shot and some excellent goal-tending from the German number one Oliver Schnitzler. Germany in the end deserved the victory: 13 attempts to Georgia's 5 and coming back from being arguably out-performed in a goalless 1st half. Meanwhile, Group B opened with the Poles nosing ahead of their Belgian opposition. Mariusz Stepinski was the man to provide that breakthrough in the 65th minute after a match that really could have gone either way. As I post this, Group A is concluding their last pairing of the day with France currently leading Iceland 1-0 following Mohamed Chemlal's 7th minute strike that opened the 1st half. France have continued to dominate the rest of the half. Over in Group B, their last game is the first to have broken the two goal margin - with two superb goals from the Netherlands against Slovenia. The first Dutch goal came from Rai Vloet in the 13th minute while the 2nd was struck in the 35th minute by Jeoren Lumu following a beautiful set-up from Wouter Marinus. The Netherlands leads going into the half 0-2. Try to watch some of the youth action!