A decade ago, the German Under-21 team were beaten by Turkey, then also lost in Belfast due to an own goal and thus failed to reach the finals of the 2000 European Championships.

Two years later, Germany again didn't make the finals because they were defeated by Greece in Athens and then lost a crucial home match against England when substitute Francis Jeffers fired home a low shot three minutes into injury time. (This was on the day before the senior side lost 5-1 to England in Munich.)
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