Overview
- Germany U21 hosts Northern Ireland in Braunschweig on Friday and visits Greece in Athens on Tuesday in games that can deliver a direct European Championship place.
- Nicolò Tresoldi leads Belgium's Jupiler Pro League with 13 goals and has seven in his last seven matches for Club Brugge.
- He said no one from coach Julian Nagelsmann's staff has contacted him about a senior Germany call-up.
- Germany trails group leader Greece by three points after a 2-3 first-leg loss, making wins in the remaining fixtures essential for first place.
- In this qualifying format, hosts Albania and Serbia qualify automatically, nine group winners and the best runner-up advance, and the other runners-up enter playoffs.