UEFA.com May 19 2004 Delura double galvanises Germany Germany continued their bid to reach the UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals with an impressive 5-0 win against Armenia in Bratislava in their opening match in Group 3. Early lead A young Armenian side was comprehensively out-manoeuvred by a disciplined German team, who were physically and tactically stronger and took a 2-0 lead early in the match thanks to two goals from Michael Delura at the FK Rapid Ruzinov stadium. Well-taken goals The FC Schalke 04 striker opened the scoring in the 15th minute, bursting on to Sahr Senesie's pass and shooting into the top corner. The same player doubled the lead four minutes later as he broke clear down the right and escaped the attentions of two defenders to score with his left foot. Penalty third Armenia had a brief spell of pressure at the end of the first half but struggled to to find a way through to Rene Adler's goal. It was Germany who started the second half the stronger and Armenian goalkeeper Edel Apoula Edima Bete was forced into three good saves but there was nothing he could do to stop Senesie's penalty after Mkhitar Grigoryan had handled. Substitutes strike Germany added gloss to the scoreline with two goals in the last five minutes. First, substitute Enis Alushi dribbled past four defenders and his high shot somehow evaded Bete to make it 4-0, before Senesie's clever back-heel allowed another replacement, Christian Gentner, to make it five. 'Team display' "We played really well as a team today," said Germany coach Dieter Eilts. "Everybody wanted the ball, wanted to go forward and it brought a reward. We had seen Armenia's games from the first qualifying stage and knew if they lost the ball in midfield they'd have problems getting back. So we tried to hit this weakness and succeeded rather well. Now we have to play Portugal and this will be a totally different game." Portuguese test Slovakia defeated Portugal 2-1 in Wednesday's other fixture in the section and Eilts' team will go into Friday's meeting with the Portuguese in Bratislava in good heart. Armenia meet mini-tournament hosts Slovakia the same day.
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