{"id":219768,"date":"2025-06-27T22:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219768\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T22:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:50:12","slug":"beware-two-metre-messi-meet-the-6ft-6in-starlet-aiming-to-fire-germany-to-u21-glory-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219768\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware ‘two-metre Messi’! Meet the 6ft 6in starlet aiming to fire Germany to U21 glory against England"},"content":{"rendered":"

By NATHAN SALT<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 17:30 EDT, 27 June 2025 | Updated: 17:30 EDT, 27 June 2025 <\/p>\n

Two years ago Nick Woltemade found himself on the bench in the third division of German football.<\/p>\n

Now he is being pursued by Bayern Munich<\/a> and has the chance to break English hearts on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Woltemade, 23, or Woltemessi as his Stuttgart team-mates call him, is deceiving in that his 6ft 6in frame does not tell the story of his capabilities.<\/p>\n

There is a grace and elegance to his technique on the ball which has drawn comparisons with Jamal Musiala<\/a>, and his pace and dribbling are also typical of a tricky winger a foot shorter.<\/p>\n

‘His combination of skills is special; you rarely see that,’ Stuttgart boss Sebastian Hoeness has said of Woltemade, this tournament’s top scorer with six goals.<\/p>\n

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Nick Woltemade (left) could be Germany’s danger man against England in the U21 Euros final<\/p>\n

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Stuttgart forward Woltemade is the leading scorer in this summer’s tournament with six goals<\/p>\n

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Woltemade has been compared to a football icon \u2014 one of his nicknames is ‘two-metre Messi’<\/p>\n

‘He has very fast feet, good ball control and strong dribbling.’<\/p>\n

Although he dislikes his Messi nicknames \u2014 two-metre Messi is another \u2014 he is unique among Germany’s young stars.<\/p>\n

His six goals here have varied: three with his right foot, one with his left and two with his head.<\/p>\n

Useful as a second striker, as an all-out No 9 or playing at No 10, England’s toughest assignment has been saved for the final.<\/p>\n

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