The German footballers impress in London with their speed and sophistication. One trio in particular benefits from the new national coach’s ideas. He also comments on Popp’s farewell.
The impressive initial phase of the German footballers in the 4:3 (3:2) test match against England surprised even the protagonists themselves. “That was crazy,” said Linda Dallmann about the interim 3-0 lead at Wembley Stadium in London after a rapid 29 minutes. “You could feel that we went into the game with real fire.”
Christian Wück, who celebrated a strong debut as new national coach, answered a corresponding question on Friday evening: “What was going through my head was actually quite simple: It’s working.” Captain and double goalscorer Giulia Gwinn said that the fast-paced German game under Wück was “more risky” than under predecessor Horst Hrubesch. It’s less about “safety football”.
Popp farewell on Monday against Australia
In addition to Gwinn (4th minute, penalty kick/11th), Klara Bühl (29th) and Sara Däbritz (72nd, penalty kick) scored for the DFB team in front of 47,967 spectators. Georgia Stanway from FC Bayern (33rd, hand penalty/36th) and Lucy Bronze (81st) after a mistake by DFB goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger were successful for European champions England.
The DFB team has another test match on Monday in Duisburg against Australia (6.10 p.m./ZDF). Then long-time captain Alexandra Popp will end her national team career in her 145th and final international match. According to Wück, the 33-year-old will start but will be replaced before the break. The 51-year-old ex-professional explained that it was important to him that the current team continued to develop.
Source: Stern
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