“And then everything disintegrates in minutes”
EM-out: DFB star Gwinn with emotional statement
06.07.2025 – 5:20 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The European Championship in Switzerland has run for Giulia Gwinn. Now Germany’s captain commented on her failure – with emotional words.
The shock was already written on the field of Giulia Gwinn: At the EM start of the DFB women against Poland (2-0), the German captain injured herself in the first round during a rescue operation against Ewa Pajor. During her replacement, Gwinn ran the tears over his face. Fans and experts feared the worst.
Because: The 26-year-old has already suffered two cruciate ligament tears in her career. Accordingly, there was a great concern that Gwinn might have suffered the serious injury again. However, the fears were not confirmed. Instead of a cruciate ligament tear, Gwinn only suffered an inner ligament injury in the left knee. However, she cannot deny another game at the European Championship. The tournament is over for you.
Accordingly, the FC Bayern player spoke up on social media on Sunday. “Football, you let you fly and sometimes fall deep,” Gwinn started her statement. “Captain at the start of the European Championships, full of pride, full of faith and conviction. Invested so much, so much dreamed. And then everything falls apart in minutes,” says the full-back her feeling.
Gwinn also gave himself combative. The goal remains the same, she wrote. “Now it means: bundle energy, realign it and give everything for this team. From outside. For inside. All or not at all!” Maybe a message to yourself and your team, further to believe in the very big hit, the title win at the European Championship.
The reactions were not long in coming. Several teammates commented on Gwinn’s contribution with cardiac and plaster emojis, including Jule Brand, Klara Bühl, Sjoeke Nüsken, Selina Cerci, Kathrin Hendrich and the Bayern professional Carolin Simon and Lena Oberdorf not nominated for the EM squad.
Germany will meet Denmark on Tuesday in Basel in the second group game (from 6 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online). On the next Saturday, the duel with Sweden will be on the plan for the preliminary round.