Women’s football European Championship
Historical bankruptcy for DFB team against Sweden
Updated on July 13th, 2025 – 9:06 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Against Sweden, the team of national coach Christian Wück experiences an evening to forget. Within a short time, the DFB-Elf must accept several strokes-from which it no longer recovers.
A bitter defeat at the end of the group phase at the football European Championships of women in Switzerland: Germany lost 1: 4 (1: 3) against Sweden on Saturday evening and thus completed the preliminary round as second behind the Scandinavians. In the end, the highest European Championship defeat has been against Denmark in Italy since 1993 when there was a 1: 3 in the game for third place.
Jule Brand had given the German team in the lead in an initial phase (7th), Stina Blackstenius (12th), Smilla Holmberg (25th), Fridolina Rolfö (34th/trade) and Lina Hurtig (80.), but turned the game for strongly performing Swedes. The DFB team had to act outnumbered from the 34th minute, since Carlotta Wamser caused the penalty by Rolfö with a handball and flew off the square.
After a strong beginning, however, Germany was repeatedly susceptible to the defensive, and was lucky that Sweden was unable to convert a variety of other opportunities into goals. Now the team of national coach Christian Wück is expected to continue against tournament fashion in the quarterfinals.
The game started in front of around 6,000 German fans: Lea Schüller and in return Kosovare Asllani just shot just past the goal.
Wamser then prepares the lead with a wonderful steep pass, Brand completed the first goal for the Swedes at this tournament. The impressive initial phase of the Germans then destroyed Stina Blackstenius: the Arsenal striker hurried Rebecca Knaak and gave Ann-Katrin Berger no chance.
The 34-year-old goalkeeper from the US Club NY/NJ Gotham was under special observation after Wück had criticized her for her risky dribbling in the 2-1 against Denmark. This time she did not do that.
The Olympic thirds suffered the next setback. Sarai Linder tried to clarify in the penalty area, the ball crashed from Holmberg to 2-1 for Sweden. A Ball loss from Knaak almost led to 1: 3-there it was again, the defensive weakness of the DFB selection.
And there was much worse: Wamser saved the hit with his hand on the line after a Rolfö shot for the hit Berger. Referee Silvia Gasperotti (Italy) pointed the right-back red and to the point: Barcelona star Rölfo certainly converted to 3: 1.
Birdwild became when Berger almost conceded the fourth goal after a bad pass shortly before the break. The Wück team trotted in the cabin. With Sydney Lohmann for free passing and Kathrin Hendrich for Knaak, Wück brought two new forces after the change.
However, the German footballers no longer brought up the energy and skill strength for a turn. On the contrary: In the final phase, the Swedes even made the 1: 4 – and without great resistance. There was almost nothing offensive from the German team.