The nerve game of the DFB women against France distinguished a sovereign team performance. In addition to Ann-Katrin Berger, an EM debutant also played Groß.
Kim Steinke reports from Basel
One day after the German 6: 5 victory in penalty shooting against France, joy is still great. The DFB women are in the semi-finals of the European Championship in Switzerland and will meet World Champion Spain on Wednesday (from 9 p.m. in the live ticker at T-Online).
After 120 fighting-emphasized minutes and a nerve-wracking showdown in a penalty shootout, Germany’s final woman Ann-Katrin Berger became the point of the point with two parried shots and a brilliant parade in extension to the heroine of the quarter-finals in Basel.
But there was a second, quiet heroine of the game from a German perspective: Franziska Kett. Because the 20-year-old, who gave her EM debut in this nerve thriller, convinced over 114 minutes with a sovereign performance-and that on a position that is not necessarily beloved.
Kett faced a huge challenge against France. She acted as a left -back, a role with which she only familiarized herself at Bayern this season. “Actually, I always played offensive,” she said in the run-up to the European Championship in an interview with T-Online. Since both played both the Bavarians and the DFB team offensive, the position is similar.
In April she was first appointed to the German squad by national coach Christian Wück. The debut-and at the same time starting debut-took place in the 4-0 victory over Scotland. Wück also set her up as the left defender like Bayern – and now also took advantage of her qualities at the European Championship in Switzerland.
But that is also forced: After full -back and captain Giulia Gwinn injured the red card in the third group game against Sweden (1: 4) in the third group game against Poland (2-0), Wück had to change for the quarter -finals. His solution: left -back Sarai Linder moved to the right, Kett got the trust in the left.
“I was very excited because it was my fourth international match,” said Kett after the game. “I am in the thought that I can’t lose anything. I gave everything, and I think the French felt annoyed by me.” Her appearance against the world-class dribbler Delphine Cascarino was more than neat: Kett performed confidently and biting, won 11 of her 17 duels and repeatedly acted more quickly than the French. Kett almost became a quiet heroine of the evening, which France’s superstar took out of the game.
National coach Wück praised the 20-year-old after the game: It was not “high enough to estimate how she said against an absolute top player of the Frenchman”.
Her convincing performance was by no means a matter of course. In her still young career, Kett was faced with several noise: her nomination for the European Championship was partially questioned in advance, not least because she had pushed a long-time service provider of the DFB women out of the contingent with Felicitas Rauch.