Joti Chatzialexiou, head of national teams at the German Football Association, sees Germany’s next EM opponent as the future power in women’s football.
“I believe that Spanish football will dominate in the women’s field in the future,” said the 46-year-old before the group game of the DFB selection against the Spaniards on Tuesday (9:00 p.m. CEST/ZDF and DAZN) at the Brentford Community Stadium.
The Spaniards are basically “role models in their form of training”. He looked at a lot of performance centers there, especially in the men’s area – “that’s a different mentality, a different attitude”. In women’s football, with a few exceptions, the U-national teams have always been in the semi-finals of international tournaments in recent years, according to Chatzialexiou.
Spain’s women have never won a European or World Cup title and have never played at the Olympics. Their greatest success was the 1997 European Championship semi-finals and the 2019 World Cup round of 16. However, FC Barcelona, who make up the majority of the national team, are considered leaders in club football – even if Barça, as defending champions in the Champions League, lost this year’s final against Olympique Lyon Has.
Spain won their opening game of the European Championship against Finland 4-1, but will have to do without world footballer Alexia Putellas at the tournament. She tore a cruciate ligament during training last Tuesday.