Over a midnight pita bread with chicken, falafal and salad, followed by chocolate pudding, Germany’s footballers savored their victory against Austria.
After the hard-fought 2-0 (1-0) win against Austria, the DFB women had to replenish their energy reserves. In any case, the dream of the ninth title lives on with the record European champions after reaching the semi-finals at the European Championships in England.
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg: “It was super exciting”
“It was a very stubborn opponent who challenged us in all areas,” said national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg after the fourth win without conceding a goal at this tournament. “It was super exciting. Thank God they didn’t score a goal, that played into our hands.”
While the Austria team scored three times in front of 16,025 spectators in the Community Brentford Stadium, Lina Magull (25th minute) from FC Bayern and Alexandra Popp (90th) from VfL Wolfsburg aimed better at their goals after a nasty mistake by goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger .
Many Bundesliga players competed for Austria
In the end, the Germans consoled many of their opponents, who they know very well: Austria started with eight current players from the German Bundesliga. Goalkeeper Merle Frohms, Laura Freigang and Sara Doorsoun from the DFB team hugged their Frankfurt club colleague Verena Hanshaw, who stood on the pitch in tears. Austria team boss Irene Fuhrmann was rightly “incredibly proud” of her players and spoke of a “world-class team” against which her team lost.