The German hockey women are still on the road to success at the home European Championship. The Germans also celebrated a clear victory against England in the second preliminary round.
The selection of the German Hockey Association (DHB) won the second group game in the Mönchengladbach Hockey Park 5-0 (0-0) against England on Sunday (08/20/2023) and thus made the targeted semi-finals almost perfect.
The Germans won the opening match against Scotland 4-0. Germany thus confidently defended its lead in Group B.
In high summer temperatures, the favored German team played superiorly from the start and created chance after chance. The goals alone didn’t want to fall at first.
Goalless at half-time
It was 0-0 at half-time. In the second half of the game, national coach Valentin Altenburg’s team did better by scoring goals. Lena Micheel broke the ban with the 1:0 (38th) after a penalty corner. Sonja Zimmermann also made it 2-0 after a penalty corner with a deflected ball (41st).
England couldn’t keep up the pace
While the English women now had nothing to counter the high German pace, the German goals continued happily. Jette Fleschütz (46th/59th) and Pauline Heinz (49th) made it 5-0.
On Tuesday (22.08.2023, 7.30 p.m.) the third group game in Mönchengladbach is against Ireland. A draw is enough for Germany to win the group, through which the DHB team would probably avoid a semi-final duel with the top favorites from the Netherlands.