The German footballers missed a prestige victory at the start of the European Championship year. At the National League start, the team of national coach Christian Wück came to a 2-2 (1: 1) against the Netherlands.
Lea Schüller (45.+1) and Sjoeke Nüsken (50th) met on Friday evening (February 21, 200) in front of around 11,000 fans in Breda for the DFB selection, Lineth Beerensteyn from VfL Wolfsburg (13th/66th) scored the goals of the Dutch.
After the first draw under Wück, the DFB women in preparation for the tournament in Switzerland (July 2 to 27) are again challenged against Austria in Nuremberg on Tuesday (6.15 p.m.).
Knaak debut in the DFB dress
In goal, Wück, who still leaves the fight for number one for the European Championship, trusted the Olympic heroine Ann-Katrin Berger. With the “experience of experience”, the national coach in the sports show said that the 34-year-old should act as a “lighthouse” for the defense. There, Rebecca Knaak (28) made his debut due to the recent failures by Kathrin Hendrich and Sara Doorsoun.
However, Manchester City’s defensive specialist got a bitter start: in an initial phase, the fast Wolfsburg striker Beersteyn escaped her, Berger had no chance at the end.
Compensation at the right time
Most of the offensive efforts of the DFB women fell-until Klara Bühl found her Bayern colleague Schüller, who hit the head with an excellent cross with an excellent flank.
The German team, which had solved the Olympic ticket in the recent guest performance in the Netherlands last year (2-0), came out of the cabin much more lively. The reward followed promptly: Jule Brand staged with a strong solo nutk, the actor from Chelsea FC remained cool. A few later, Schüller missed the third goal (51.).
“The second goal was absolutely deserved, but then we lost a little bit of the thread,” Remis evaluated the offensive player Laura Freikang in Sportschau after a leadership. “A bit bitter, but we take it with us.“
After the break, the Olympic 3rd city, which has to deal with the European Championship with Poland, Denmark and Sweden, acted more dominant after the break. Defensive, however, the DFB selection continued to make some mistakes: Bühl and Sarai Linder were played on the left wing before Beerensteyn equalized. Knaak (77th) headed just over after a corner, in the final phase the DFB team was lucky.