In view of the pandemic situation, the German Football Association had already started an approach to the European Football Union last winter in order to obtain approval for a 26 instead of 23 squad at the European Championship – without success.
Voss-Tecklenburg: “Doesn’t correspond to my concept of fair play”
UEFA regulations do not allow late nominations after the first game during the tournament. Exceptions are goalkeepers. “That doesn’t correspond to my personal concept of fair play,” said Voss-Tecklenburg. “That contradicts me as a sportswoman and I ask UEFA to consider this for future tournaments.” There are also other teams with isolated corona cases at the European Championship.
The DFB women already had a case in preparation with captain Alexandra Popp. Voss-Tecklenburg described in detail how sensitive the German delegation was to corona measures. “We also know that like many other teams we don’t have an exclusive hotel. We know that we are out and about in public areas and of course we knew that we could only maintain a bubble to a limited extent.”
The record European champions live in a separate wing of a hotel in Brentford, but don’t have the place all to themselves.