National team captain Alexandra Popp hardly mourns the missed European title in the summer.
“I’m almost happier that we were able to spark an incredible amount of enthusiasm, including among people who had lost access to football due to Corona or other circumstances,” said the 31-year-old goalscorer from double winner VfL Wolfsburg in an interview with the ” kicker”: “In the end, that’s worth more than a title on your CV.”
It was precisely with “our appearance and the way we played” that we were able to win people over again. In the summer, Germany only lost by the narrowest of margins in the final against hosts England (1:2 aet).
For the future of women’s football, Popp, who was the first woman to be named “Personality of the Year” by the specialist magazine kicker, hopes that “the next steps have been taken in terms of infrastructure and the conditions will become more professional so that we can talk about profit in the next step”. Then the Bundesliga could get even better.