Five days before their World Cup opener against Morocco, the German soccer team will play a training game against a male U15 team from local club Central Coast Mariners.
Wednesday’s session is intended to be a high-intensity game simulation, assistant coach Michael Urbansky explained during a media roundtable in Wyong.
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Before the first group game against Morocco on Monday (10:30 a.m. CEST/ZDF) in Melbourne, the situation with the ailing duo Marina Hegering (bruised heel) and Lena Oberdorf (muscle injury in the thigh) is “evaluated from day to day”, the trend is positive . Both players were injured in the dress rehearsal against Zambia (2:3).
A special focus in the training work is after the defeat against the world number 77. on defensive issues such as counter-hedging and remaining defense. In addition, the vice European champions are working harder on the quality of the standards. “Many World Cup games will be close, and then that’s the ‘game changer’,” said Urbansky.