At the end of the group phase, the German team is convincing and wins clearly – and now has outstanding statistics.
3 games, 3 wins, 9 points, 9-0 goals – the DFB team made the perfect group stage at the women’s European Championship in England. At the end of the day, the team coached by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, which had long since qualified for the quarter-finals, won a clear 3-0 (1-0) against Finland. Sophia Kleinherne (40th), Alexandra Popp (48th) and Nicole Anyomi (63rd) scored for undisputed success.
For the first time in 17 years, Germany did not concede a goal in the preliminary round of a European Championship finals. As the winners of Group B, the Germans will meet the Austrians on Thursday in London-Brentford (9 p.m. / ARD and DAZN), who surprisingly finished second in Group A.
In the sportingly meaningless game against Finland, the German team were missing Lena Oberdorf and Felicitas Rauch who were suspended. The ailing Lina Magull was rested. In addition, Lea Schüller (Corona) was not available. The 20,721 spectators in Milton Keynes, including Bastian Schweinsteiger, saw a game on one goal at the beginning. Popp had the German lead on his head after just 30 seconds, Sara Däbritz missed in the seventh minute.
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The two-time world champion temporarily constricted the Finns in their penalty area, but the long overdue goal was still a long time coming after fifteen minutes. Nevertheless, the German leadership seemed only a matter of time.