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Germany and France fight on Saturday (9 p.m., live in the ticker and audio stream on sportschau.de) in Basel for the semi-finals at the women’s European Championship. Both teams are peppered with strong players. A look at the direct duels that the game will get to.
If the previous appearances at the EM 2025, the French go to the quarter -finals against Germany as a favorite. While the Équipe tricolore In the Hammerthart preliminary round group D their three games with a goal difference of 11: 4 all won, the final 1: 4 bankruptcy against Sweden is really on the mood for the German team.
Perhaps the role as a light outsider in the KO round is good for the DFB team-especially when the key players find the game and their shape against France. Using data from “Createfootball”, the sports show takes a look at five direct duels that could have a say in the game.
Sjoeke Nüsken – Grace Geyoro
At the previous European Championships of Sjoeke Nüsken The defensive qualities in particular. The central midfielder stuffed many holes. She is a player who likes to take the top herself. So far, Nüsken has been involved in average five degrees per game. A hit has already been successful – against Denmark (2: 1) she achieved the important interim compensation by penalty. In contrast, however, there is great uncertainty in the event of own possession. Against Sweden, Nüsken brought only 63 percent of her passing to the woman – a very weak value. In general, the player of FC Chelsea urgently has to find more consistency. Phamen always follow in strong actions, in which it works almost without participation.
On the French side, Nüsken in the center is mostly Grace Geyoro meet. The 28-year-old from Paris St. Germain is considered one of the best “eighths” in the world. With already 101 international matches, Geyoro is one of the leaders at the “Bleues.” She captivates with good technology and is always sought by her teammates in the French building game. In doing so, she likes to take the forward gear herself. So far, she has been played in the third of the attack over 14 times in the European Championships at the European Championship, she created two shot on top shot per game.
In the central midfield, Geyoro has slight advantages due to her strong technology and her offensive urge. It is to be expected that she will bind nutks defensively, so that the German can probably provide little impulses for their own attack.
Franziska Kett – Delphine Cascarino
Franziska Kett So far, played a minute at this tournament – but against France, a maximum difficult task could come up with the 20 -year -old. As a left-back, she could move into the team and there with world-class rights player Delphine Cascarino duel. If the DFB coach Wück Sarai Linder, who previously defended the back to the left and caught a very weak day against Sweden, pulled on the right side or put it on the bench, Kett would be a serious option. For them, their high top speed and dynamics speak. With her deep center of gravity, the Bayern player would go well with Cascarino, which is very quick, especially at the first meters.
So far only a reservist – but against France the hour of Franziska Kett (left) could beat.
The French woman has been playing a strong tournament so far and has been appointed “player of the game” twice. Cascarino is always looking for one-on-one duels and has an enormous train to the goal. The offensive player from the San Diego Wave FC already scored two goals and two assists, and she was also directly involved in eleven gate finishes – shared maximum value in the French team.
This point also goes to France. Cascarino is bursting with self -confidence and will play this and her advantage over the relatively inexperienced kett.
Jule Brand – Selma Bacha
Already has four scorer points (two goals, two templates) Jule Brand So far at the EM 2025 in the account. The great strength of the 22-year-old is the start. From the right side, she regularly pulls inwards with the ball, where she either locks herself or tries to create a dangerous situation for a teammate. She also works heavily defensively. So she already won 23 duels in the three group games and won 70 percent of her header duels. It has slight weaknesses in narrow rooms with the ball control, and her degrees could be even more precise.
Fire is against France on her new club colleague from Olympique Lyon, Selma Bachameet. Bacha is a technically strong and quick left -back who always turns herself into the attack. By pass or dribbling provided the Équipe tricolore While nobody else for the transition to the third of the attack as the 24-year-old. In addition, she hit the most flanks with the French, her standards are a weapon and also defensively she had the most actions in her team.
Selma Bacha tirelessly initiated attacks in the French team.
Brand versus Bacha becomes a duel at the highest level. Both players will fight themselves again and again both in the attack and on the defensive. If Brand manages to bring in her previous defensive strength against France, she has a slight advantages with the tailwind of her previously strong tournament. If you forced Bacha to loss of ball, rooms for the German national team could be created.
Klara Bühl – Élisa de Almeida
On the left offensive outer lane Klara Bühl At the European Championships in 2025 to their strong season at FC Bayern. The 24-year-old combines technology, explosiveness and assertiveness and thus ensures many dangerous scenes. Even if she was often on its own in the previous tournament in front, she was already directly involved in 27 goal shots. For comparison: Nüsken follows second with 15 investments in this ranking at the DFB team. Bühl has won the most duels in the German team, has the most ball gains, it leads the ranking of most dribbling – both except and within the penalty area.
Bühl probably hits on Saturday Élisa de Almeida. The French right -back, who is under contract with Paris St. Germain, has so far played an unobtrusive EM 2025. De Almeida is largely limited to her core business, defense work. The 27-year-old can only be expected to impact a little impact on the offensive.
If it gets against Germany with Klara Bühl: Elisa de Almeida (right).
De Almeida is the supposed weak point of the French team. Even if the French will try not to leave Bühl and attack her when accepting the ball, speak shape, self -confidence and potential for the German.
Kathrin Hendrich – Sakina Karchaoui
Against France could the hour of Kathy Hendrich hit. Due to the violation of Giulia Gwinn, the red card of Carlotta Wamser and the terrifying German defensive performance against Sweden, the 33-year-old could move into the team. For the player from Chicago Stars FC, pace, duel quality, building game and of course her experience speak. It has weaknesses in header duels.
On Saturday Hendrich could often open Sakina Karchaoui meet. The 29-year-old is considered a polyvalent player, who has already played full-back and right wing, but gives eight an offensive in 2025. Karchaoui is difficult to grab. It likes to move between the lines, repeatedly pushes into the top and often switches to the right wing. She is a clock of the French offensive – the equivalent to the season has no other player of the “Bleues” As many ball contacts as the player of Paris St. Germain.
Sakina Karchaoui from PSG is considered one of the best players in the world. The French national team leads her to the field as a captain.
Due to her dynamics, it always becomes dangerous when Karchaoui comes into the top, which she prefers to do after double passes. Hendrich will have to try not to let the Frenchess turn on. The defender must also be supported by the central midfield. Nevertheless, she has Équipe tricolore In this duel, lightly ahead.
Conclusion: easy advantages for France
France is the easy favorite in the duel between two large and traditional football nations. If you look at five key lines, the team of coach Laurent Bonadei is almost 3-2 in front. However, the truth is on the pitch – and Germany recently had better cards. At World and European Championships, all previous duels went to the DFB team, including at the EM 2022 in the semi-finals (2: 1).