With two wins in two games, the DFB women have impressed at the European Championship so far. The team wants more – and is aiming for a “perfect group stage”.
The German soccer players do not fear any motivation problems for the group final against Finland after the early entry into the European Championship quarter-finals. “We just want to finish the group with a clean sheet, go one better and play a perfect group phase. So I don’t see any problem there,” said midfielder Linda Dallmann (FC Bayern) before the game on Saturday (9 p.m./ Live ticker at t-online) in Milton Keynes.
“We take it very seriously”
The fact that a family afternoon with relatives in the team hotel planned for the previous day was canceled at the beginning of the week for safety reasons due to the Corona case Lea Schüller was in the interests of the team, explained Dallmann on Thursday. You meet “family and friends only outside and at a distance. We take this very seriously because we see that there are several cases in other teams.”
Still, cabin fever does not occur after eleven days at the Hilton Syon Park in London-Brentford. Whether “Teqball plate, dartboard, fitness tent or small pool”, according to Lena Lattwein (VfL Wolfsburg) there are “enough possibilities” for distraction on the site or on walks through Brentford.
After the victories against Denmark (4:0) and Spain (2:0), the duo can have legitimate hopes of starting at the European Championships in England. Dallmann could start in place of the slightly injured Lina Magull, Lattwein should be the first choice to replace Lena Oberdorf, who has been suspended with a yellow card.