Since 2019, when Schult had an operation on his shoulder and a year later became the mother of twins, Frohms has been a regular keeper with Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. The national coach stuck to this status before the European Championships.
Of course, Schult “would have loved to play. It would have been something special to play an international match again as a mother, because that was always the big goal”. But Frohms does not allow a goalkeeper debate to arise in England either.
Fuchs: Further developed in all areas
Born in Celle, she took a few detours on her way to becoming a world-class player: because she didn’t get the chance to play behind Schult in Wolfsburg at the time, she switched to SC Freiburg in 2018, and two years later to Eintracht Frankfurt. “She has developed further in all technical and tactical matters, including personality,” says DFB coach Fuchs.
In Frankfurt, Frohms worked very intensively with the specialist Marcel Schulz. The keeper has “very good position management”, for example with crosses. “She’s much more confident in the room now.” She has a very good understanding of the game and great security on the ball “with right and left,” explains Fuchs. And of course a great bounce.
Goalkeepers are getting better and better
In the quarter-finals of the European Championship in Brentford, Frohms is now facing a rival who, according to Fuchs, “comes very strongly through personality”: Austria keeper Manuela Zinsberger from FC Arsenal played for FC Bayern from 2014 to 2019 and is considered an extroverted footballer who looks for important things Parades like clenching his fists in the 1-0 win against Norway. So far, Zinsberger has only conceded one goal in the tournament – in the 0-1 draw against England in the opening game. “Tweaks me, I think I tram,” said Zinsberger after the coup against Norway, laughing at the cameras.
“What strikes me is that the goalkeepers have improved significantly from tournament to tournament. They are becoming more and more confident and confident with the ball at their feet,” says Fuchs. However, the expert from Nuremberg also admits that there is still often a “dense crowd” with high balls in the six-yard box.
The 52-year-old was also part of the coaching staff of Hansi Flick’s German men’s selection in the Nations League. Incidentally, Manuel Neuer would be just as annoyed by an unnecessary goal in training as Frohms – “both of them quietly at first,” says Fuchs, “but then you can clearly see that it didn’t work out”.