Cake and serenade for record national player Birgit Prinz on her 44th birthday, then the German soccer players concentrated on the second World Cup qualifier against Israel on Monday.
Prince, as a team psychologist, is also helping to prepare the DFB selection for the game on Tuesday (4:05 p.m. / ARD) in Essen.
After the tedious 1:
Düsseldorf - 0 against the outsider last week in Petach Tikva, national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has a lot of suggestions for improvement for her team.
More patience in the individual positions, more precision with the last pass and with the standards - that was what the 53-year-old listed at a video press conference, among other things.
"We played well over 800 passes, had well over 70 percent possession", Voss-Tecklenburg complained about the first leg, "but too little effectiveness, too few solutions to pose problems for the opponent in the box."
In terms of personnel, the national coach has a wide choice: “Everyone is fit.” Nevertheless, due to the various stresses and strains on her Champions League participants in particular, she will make changes in recent weeks.
Despite playing in the premier class of her club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Jule Brand could stay in the starting line-up.
"We now know what we haven't done so well and what we need to do better," said the 19-year-old.
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