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Merle Frohms, Goal:
She is playing her first major tournament, she has supplanted the much better-known Almuth Schult as number one.
Frohms is under special observation at this European Championship.
The future Wolfsburg player was attentive against Austria in the first half, after which she showed some insecurities that led to great chances.
She might have had her fingertips on the ball when she hit the post in the 57th minute, but this quarter-final was not her best performance.
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Giulia Gwinn, defense:
The Bayern player rummaged around everywhere.
Not every action she took was successful, but Gwinn earned special points for her great diligence.
She constantly pushed and went a long way, always trying to support Huth on the offensive.
She almost rewarded herself with a hit against the post shortly after the restart.
The 23-year-old has already suffered serious injuries in her career, but fortunately there are no longer any after-effects.
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Kathrin Hendrich, defense:
When Austria had the first big chance, she was in a bad position and ran behind.
The error seemed to leave a mark.
Hendrich made a few bad passes in the build-up, but she didn't exude any particular confidence, even though she improved over the course of the game and gained air superiority.
The German defense is still without a goal, but after this evening this impeccable record is a bit lucky.
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Marina Hegering, defence:
Hegering should actually be suffering from an acute hoarseness.
She constantly gives commands and coordinates her neighbors.
"Anyone who can still talk in football doesn't fight enough," said one of this reporter's youth football coaches.
This sentence does not apply to Hegering: she can speak as she wants during the game, her commitment does not suffer as a result.
She was the stronger of the two central defenders.
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Felicitas Rauch, defense (up to the 90th minute):
Initially, she had problems with the physical play of the Austrians.
With some sharp crosses on offense, Rauch made a good impression overall.
Rauch hasn't had her regular place in the DFB team for long, but she deserves it.
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Sophia Kleinherne, defense (from the 90th minute/here during the warm-up):
She came into play, the final whistle sounded about three seconds later.
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Lena Oberdorf, Midfielder:
Her nickname is Obi, and like Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Oberdorf appears to possess special powers.
In the 17th minute, Oberdorf sent a signal and suddenly the DFB team played much better.
In the center circle, she energetically engaged in a duel with a tackle, it was the famous wake-up call.
The DFB selection, which had been pushed back until then, now had more offensive game parts again.
Strong is the power in Obi.
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Sara Däbritz, midfield (up to 64 minutes):
It's a lot of fun to watch her.
When Däbritz has the ball, you know it's moving forward.
The future player from Olympique Lyon is involved in almost every offensive action.
That was also the case at times against Austria, but Däbritz had to plug a few holes and had more defensive work to do than last time.
When she left the field early, Däbritz looked battered and exhausted.
She has more potential than she showed tonight.
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Lena Lattwein, midfield (from the 64th minute):
She brought back the calm that the team had lost in the middle of the second half.
The Wolfsburg player had her strongest moment when she initiated a big chance in the 82nd minute.
Lattwein is close to the starting XI, who knows, maybe she'll win another starting place.
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Lina Magull, midfield (up to the 64th minute):
Magull fought her way into the DFB team at the 2019 World Cup and has long been the heart of the team.
She outshines many with her actions, she is cheeky and tricky on the ball, her shot is worth seeing.
The Bayern professional is the right candidate for a game-changing action.
Consequently, it was Magull who scored the German opening goal.
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Linda Dallmann, midfield (from the 64th minute):
Five minutes after coming on as a substitute, she could have brought Germany to safety after a nice pass from Popp, but her shot went over the goal.
The inclusion of the tempo dribbler was worth it.
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Svenja Huth, attack (up to the 90th minute):
Huth should be an opponent of the speed limit.
If you give her the ball, it goes quickly forward.
She was really fast in the 43rd minute when she took the shot from a tight angle.
Maybe the Wolfsburg player should have put the ball down, but at such high speed you can lose track.
From the second half she built up.
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Sydney Lohmann, midfield (from the 90th minute):
Like Kleinherne, she was allowed to step onto the pitch again, but that was the end of it.
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Klara Bühl, attack (up to 83 minutes):
You really don't want to be assigned Bühl as an opponent.
When she has the ball, the native of Munich dribbles so fast that even spectators can hardly keep up.
If Bühl doesn't have the ball, it's almost more uncomfortable.
She hops at her opponents like an angry terrier desperate for the ball back.
Bühl, who had prepared the 1-0 and hit the crossbar in the final phase, is only 21 years old and no one disputes her place in the DFB team anymore.
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Alexandra Popp, attack:
The striker, who worked so hard that night, made the best contact with the ball that she didn't make.
When Magull scored the opening goal, Popp attracted attention in the penalty area, but then she cleverly let a pass from Bühl roll through to the Bayern player.
Just a few seconds earlier, Popp had helped make it 1-0 with her energetic approach to the Austrian goalkeeper.
She made the decision in the closing stages because she didn't give in again and forced Manuela Zinsberger to make a mistake.
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Jule Brand, attack (from the 83rd minute):
The top talent from Hoffenheim has a great future ahead of him, that's for sure, even if Brand wasn't really able to prove it during her brief assignment.
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Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, national coach:
The DFB selection is still without conceding a goal and loss of points, they are in the semi-finals of the European Championship.
Voss-Tecklenburg played a large part in this success.
At her first tournament, the 2019 World Cup, the national coach constantly had her players take on new tasks, which caused them to be overwhelmed.
In the meantime, the DFB selection has a clear structure, a starting eleven that is well coordinated.
Voss-Tecklenburg's substitutions are also paying off.
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