Germany beats France: double packer Alexandra Popp heads DFB women into the European Championship final

Created: 07/28/2022, 04:46

By: Antonio Jose Riether

Alexandra Popp scored both goals for Germany.

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The women's national team won the semi-finals of the European Championship 2-1 against France and is in the final.

The live ticker to read.

• The DFB women are in the final of the European Championship: Germany - France 2:1 (1:1).

• Alexandra Popp scored the opening goal: The unfortunate equalizer came shortly afterwards

• In the second half, Popp struck again: the striker headed her team into the final

• This live ticker is continuously updated.

EURO semifinals: Germany 2-1 France (1-1)

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90th + 4 minutes:

Oberdorf goes to work with the scythe against Diani and rightly sees yellow.

But the German defense can also clear the following free kick.

90th + 3 minutes:

France gets a free kick from a good position, but the busy Basha puts it over the goal.

About three minutes left on the clock...

Exciting final phase: Dallmann misses the decision dramatically

90 + 1 minute:

Now Germany counters: Lohmann follows up strongly, Huth brings the ball perfectly in the middle to Dallmann, who misses the 3: 1 by centimeters!

Voss-Tecklenburg already had the cheers on his lips.

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90 minutes:

The last minute is already running.

There's five minutes on top of that.

87 minutes:

Tall central defender Renard is now up front in every scene, but the French's attempts to attack become really dangerous.

The DFB team continues to fight with enormous passion.

83 minutes:

France are now trying with all their might to get in front of the German goal.

The DFB women still have to survive the next seven minutes.

81 minutes:

Voss-Tecklenburg makes another change, with Sara Doorsoun replacing Marina Hegering.

79 minutes:

The French have shaken off the goal they conceded and are playing again.

And the equalizer almost falls!

the strong Basha takes a ball directly with the Aurarist, her attempt just misses Frohm's box.

Second prank from Popp: The striker puts DFB women back on the road to victory

76 minutes: The German team scores again and again it's Alexandra Popp!

First Brand has two chances, but the ball stays in play.

Huth brings a wide cross into the middle, where Popp gets through between two French women and hits with a header.

It is the sixth tournament goal for the Wolfsburg player!

74 minutes:

In this phase, Germany tries again to take a little more control.

At the moment, however, no team wants to take any risks.

The French women's power play has already fizzled out.

Gwinn still has to intervene and sees a yellow card after a foul on Basha.

71 minutes:

The last twenty minutes of regular time have begun.

It is currently difficult to say who could score the next goal here.

France with power play: the national coach reacts with a double change

69 minutes:

Germany now changes twice.

Linda Dallmann and Sydney Lohmann come into play for Lina Magull and Sara Däbritz.

67 minutes:

Germany is also in front of the opponent's goal, but France is more agile in this phase.

Diani is able to win a ball again and checks Frohms from an acute angle, the keeper clears for the next corner kick.

But it brings nothing.

63 minutes:

France comes dangerously in front of the goal again.

Diani finds Basha in the backcourt, the substituted offensive player tries it immediately.

Hendrich throws his head into the ball to the corner before Frohms.

The tall Renard heads the cross in the direction of the short corner, but Frohms is there!

61 minutes:

It's back and forth now.

France first makes a mistake in their own half, which Huth cannot use, and the French counterattack again.

But again the situation can be rectified.

Semi-finals get rougher: Yellow card for a French substitute

59 minutes:

Germany plays an attack too imprecisely and France switches immediately.

But Popp, who ran along, disrupts the game decisively, the ball is back with the DFB team.

Now the fans are there too, the team continues to work passionately.

57 minutes:

Basha hits Oberdorf with his hand in the face, and the French substitute from Olympique Lyon receives a yellow card.

53 minutes:

Germany continues to play nicely and quickly forward, but the crucial last pass is still missing.

50 minutes:

Huth is sought by Rauch with a perfect interface ball, but the offensive player cannot control the ball and is annoyed.

Germany with a good start in the second half: Huth with the next chance

47 minutes:

A good start to the second half for Germany: France cannot clear the ball after a corner, Huth finishes but only hits the side netting.

46 minutes:

And it continues in Milton Keynes.

Half-time:

The German team started well and after 40 minutes, Alexandra Popp gave it a 1-0 lead.

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg's team had previously come dangerously in front of the French goal, mainly through set pieces.

The unfortunate equalizer for France came just five minutes after the 1-0 lead.

It's 1-1 at the break.

45 minutes: France continue to play forward and are undeterred.

And that pays off!

Diani shoots from twenty-five meters, the ball hits the post and from Frohm's back into the net.

A bitter goal for the keeper, who has not yet conceded a goal in the entire tournament.

Alexandra Popp scores the opening goal: 1:0 after a strong combination

40th Minute: Germany plays strongly and leads!

Brand places the ball on the right onto Huth, who has moved in and finds her Wolfsburg teammate Alexandra Popp in the middle.

The experienced goalscorer swings the ball into the net from a central position.

This time with the foot and not as so often with the head!

The jubilation in the DFB team is huge!

37 minutes:

Before the end of the second half, the balance of power balances out again.

The DFB women continue to defend a lot and in a disciplined manner, but France often loses the ball early and cannot find the combination game.

35 minutes:

Brand helps out at the back and wins an important ball against Karchaoui, the effort is still good after just over half an hour.

Germany with a free-kick chance: Rauch misses the goal

32 minutes:

Lena Oberdorf puts down Geyoro, there is a free kick for France from almost thirty meters.

France plays this briefly, but Renard misses the chipball in the middle.

Lucky for Germany.

27 minutes:

Not Magull, but Rauch tries it from around twenty meters with the left.

But her free kick goes a good bit over it, Germany now has significantly more chances.

But there is still zero on both sides.

25th Minute:

The enormously conspicuous Huth takes out the next corner kick.

Hegering is played in the middle, but her timid attempt is blocked.

Shortly thereafter, Malard gets a bit harsh on Gwinn.

Next free kick for the DFB women!

Alexandra Popp with the best chance: Keeper saves the free kick worth seeing

23 minutes:

And the best chance of the game comes from the free kick!

Popp tries and aims for the bottom left corner, Peyraud-Magnin can still scratch out the deflected ball.

Strong action from both!

21 minutes:

Jule Brand ignites the turbo and can only be stopped just before the penalty area - albeit with unfair means, there is the next free kick from a promising position.

19 minutes:

Strong action from Huth!

The Wolfsburg woman uses her body a lot when she thinks she has lost the ball and gets a free kick for Germany at the corner of the penalty area.

Lina Magull takes care of the matter, but Peyraud-Magnin has no problem with the attempt.

France keeper has to intervene several times: back and forth in the semifinals

16 minutes:

Now it's back and forth: First Diani has too much space on the left, but Däbritz gets a foot in her heriengabe.

In return, Svenja Huth is sought with a through ball, but goalkeeper Peyraud-Magnin comes wide and straddles the ball out of the danger zone.

She also sent Lina Magull away, but she was the first to get the ball.

14 minutes:

Keeper Payraud-Magnin is unable to defuse a corner by Magull, but her defense helps out.

The German team continues to fight for every meter and is in good shape, only offensively there hasn't been much.

10 minutes:

First blunder in the DFB defense!

France have space after a bad pass from Hegering, but Hendrich and Oberdorf fight back the ball before the penalty area.

7 minutes:

Diani makes a strong impact on the left in the German half, but the German players fight back the ball.

No team wants to make the first mistake.

EM semi-finals: Germany and France with the first pinpricks

5 minutes:

The French are now feeling their way and coming in front of the German box for the first time with a through ball. Hegering clears for a corner kick.

The

do nothing about this, Germany can free itself.

3 minutes:

Germany initially keeps the ball in their own ranks, France can only help themselves with a foul.

Bibault tackles Magull and the free kick that follows comes dangerously in front of the French goal, but the defensive group around captain Renard is able to clear the situation.

1st minute:

And let's go!

Germany traditionally plays in white, France also traditionally plays in blue.

KICKING OFF

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Update, 8:53 p.m .:

A few minutes until kick-off.

The teams are already in the players' tunnel and will soon be out on the wet grass - it rained quite heavily in Milton Keynes.

Update, 8:40 p.m.:

It starts in twenty minutes!

Who will snag the second semi-final ticket and play England in the final at Wembley on Sunday?

Tension mounts at MK Stadium in Milton Keynes as Welsh referee Cheryl Foster gives the go-ahead at 9pm.

Update from July 27, 8:20 p.m .:

The start of the semifinals is getting closer.

In the German team there is only one change compared to the quarter-finals against Austria, the corona-positive Klara Bühl will be replaced by Jule brand.

In comparison, there is no change in the starting XI for the French women.

With attacker Katoto, an important player with a cruciate ligament rupture has been out since the preliminary round match against Belgium.

DFB women start with 19-year-old Brand - Popp in the center, Schüller on the bench

Update from July 27, 7:55 p.m .:

Just over an hour until the second semi-final of the European Women's Championship in England.

The hosts secured their first ticket to the final at Wembley with a furious 4-0 win over Sweden on Tuesday night.

Now the second decision is pending when Germany takes on France.

The lineups of both teams are now here.

In the German team there is a change on the offensive in view of Klara Bühl's corona infection.

For Bühl, somewhat surprisingly, Jule Brand starts on the left wing for Lea Schüller, so the 19-year-old is in the starting eleven for the first time at the European Championships.

Svenja Huth storms on the right, in the middle is the German goalscorer Alexandra Popp.

19-year-old Jule Brand is in the starting XI against France.

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Update from July 27, 7:23 p.m .:

The German women’s national team seems to be armed after the last few appearances.

With France, the players want to defeat one of the best nations in the world and thus advance to the final.

The Germans have to watch out for striker Onema Grace Geyoro, who scored three goals in the group stage.

Above all, France are unpredictable, with six players scoring nine goals so far.

There was also an own goal in the 1-0 quarter-final win of the Équipe Tricolore over the Netherlands.

DFB women on the right track: national coach Voss-Tecklenburg should extend after the European Championship

Update from July 27, 6.45 p.m .:

In just over two hours, the DFB women are facing the most important game in a long time.

At 9 p.m. they will meet the French national team in the semi-finals of the European Championship.

Germany showed discipline and coolness by winning four games without conceding a goal.

Probably due to the last appearances there were reports before the game about a contract extension with national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, according to reports she could extend to 2027 after the current tournament.

But the 54-year-old now wants to tackle the difficult task against France.

First report from July 27th:

Milton Keynes - Almost a hundred kilometers northwest of the final in London, the German women's national team will meet the French team in today's semifinals at 9 p.m.

On Tuesday, the hosts from England defeated Sweden with a clear 4:0, on Wednesday evening the second opponent in the final will be played.

DFB women without Klara Bühl against France: striker Alexandra Popp will probably start

With 11:0 goals from the previous four European Championship games, the German team can go into the semi-finals with a lot of self-confidence.

The only flaw is the absence of Klara Bühl due to the corona, but the DFB women brought a lot of offensive quality to England.

So the hopes on the experienced Wolfsburg attacker Alexandra Popp will rest.

"I think Alex Popp's performance at this tournament speaks for itself," said national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.

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The recovered striker Lea Schüller from FC Bayern and Jule Brand could also be options in attack.

Voss-Tecklenburg particularly praised Bundesliga top scorer Schüller.

"She's fantastic in training," said the national coach to the 24-year-old.

It is unlikely that 19-year-old Brand from Wolfsburg will play from the start, given her previous appearances.

Voss-Tecklenburg will need their most well-rehearsed offensive on Wednesday evening.

Germany facing a tough task in the semi-finals: France also unbeaten

On the way to Wembley, however, the German women have to pass the strong French women.

In the group stage they already won the group before the Belgians after two matchdays.

The 1-1 draw against Iceland on matchday three shouldn't deceive, after all, the French team is currently number three in the FIFA world rankings, while Germany is fifth.

The star ensemble, which is adorned with numerous players from Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyon, defeated the holders with the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and will leave no stone unturned against Germany.

(ajr)