Dzsenifer Marozsan quickly ticked off her rather bleak anniversary. “You don’t always have good games, there are also bad games,” said Germany’s best female footballer after her 100th international match on ARD: “We have to do better next time.” The 3-0 (2-0) A significantly younger selection of the German Football Association (DFB) in Montenegro offered only two positive insights apart from Marozsan’s milestone. “For us it is important: three points and no more injured players,” was the conclusion of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg before returning home by charter flight on Wednesday morning.
With six wins from six games, the record European champions on the way to the 2022 European Championship in England no longer have any serious doubts about the direct qualification as leaders of group of four I. The Montenegrin opponents from Wednesday evening are at the bottom of the table without points.
The soccer players from Ukraine and Greece have no chance with six and four points respectively. Only one theoretical remains for the Irish, who are in second place with two remaining games with 13 points and thus five points behind the DFB women.
The bottom line of the most likely sporty sovereign qualification is the long failure of Giulia Gwinn, who suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in her right knee in the 3-0 win against the pursuers from Ireland last Saturday. And how far the team really is in its development process, competitive games against extremely limited opponents like Montenegro do not provide any information. In addition, such a trip, especially to a corona risk area, takes a lot of energy and resources.
The DFB is therefore pleased to note that Europe’s umbrella organization Uefa is rethinking the previous mode and has asked the members to give their opinion. One of the goals: More attractive competitive games between top nations, possibly similar to the Nations League for men. Before possible reforms become a reality, test matches against the world’s elite must continue to determine one’s own position.
The next endurance test is due on October 27, when the English women are guests in Wiesbaden. The match is seen as the “second leg” of the prestigious success last November, when the DFB team celebrated a 2-1 last-minute win at Wembley. Almost 78,000 spectators created a fantastic atmosphere in the football temple of the upcoming EM host. It is still open whether fans will be allowed to come to the stadium when they meet again in Wiesbaden during the corona pandemic.
Around a month before this peak, there were definitely happy faces to be seen in Podgorica. The two Hoffenheim debutants Paulina Krumbiegel and Tabea Waßmuth were happy about their first international appearances. Laura Freilang from Eintracht Frankfurt was also able to set accents in the second DFB mission, not only with her first goal to lead. The other two goals were scored by Melanie Leupolz and Sydney Lohmann. SID / nd
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