Bundestrainer Martina Voss-Tecklenburg applauded her players, double scorer Jule Brand smiled with satisfaction: The German soccer players have hit the goal again after a strong rotation and are clearly on course for the World Cup. With half a dozen fresh players in the starting line-up, the DFB selection played like a substitute in qualifying in a 7-0 (4-0) win against Israel in Essen five days after the meager 1-0 in the first leg.
“It’s nice that we scored seven goals, even more would have been possible,” said Voss-Tecklenburg and emphasized: “The way the team dealt with the criticism of the first leg and tried to do better was great satisfactory. “Laura Freilang was really enthusiastic:” It’s cool when there are so many goal scorers, it was fun. “
Youngster Brand (20th / 45th), Captain Sara Däbritz (26th), free time (42nd), Lina Magull (56th), Tabea Waßmuth (71st) and Felicitas Rauch (78th) met spectators in front of 1814, including DFB interim president Rainer Koch and director Oliver Bierhoff. With a flawless score of twelve points and 20: 1 goals from four games, the German team consolidated their lead in Group H on their way to the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Before the competitive games against Turkey and Portugal continue at the end of November, the focus is on Manchester. There the European Championship 2022 in England (6th to 31st July) will be drawn there on Thursday (6 p.m.). Germany is in pot 1 with defending champions Netherlands and France, and the hosts are also the heads of Group A.
“We want to generate freshness”, announced Voss-Tecklenburg and changed their starting formation significantly with a view to load management. But even with new personnel, patience was first required against the densely staggered Israeli defense bloc.
But that could be cracked better with more speed, precision and overview, some hits were played well worth seeing. In the German double strike, the 19-year-old Brand first met after Däbritz had presented her, then the midfielder from Paris St. Germain put in a slightly deflected low shot after great preparatory work from Freilang.
And then the preparer increased again, the Eintracht striker screwed her quota to eight goals in nine international matches. And winger Brand from TSG Hoffenheim made things very clear with her second goal before the break.
After the break, the same picture: Israel was low, the hosts let the ball go. With a nice volley hit, the strong Bayern captain Magull initiated the scoring in the second half.
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