Cheers after the decisive goal in the 2-1 victory of the German soccer team in the European Championship semi-final against France on Wednesday. An exciting encounter, so the tenor among the fans here, at home in Berlin. “It was just a super great game. It was the greatest game, in my opinion, of the European Championship. Both of them gave each other nothing and both sides had chances to score, so it was just an impressive game for me.” The final next Sunday will be against the English hosts. “In England, against England, I don’t think there’s anything better. Well, who among us wouldn’t want to be there. It’s just going to be… there can’t be a better final. And when we play like we did today, such a team spirit , such a fighting spirit, then we can only win.” And what does the trainer say? Martina Voss-Tecklenburg in Milton Keynes on Wednesday. “It was a very, very intense game. We played a first half where a lot of things worked out, we came into play and of course we wanted to see how the opponents acted, whether they gave us the space we actually have They solved it a bit differently, so we had to make some adjustments and then made it 1-0, but then unfortunately conceded the goal straight away, but we were totally calm at half-time, we were totally clear because we said so : We’re going for the second goal, we want to continue in the same way, we want to continue to challenge France. What was important then: this energy that Poppi mentioned, this defensive desire.” And her view of the match against England in the final? Optimistic! “We’re auditioning at Wembley Stadium, I think 90,000 people, probably a lot who are for England and a few who are for us, but we fully accept that. If someone had told us before the EURO that that will happen like this, in this way with the many stories that are also part of it, with the failures of the players, everything that we have coped with, then we should have been pinched.” The European Championship final between Germany and England kicks off in London on Sunday at 6 p.m.
