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DFB-Elf in the individual criticism: Magull’s comeback is not enough – sport

Merle Frohms

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Goal line, Wembley, there was something, but Merle Frohms dropped an awkward English shot on goal at the beginning, clearly before the chalk line. Is there anyway meanwhile a technical eye for such situations. The fact that Ellen White bumped into her shortly afterwards set the tone for this final: the English women first sought intensive physical contact with the German goalkeeper and then intensive physical contact with every other opponent.

After a good twenty minutes, Frohms almost had more to do than in the tournament before, where she only conceded one goal before the final. (Goal scorer: her own back after a shot off the post.) It will not console her that the second goal was a full-fledged dream goal. Frohms shortened the angle against the onrushing Ella Toone – but she lobbed over her at full speed. Frohms then also won the award for the most casual action in a final when she cleared a sharp long-range shot with the inside tear to the outside in the 109th minute. Shortly thereafter, she conceded her third goal in this tournament. She was innocent.

Giulia Gwinn

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Experienced like Frohms that the Englishwomen didn’t want to win a courtesy prize here and after 25 minutes she was checked away so hard by striker White in midfield that referee Kateryna Monzul gave a yellow card. Is actually a naturally extremely attacking right-back but this time she was needed at the back. Only dropped tactical considerations after the first goal conceded – there was nothing left to lose anyway. Inconsolable after the final whistle.

Marina Hegering

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Went just short of a penalty after a good 40 minutes when she got the ball so faintly first against White and then against Bronze in her own penalty area. Could have gone wrong too. Was just before that on the other side of the field in the middle of a commotion in front of the England goalkeeper and her long leg got behind the ball – it bounced on an English arm. As a referee, you could have checked the scene critically on the screen. After a little more than an hour, clashed with Beth Mead, both straddled at full speed, both slammed shins against shins, both stayed down (photo), both were able to continue. Then had to leave the field completely exhausted in extra time.

Kathrin Hendrich

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When you concede a goal, you look for the mistake in defence, and in England’s 1-0 draw it was the coordination between Hendrich and Hegering that didn’t work. Hendrich was high, Hegering a few steps below, so Ella Toone was not offside and had the few meters ahead of Hendrich to make it 1-0.

So what can you do as a defender? Initiate the equalization, for example. Hendrich did shortly afterwards: won the ball, played it forward, looked at their work. The scene then reflected her performance – she was one of the best Germans in this final, maybe even the best. It was all the more bitter that she also followed the 2-1 up close: she was a millisecond too late with her liberation (photo).

Felicitas Rauch

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Had one of the hardest tasks, because the massive Mead (top scorer of the tournament with Popp) and Lucy Bronze (world player 2020) came from her side. Got a yellow card after 40 minutes after a tough challenge against Mead (photo) and carried that mortgage around with him until the 113th minute. A work of art in itself.

Lena Oberdorf

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So far, one rule has applied in this tournament: Where the ball goes, Lena Oberdorf is already there. duel right? Oberdorf. duel left? Oberdorf. pressing in front? Oberdorf. Rescue operation behind? You can guess the answer. Was of course the first stop sign of the German defense against England, and if anything surprised her, it was that she was still everywhere in extra time. Substitution was not an option. Was, to put it bluntly, kicked out by Alessia Russo after 100 minutes. You could have shown red too. Despite defeat in the final, the discovery of this tournament.

Sara Däbritz

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Had Germany’s best chance in the first half, but her shot from a free position landed on Lucy Bronze’s head after ten minutes. Was stopped unfairly with a tactical foul in the 23rd minute. Her strength was only enough for 73 minutes – then she had to come down for Sydney Lohmann.

Lina Magul

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Experienced two opposite halves. In the first 45 minutes, Lina Magull was hardly decisive in the game, the game consisted almost entirely of duels, and the technician Magull was lost in this sea of ​​duels. In the second half, however, almost only Magull could be seen. Appeared for the first time in the 50th minute – and tried to place the ball in the far corner with the pick. The attempt went just wide of the far post. In the 66th minute, she then thundered a shot from under the ball against the post. And in the 79th minute she took the inside and the marble hit the net: After a cross pass from Tabea Waßmuth, Magull kept his left foot in.

Svenja Huth

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Still sprinting down the line in overtime like mileage could win this game. Was captain after Popp’s spontaneous retirement (see below) and maybe that’s why she literally led the way. In the 97th minute she appeared in the penalty area after the umpteenth 50 meter sprint and was only stopped at the last moment.

Christmas Fire

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Could have had her big scene in the 25th minute, she could show her start, run away on the left – and then she made the wrong decision because she put the ball steeply in front of the goal instead of back to the waiting Magull. Had to go out for the break, Tabea Waßmuth replaced the 19-year-old youngest in the German team.

Lea Schuller

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Being spontaneously thrown into a final – that was the case in German football history for men eight years ago. A few minutes before the World Cup final, Christoph Kramer found out that Sami Khedira couldn’t do it, this time Schüller came on for Popp. The good news: Schüller didn’t have to leave the field like Kramer in Rio with partial amnesia after a head hit. The bad news: The English women treated the only German striker as if they would at least accept a hit to the head. Adapted the style of play, put up a fight and had her chance after almost an hour, but just missed a through ball from substitute Wassmuth, and because she didn’t withdraw against goalkeeper Mary Earps (photo), she received a yellow card.

Alexandra Popp

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Before the game, German fans held up cardboard signs with the inscription “Popp save the Team” phonetically based on the English anthem text “God save the Queen” in the stands – and then the captain and six-time goal scorer was unable to take part at very short notice. muscular problems.

Tabea Wassmuth

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Just the right substitution. Brought a lot of momentum into the German game, somehow found the space that England left and prepared the 1-1 after having created many dangerous situations before. Next to her came Nicole Anyomi, Sydney Lohmann, Linda Dallmann, Sarah Doorson and Lena Lattwein.

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