Without the injured DFB captain Alexandra Popp, the German footballers will go into the European Championship qualifiers in Austria and against Iceland. The 32-year-old striker from VfL Wolfsburg, like her club colleague and head of defense Marina Hegering, is missing from the squad for the qualifying games that the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Tuesday. Former Munich player Lina Magull from Inter Milan is back in the squad.
Popp had already missed Wolfsburg’s 4-0 defeat against FC Bayern Munich due to knee problems. Hegering tore a muscle fiber in his calf in the top Bundesliga game.
Former Frankfurt player Bibiane Schulze Solano from Athletic Bilbao was nominated for the first time ever. The DFB women will start the qualifying games for the 2025 European Championships in Switzerland on April 5th in Linz against Austria and on April 9th in Aachen against Iceland. Another group opponent for the DFB women is Poland.
Hrubesch: “Accept the situation”
“For us it is now a matter of accepting the situation and giving other players the chance to show themselves,” said interim national coach Horst Hrubesch in a DFB statement. “We want to take the momentum from the successful qualification for the Olympic Games in Paris with us, we want to attack and build on the performance against the Netherlands. I am sure that if we succeed in doing that, we will have a successful start to the European Championship qualification.”
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In addition to Magull, Felicitas Rauch (North Carolina Courage/USA), Nicole Anyomi (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Melissa Kössler (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) were also recently not taken into account; But they will be back at the upcoming games. Newcomer Schulze Solano (25) sees Hrubesch as “an interesting defensive player who has been on our list for a long time.”
Long-time regular player Svenja Huth (Wolfsburg) announced her resignation from the German team last week. The European Championship qualification is also a casting for Paris. Only 18 players are allowed to be nominated for the Olympic football tournament.
Without the injured DFB captain Alexandra Popp, the German footballers will go into the European Championship qualifiers in Austria and against Iceland. The 32-year-old striker from VfL Wolfsburg, like her club colleague and head of defense Marina Hegering, is missing from the squad for the qualifying games that the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Tuesday. Former Munich player Lina Magull from Inter Milan is back in the squad.
Popp had already missed Wolfsburg’s 4-0 defeat against FC Bayern Munich due to knee problems. Hegering tore a muscle fiber in his calf in the top Bundesliga game.
