Thursday, October 28, 2021
“Everyone really burns now”
DFB women catch exciting EM group
Germany’s soccer women are record European champions, but the DFB selection has been a long way from the big titles. There will be a new attempt in the summer of 2022: The team will initially start with interesting tasks in the European Championship, which is to be caught up on.
he German soccer players will face Spain, Denmark and Finland in the preliminary round of the 2022 European Championship in England. This was the result of the UEFA group draw in Manchester. The final tournament has been postponed by one year due to the corona pandemic and will take place from July 6th to 31st. The opening match between England and Austria will be played at Manchester’s Old Trafford, the final at Wembley Stadium in London.
The team of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg will initially play in group B on July 8th in Milton Keynes against Denmark. Then on July 12th in Brentford against Spain and on July 16 again in Milton Keynes against Finland. The DFB selection set in pot 1 as well as the hosts, defending champions Netherlands and France thus escaped the Olympic silver medalist from Tokyo in the group: it lost 2-1 to Sweden in the 2019 World Cup quarter-finals in France.
Germany is the record European champion with eight titles. The team of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is facing their first tournament after the disappointing 2019 World Cup and the missed summer games. “We’re all really dying for the draw: so that we can finally prepare for our opponents, so that we know where we’re playing,” said the national coach, who was there for the DFB.
England, Norway, Austria and Northern Ireland play in group A, the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia and Switzerland in group C and France, Italy, Belgium and Iceland in group D. The hosts and UEFA are hoping for a large audience, as women’s football recently took off in England.