Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Fourth victory in the World Cup qualification
DFB women celebrate peat festival against Israel
The first leg in Israel is closer than hoped, in the second leg the DFB-Elf resolved their problem with scoring goals emphatically. In the fourth qualifying game for the 2023 World Cup, there is the fourth victory, plus half a dozen goals and many good offensive actions.
After a strong rotation, the German soccer players started the goal machine again in the World Cup qualification. With half a dozen fresh forces in the starting line-up, the DFB team played like a substitute in the 7-0 (4-0) against Israel in Essen five days after the meager 1-0 in the first leg.
Youngster Jule Brand (20th / 45th), captain Sara Däbritz (26th), Laura Freilang (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 the way to the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
“Overall, we played a good game, we wanted to do better than we did in the first leg. I think we did that as far as the goal rate was concerned. It’s cool when there are so many goalscorers, it was fun,” said Laura Clearance.
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 (July 6th to 31st) 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.
Israel is deep and has no opportunities
“We want to generate freshness,” announced national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and changed her starting line-up significantly, also with a view to stress management. But even with new staff, 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 out worth seeing. In the German double strike, the 19-year-old Brand only met after Däbritz had presented it, then the midfielder from Paris St. Germain added 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.