Alexandra Popp, the face of the DFB women, said goodbye to the national team on Monday. The national team wanted to give the striker a win against Australia, but the plan went wrong.
The furious game at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London (4:3 for Germany) was followed by a 1:2 defeat for the DFB women in Duisburg against Australia on Monday. When saying goodbye to Alexandra Popp, who was emotionally celebrated by the fans, Germany led early through Selina Cerci (5th minute). After the opening goal, the DFB women continued to try to put pressure on the guests to score the second goal.
But it just shouldn’t fall. Australia’s Cooney-Cross did better, equalizing shortly before half-time with a dream goal from distance (39′). In the final quarter of an hour it was Clare Hunt who headed the final point and took advantage of a mistake by DFB goalkeeper Stina Johannes (77th).
National coach Christian Wück explained on ZDF: “We would have liked to have kept the momentum going. We weren’t able to deliver our top performance in many positions today.” In a month’s time, Germany’s women will face Switzerland and Italy.
Germany 1:2 (1:1) Australia
90th minute – Final whistle, that’s it in Duisburg! Germany loses.
90th minute – injury time is running, four minutes are shown.
89th minute – The fans are getting louder again in Duisburg. Is it still enough for Germany to compensate?
86th minute – Australia are now playing it down quite confidently and letting the ball run well. Germany has difficulty even getting access to gaming equipment.
83rd minute – Germany doesn’t have much time left to equalize here…
79th minute – Almost the direct equalizer! Dallmann takes a shot in the penalty area, but her attempt is blocked. It’s getting louder again in Duisburg.
77th minute – GOAL FOR AUSTRALIA! Is that bitter for the DFB team? A corner from the right flies dangerously into the six-yard box. But Johannes misses the ball so Clare Hunt can head it in.
76th minute – Now the Australians have a free kick, but it doesn’t achieve anything either.
70th minute – Free kick for the DFB women, but the variation can be blocked and a corner follows that achieves nothing.
68th minute – The game is just babbling along a bit.
65th minute – The momentum from the first half is no longer there, Germany has fewer chances and Australia becomes bolder.
61st minute – Germany looks for the gap in the Australian defense, a cross becomes dangerous, but Endemann cannot control the ball.