DFB team burns on EM

Even the thought of the Lost pots conjured up national coarin Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and Captain Sara Däbritz a smile in the face: finally a tournament again!

After the missed Olympics and the European Championship moved from 2021 to 2022, there is a taste of the EM from 6 to 31 July in England on Thursday (18:00 clock): The group draw is on. The German footballers are set in pot 1 as well as the hosts, defending champion Netherlands and France.

We re all going to the draw: so that we can finally prepare for the opponents so we know where we play, said Voss-Tecklenburg. The 53-year-old will fly to the procedure of UEFA to Manchester. Sweden, Spain, Norway or Italy wave as the strongest opponent from pot 2.

Caster victory against Israel

At the record European champion from Germany (eight titles) meanwhile grows the competitive pressure within the team. The 7-0 against Israel in Essen was the fourth victory in the fourth World Cup qualifier. At the rotation of Voss-Tecklenburg five days after the bother 1: 0 in the first leg, some player for the European player was able to recommend. This speaks for our squad that we have enormous competitive pressure, Däbritz said. You can imagine, prophesied the national trainer at 23 EM participants, what that is for a challenge.

For the 2016 Olympic champions, it has been the first tournament since the 2019 World Cup, which ended as disappointing with the quarter-final-off against Sweden and that meant for the summer games in Tokyo. This will not be a self-runner with a single group game, Werne Voss-Tecklenburg with a view of England, but also stressed, I believe that there are teams that Germany do not necessarily want - and that s nice.

Däbritz speaks at the EM from the conclusion of a highlight year that demands DFB candidates in their leagues, the newly formed Champions League and in the World Cup qualification. Against Israel, the 26-year-olds of Paris Saint-Germain shone as a dive next to Lina Magull from FC Bayern Munich. Chelsea Profi Melanie Leupolz was allowed to replace playmaker and US Professional Dzsenifer Marozsan. Voss-Tecklenburg saw this all as finger tough direction EM: we will not play with eleven players around the title.

Fire laces double pack

They also mentioned the numerous injured, which are still in the race: especially the actual player Alexandra Popp, in the attack, but also defensive players like Lena Oberdorf (both VfL Wolfsburg) and Marina Hegering from FC Bayern.

Youngster Jule Brand from the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim reach two goals in Essen. The just 19 years old striker should be careful after a rocket year (Voss-Tecklenburg). Jule must also be an athlete in the next two, three years. We have to take care of a bit of you, that we bring you healthy through the burden, said the national trainer. But the Frankfurter Laura freight, which sets its quota to eight hits in nine international matches and stood for Munich s Torjäger Lea Schüller in the starting eleven, was vigorously for himself.