Birgit Prinz (r.) scored twice for the German team
German women bounce back against Finland
The German women bounce back from their opening defeat at the Algarve Cup and beat Finland 3-0 (3-0). Silvia Neid made major changes, inserting six new players following a 1-0 loss to Denmark on Wednesday. Prior to the tournament in the south of Portugal, the German coach had announced that she would use the Algarve Cup as a try-out-phase for this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing.
For the game against Finland, Nadine Angerer - one of the heroines of the past World Cup - returned to guard the goal. While Annike Krahn, Jennifer Zietz, Martina Müller, Simone Laudehr and Conny Pohlers took a seat on the bench, Navina Omilade, Saskia Bartusiak, Isabell Bachor, Lena Goeßling and Melanie Behringer were added to the starting line-up.
At Estadio Algarve in Faro, the DFB-team took the initiative from the very beginning. Birgit Prinz and Melanie Behringer both missed the goal only by inches, but then Prinz, the three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, scored on a beautiful volley (17.). When Kerstin Steegeman centered the ball a little later, it was Prinz again, who converted for a goal (28.). It was her 119th goal in an international match. When Finland fouled Prinz in the penalty-area, Renate Lingor executed the spot kick (37.) to give the reigning World Champions a 3-0-lead.
Finland found their rhythm in the second half, but could not narrow the score, which would have been 4-0, if Conny Pohlers had not missed on a golden opportunity (76.). Debutant Nicole Banecki from FC Bayern München entered the game for Behringer in the final minutes.
More information on the German Women's National Team can be found here.
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The German women bounce back from their opening defeat at the Algarve Cup and beat Finland 3-0 (3-0). Silvia Neid made major changes, inserting six new players following a 1-0 loss to Denmark on Wednesday. Prior to the tournament in the south of Portugal, the German coach had announced that she would use the Algarve Cup as a try-out-phase for this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing.
For the game against Finland, Nadine Angerer - one of the heroines of the past World Cup - returned to guard the goal. While Annike Krahn, Jennifer Zietz, Martina Müller, Simone Laudehr and Conny Pohlers took a seat on the bench, Navina Omilade, Saskia Bartusiak, Isabell Bachor, Lena Goeßling and Melanie Behringer were added to the starting line-up.
At Estadio Algarve in Faro, the DFB-team took the initiative from the very beginning. Birgit Prinz and Melanie Behringer both missed the goal only by inches, but then Prinz, the three-time FIFA World Player of the Year, scored on a beautiful volley (17.). When Kerstin Steegeman centered the ball a little later, it was Prinz again, who converted for a goal (28.). It was her 119th goal in an international match. When Finland fouled Prinz in the penalty-area, Renate Lingor executed the spot kick (37.) to give the reigning World Champions a 3-0-lead.
Finland found their rhythm in the second half, but could not narrow the score, which would have been 4-0, if Conny Pohlers had not missed on a golden opportunity (76.). Debutant Nicole Banecki from FC Bayern München entered the game for Behringer in the final minutes.
More information on the German Women's National Team can be found here.
