By beating Colombia 3-1 (1-0) in their second group A match of the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup hosts germany secured their place in the quarterfinals.
Alexandra Popp (21.), Sylvia Arnold (50.) and skipper Marina Hegering (55.) scored the goals in front 15.545 spectators in Bochum. 19-year-old Popp of FCR Duisburg scored her third after having been on target in the opening match against Costa Rica. Melissa Ortiz cut the lead to two after 82 minutes for Colombia.
Against France match for first place
"Of course we are happy to have reached the quarterfinal. it was our main goal. But I'm not as happy about the way we played in the first half. We had our problems offensively and reacted more than we acted. I told the girls during the break to work on that and they made it better afterwards", coach Maren Meinert said.
In their last preliminary match on Tuesday (11.30 am CEST) in Augsburg against European U19-champion France first place in Group A is now at stake. The French beat Costa Rica 2-0 (0-0) and are second with four points. Colombia still can hope to qualify with one point, while Costa Rica is out of the tournament being pointless.
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By beating Colombia 3-1 (1-0) in their second group A match of the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup hosts germany secured their place in the quarterfinals.
Alexandra Popp (21.), Sylvia Arnold (50.) and skipper Marina Hegering (55.) scored the goals in front 15.545 spectators in Bochum. 19-year-old Popp of FCR Duisburg scored her third after having been on target in the opening match against Costa Rica. Melissa Ortiz cut the lead to two after 82 minutes for Colombia.
Against France match for first place
"Of course we are happy to have reached the quarterfinal. it was our main goal. But I'm not as happy about the way we played in the first half. We had our problems offensively and reacted more than we acted. I told the girls during the break to work on that and they made it better afterwards", coach Maren Meinert said.
In their last preliminary match on Tuesday (11.30 am CEST) in Augsburg against European U19-champion France first place in Group A is now at stake. The French beat Costa Rica 2-0 (0-0) and are second with four points. Colombia still can hope to qualify with one point, while Costa Rica is out of the tournament being pointless.
