Germany narrowly missed out on finishing third at the Women’s World Cup, which has been taking place in Canada. The two-time winners of the competition lost 1-0 to England in the third place play-off. The winner came from a 109th minute penalty.
Germany head coach Silvia Neid took charge of her final World Cup game and made five changes as her side lined up in a 4-4-2 formation. Nadine Angerer played her final game for Germany.
Fast start and early chances
The DFB Team could have taken the lead after just 35 seconds but Lena Petermann was unable to beat England keeper Karen Bardsley after good work from Sara Däbritz. Steph Houghton cleared a Bianca Schmidt header off the line eight minutes later and Celia Sasic fired wide when well-placed soon after.
At the opposite end, Angerer was first called into action after 12 minutes when she tipped Houghton’s effort onto the post. Germany impressed in the middle but were unable to create any real chances. The eight-time European Champions were wasteful in the final third.
England grow into the game
Däbritz had the first real chance of the second half but Bardsley deflected her effort onto the post and away; Petermann had a close range effort blocked and Tabea Kemmes fired over before England gained a string footing in the game.The Lionesses posed more of an attacking threat in the final 20 minutes but Fara Wiliams and Jill Scott failed to convert. The game was goalless after 90 minutes, so went to extra time.
Penalty proves decisive
Germany narrowly missed out on finishing third at the Women’s World Cup, which has been taking place in Canada. The two-time winners of the competition lost 1-0 to England in the third place play-off. The winner came from a 109th minute penalty.
Germany head coach Silvia Neid took charge of her final World Cup game and made five changes as her side lined up in a 4-4-2 formation. Nadine Angerer played her final game for Germany.
Fast start and early chances
The DFB Team could have taken the lead after just 35 seconds but Lena Petermann was unable to beat England keeper Karen Bardsley after good work from Sara Däbritz. Steph Houghton cleared a Bianca Schmidt header off the line eight minutes later and Celia Sasic fired wide when well-placed soon after.
At the opposite end, Angerer was first called into action after 12 minutes when she tipped Houghton’s effort onto the post. Germany impressed in the middle but were unable to create any real chances. The eight-time European Champions were wasteful in the final third.
England grow into the game
Däbritz had the first real chance of the second half but Bardsley deflected her effort onto the post and away; Petermann had a close range effort blocked and Tabea Kemmes fired over before England gained a string footing in the game.The Lionesses posed more of an attacking threat in the final 20 minutes but Fara Wiliams and Jill Scott failed to convert. The game was goalless after 90 minutes, so went to extra time.
Penalty proves decisive
The additional period remained open although neither side managed to create any clear cut chances. The first effort came after 98 minutes – Laudehr’s impressive run couldn’t be finished off by Petermann, however. Shortly before the halfway point Leupolz fired in an effort from the edge of the box but it flew over the bar.
Lady luck was on England’s side. Lianne Anderson was brought down in the box and North Korean referee Ri Hyang Ok pointed to the spot. Williams slammed the resulting penalty (109’) to give the Lionesses the lead. Germany pressed for a leveller but Anja Mittag (115’) and Bianca Schmidt (116’) missed presentable opportunities, which resulted in England winning the game 1-0 and finishing third in the tournament.
