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Germany top group with 2-0 win over Russia

The Germany’s women’s team’s dream of defending their European Championship has become one step closer to reality. The third and final group-stage game, against Russia on Tuesday night, was won by the eight-time champions by a score of 2-0, meaning that Germany finish top of Group B and will thus play Denmark in the quarter-final on Saturday.

After opening the tournament in the Netherlands with a 0-0 draw against Sweden, who tonight were defeated 3-2 by Italy and therefore finished second in Group B, Germany went on to defeat Italy 2-1. Tonight, the ladies put in a dominant performance in Utrecht as they cruised to a 2-0 win against Russia, but there is still a lot to be desired in terms of their finishing in front of goal. It took two penalties to sink the Russians, with Babett Peter getting the Germans in front early on after just 10 minutes, before Dzsenifer Marozsan doubled the lead for her country (56’) to make it 2-0.

Lena Goeßling makes comeback

Germany manager Steffi Jones gave experienced Lena Goeßling, who has 93 appearances in Germany colours, the nod to start against the Russians, in place of Josephine Henning. It was the Wolfsburg midfielder’s first appearance for her country since September 16th 2016, which coincidentally came in an emphatic 4-0 victory over Russia in the European Championship qualifiers, as she has been injured since then. SGS Essen’s Sara Doorsoun came in for Linda Dallmann to make her eighth Germany appearance her first European Championship one.

The ball was already in the Russian’s net after just 70 seconds, but the flag was up against Mandy Islacker, thereby cancelling out the goal.

Frankfurt’s Islacker was, however, responsible for Germany’s next goal as the foul on her in the box led to the penalty which gave the Jones’ girls the lead. Daria Makarenko brought the Bundesliga top-scorer down to the ground, and moments later Peter had scored in her 110th appearance for her country from the penalty spot – as she did a few days ago against Italy.

Germany dominant

A crowd of 6,458 were on hand to witness Germany’s dominant performance, including Germany’s director of sport Horst Hrubesch. The Russians sat extremely deep, but Germany were still able to create a fair number of chances. A header from Peter hit the crossbar (30’) and a shot from Sara Däbritz came close to being on target, before Anja Mittag headed the ball into the back of the net from a corner – only to have it ruled offside as she celebrated.

The second half saw Hasret Kayicki replace Islacker, and also saw the Russians give away another penalty. This time, Marozsan stepped up to the spot, and coolly placed the ball with precision into the bottom-right corner to make it 2-0. Margarita Tschernomyrdina was at fault for conceding the penalty after bringing down Däbritz in the box.


The Germany’s women’s team’s dream of defending their European Championship has become one step closer to reality. The third and final group-stage game, against Russia on Tuesday night, was won by the eight-time champions by a score of 2-0, meaning that Germany finish top of Group B and will thus play Denmark in the quarter-final on Saturday.

After opening the tournament in the Netherlands with a 0-0 draw against Sweden, who tonight were defeated 3-2 by Italy and therefore finished second in Group B, Germany went on to defeat Italy 2-1. Tonight, the ladies put in a dominant performance in Utrecht as they cruised to a 2-0 win against Russia, but there is still a lot to be desired in terms of their finishing in front of goal. It took two penalties to sink the Russians, with Babett Peter getting the Germans in front early on after just 10 minutes, before Dzsenifer Marozsan doubled the lead for her country (56’) to make it 2-0.

Lena Goeßling makes comeback

Germany manager Steffi Jones gave experienced Lena Goeßling, who has 93 appearances in Germany colours, the nod to start against the Russians, in place of Josephine Henning. It was the Wolfsburg midfielder’s first appearance for her country since September 16th 2016, which coincidentally came in an emphatic 4-0 victory over Russia in the European Championship qualifiers, as she has been injured since then. SGS Essen’s Sara Doorsoun came in for Linda Dallmann to make her eighth Germany appearance her first European Championship one.

The ball was already in the Russian’s net after just 70 seconds, but the flag was up against Mandy Islacker, thereby cancelling out the goal.

Frankfurt’s Islacker was, however, responsible for Germany’s next goal as the foul on her in the box led to the penalty which gave the Jones’ girls the lead. Daria Makarenko brought the Bundesliga top-scorer down to the ground, and moments later Peter had scored in her 110th appearance for her country from the penalty spot – as she did a few days ago against Italy.

Germany dominant

A crowd of 6,458 were on hand to witness Germany’s dominant performance, including Germany’s director of sport Horst Hrubesch. The Russians sat extremely deep, but Germany were still able to create a fair number of chances. A header from Peter hit the crossbar (30’) and a shot from Sara Däbritz came close to being on target, before Anja Mittag headed the ball into the back of the net from a corner – only to have it ruled offside as she celebrated.

The second half saw Hasret Kayicki replace Islacker, and also saw the Russians give away another penalty. This time, Marozsan stepped up to the spot, and coolly placed the ball with precision into the bottom-right corner to make it 2-0. Margarita Tschernomyrdina was at fault for conceding the penalty after bringing down Däbritz in the box.