Victorious Germans at the end of the extension (2-1), the English “lionesses” win the Euro 2022 in their London London.
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At the end of a very undecided meeting, the English “lionesses” finally forced the decision against the Germans (2-1 after extension) to win, in the London temple of Wembley, the first title in their history, in Euro 2022 football final.
The Englishmen found the “Frauen Nationalmannschaft” in official competition for the first time since 2009, and a final of Euro lost fairly largely in Helsinki (2-6). And if the players of Sarina Wiegman seemed to be favorite before 87,192 supporters mainly acquired to their cause, history gave the Germans the role of breakers of dreams.
He had been endorsed a year earlier by their Italians in the 2021 male Euro final, already in Wembley, and already facing the England team. Eight times European champions, the Germans had so far won all their finals. It is now done, faced with a nation that wins, men and women combined, its first trophy since the 1966 World Cup, already won at home, already in front of the Germans.
Popp missed the Germans
And if the famous and decisive “goal by Wembley” by Geoff Hurst is still controversial today, as it is uncertain that he has crossed the line, the decisive strike with the end of the foot and full of opportunism of Chloe Kelly (110
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg will long regret the absence of her star Alexandra Popp. The executioner of the Blue in the semi-finals (2-1) left his partners to warm up, victim of a “muscle injury” even preventing him from taking place on the bench. A blow in view of the influence of the number 11 of Wolfsburg, a tournament rider co-moist with the English Beth Mead (6 goals each). His replacement Lea Schüller has never managed to weigh on the opposing defense, even received a yellow card for yet another charge on the door Mary Earps.
“We are not afraid of anyone” declared in pre-match Sarina Wiegman. The Dutch coach took place in September 2021 on the English bench with the sole mission of winning, she who had led the Netherlands in the European title in 2017 and to the 2019 World Cup final. Her players therefore started the feet in the Floor, with great intensity in duels and a first hot situation badly exploited by Ellen White of the head in the surface (3 e ).
Behind, the lionesses maintained a sterile hold on the game, before seeing the Germans – however harmless – gradually getting out of the water, to the point of obtaining the most dangerous opportunity of the first act , on a scramble at five meters after a corner badly cleared by the English defense, which could have benefited from Marina Hegering if she had better oriented her foot against the goal (25
An English salute from the bench
Faced with her line of attack in lack of juice, Sarina Wiegman had the lucidity to make two first early changes, with the outings of Ellen White and Fran Kirby, not very inspired, for the benefit of “Super-Subs” (Super-filler) Ella Toone and Alessia Russo, five goals and two assists in their own since the start of the tournament, each time by entering the match.
And it is TOONE who plants the first band, “to the German”, of a contreted devastating of a subtle lob (62 e ), while England pushed the opposing assaults somehow. The equalization of Lina Magull (79
Entrance instead of the best English tournament player, Beth Mead, Chloe Kelly knew how to keep a cool head, from the top of her 24 years, to carry the estocade of a goal full of opportunism at the end of the Pied (110