Alexandra Popp scored twice in the first half and Germany added four more in the second in a 6-0 rout of a Morocco team on its debut at the Women’s World Cup on Monday. Popp scored her 63rd and 64th international goals, moving to third on Germany’s all-time list. The second half featured two Morocco own-goals sandwiched between goals from Klara Bühl and Lea Schüller.
Money has been a big talking point at this Women’s World Cup, from the lack of federation support for some teams and players, to the smaller prize pool FIFA is offering compared with the men’s World Cup in 2022, to the players not being paid their World Cup bonuses directly. Ahead of its opening match Monday versus Morocco in Melbourne, two-time World Cup champion Germany tried to spread some good news about finances in the women’s game. The national team players announced they will donate a percentage of their World Cup bonuses to grassroots girls soccer organizations in Germany.
Germany got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start with victory over Morocco in Melbourne. Alexandra Popp's two first-half headers set the tone as Germany racked up the highest score of the tournament so far.