A shot of the world cup semifinal in the absence of jennifer matters shaan but her young teammates withstood scorching french heat and an early swedish onslaught to take the lead after 15 minutes one nil to germany. niinimaa gould with his 2nd goal of the tournament and one of the best in france so far 6 minutes later however the swedish women used the direct route to find an equalizer a mistake by germany at the back and sofia jakobsen school was one all that the break yacob son ashamed to roll is the most dangerous forward on the pitch in the 2nd tough she was involved in a well constructed build up before seen a black stimulus netted sweden 2nd to give her side a crucial lead was germany had plenty of time to find the leveller but despite some close calls in the dying minutes the 2 time world cup winners are heading home. and sweet a marching on to a semi fun. aren t so germany heading home just how disappointed are they yeah this
Is a big blow for germany this is the 2nd time that crashed in the quarterfinals in a major tournament in 2 years after the disappointment of the euro 2017 and this also means that germany won t be competing in the olympics next year in tokyo only the top 3 teams your pain teams in the world cup go through and so that s a huge blow in terms of the team s development this is a young team a few of the players will be retiring and you know they need these competitive games to move forward as a football nation i think largely the qualification for the olympics needs to be taken a look at i think there should be proper qualifications so that the top teams do go and compete in it but that said germany didn t deserve to win this match they knew what was at stake and still have to move forward from here all right so what this means is that sweden will now play the netherlands how did they get through yes so this was a very tough match the netherlands up against italy and it was played in starf
A dull match but italy defended really well and they were the better team in the 1st half but then the netherlands really turn the screw is vivian made a most boring open off from a free kick and that was her 3rd goal of the tournament and then we saw stephanie van grab double delays in the 80th minute to seal the match to you know another free kick from the netherlands and they re looking very strong and this is the 1st semifinal out of world cup ever and now they will face of course sweden and in the other game we of course have the usa up against england star to huge matches still to come by kickoff on tuesday and wednesday right the term end remains exciting an expat from good always for it s always good to talk to you just feel. in war torn afghanistan even soccer comes with deadly risks the taliban which controls parts of the country bars women from playing sports but threats from fundamentalists have not stopped a group of girls from pursuing their passion 1st soccer. behind the
All right so germany are now out of the women s soccer world cup after a tight 21 defeat by sweden in the quarterfinals and young spate of these forces here to take us through it so yanick this was not what people were expecting was it no not at all the fans the critics everyone didn t see this coming at all germany were clear favorites going into the much they had conceded a goal in this tournament and they had blown away north korea 3 nil in the previous game but those some strange tactics here from germany s coach martina voss took when she left who stuck creative midfielder marjon on the bench and she started her starstruck to alexander pope in midfield and so that really did kind of hurt germany s creativity going forward but that said sweden deserved to win this much so much more organized and they are. put through their game plan to perfection let s take a look at how this way it s actually managing. the german women lined up for
Out of the women s soccer world cup after a tight 21 defeat by sweden in the quarterfinals and young speight from d.w. sports is here to take us through it so young like this was not what people were expecting was it no not at all the fans the critics everyone didn t see this coming at all germany were clear favorites going into the much they hadn t conceded a goal in this tournament and they had blown away north korea 3 nil in the previous game but those some strange tactics here from germany s coach martina voss to the left who were stuck creative midfielder marjon on the bench but she stabs her starstruck eyelids and report in midfield and so that really did kind of hurt germany s creativity going forward but that said sweden deserved to win this much so much more organized and they put through their game plan to perfection let s take a look at how the swedes actually managed it. the german women lined up for a shot at the world cup semifinal in the absence of jennifer not