The match that closes the rooms of this Eurocup is an exciting France-Germany. The winners of this great duel at St. Jakob Park will face Spain (which he eliminated with a 2-0 this Friday to Switzerland) in the semifinals.
Laurent Bonadei, coach of France, said they have not prepared excessively penalties. The 'bleus', who won their 3 groups of the group stage (2-1 to England, 4-1 to Wales and 2-5 to the Netherlands), demonstrated their offensive power in this Eurocup, with 11 marked goals (by 9 different players).
France-Germany
St. Jakob-Park, 21.00 (Teledeporte)
France: Peyrause off; Development, Mbock, Sombat, Bach; Geyo, Jean-François, Karchachaui; Cascaron, Katoto and Malard
Selector: Laurent Bonadei
Germany: Berger; Hendrich, Minge, Knaak, Linder; Nüsken, Senss, Lohmann; Brand, Schüller y Bühl
Selector: Christian Wück
Erger; Hendrich, Minge, Knaak, Linder; Nüsken, Senss, Lohmann; Brand, Schüller y Bühl
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Suecia)
GRIEDGE MBOCK, Captain and Defense of France, will reappear after a month off due to a muscle injury and said he is not afraid to debut in the tournament in such intense rooms. “I don't feel fear. I trust my partners, who are going to help me. This is a collective sport,” said the PSG zaguera.
Christian Wück, Germany coach, and his midfielder Elisa Sensss (Eintracht Frankfurt) said yesterday that France “is the favorite.” However, Sensss added that “we have had time to prepare the match and I think we will win.”
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The truth is that, in its 5 clashes with France in the final phases of large tournaments (Eurocup, World, Olympic Games), Germany has won 4 and tied one. And in the Eurocup, 3 German triumphs, including in the semifinals of 2022. Germany ended the first phase thrashed by Sweden (4-1) on Saturday.
And, according to Wück, “we have had a long pause to mentally free ourselves and analyze the mistakes we made.” The German coach described France as “super team, but I don't want to talk about their individualities, but to concentrate on our forces.”
