🚨 Heavy defeat in Zurich: Sweden too strong for shaky Germany women's team | OneFootball

The dream of winning the group has burst. At the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, the DFB women lost clearly to Sweden with 1:4 and finish the group C as runners-up.

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Initially, everything looked good. Germany started energetically, created several chances at the beginning and logically took the lead.

But after the 1-0 by Jule Brand (7th), the game turned around. The Blågult took control and took the lead through Stina Blackstenius (12th) and Smilla Holmberg (25th). Afterwards, it got even thicker for the Wück-Elf.

Carlotta Wamser cleared the ball from the line with her hand in the 31st minute, caused a penalty and had to leave the field with a red card. Fridolina Rolfö took responsibility and increased to 3-1 from a Swedish perspective. In the aftermath, the DFB team trembled into the cabins. Again and again, the newly formed defense, in conjunction with goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, made partly hair-raising mistakes.

No turnaround in the second half

The second half also didn't really bring the turnaround. Although the German women stabilized, a real recovery was not to be seen. The Swedes administered the lead and set clever pinpricks - as in the 80th minute.

After a pass combination around the German penalty area, Lina Hurtig only had to hold out her foot and scored the 4-1 for Peter Gerhardsson's team. That's where it would ultimately stay.

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