WWC Group H 🇩🇪🇲🇦🇨🇴🇰🇷 Four runners-up meet | OneFootball

Our Women’s World Cup attention now turns to the final group, Group H.

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Who is in Group H?

The favourites

Germany, one of the favourites for the whole thing after last summer’s Euros felt like the start of something.

But recent games have seen them lose to the USA, Brazil and Zambia, as well as a draw with Sweden. It’s just two wins from their last six matches and you cannot afford to slip up in a three-match group stage; could the door be ajar for a shock?

What’s the key game?

With Germany struggling for form and Morocco playing without pressure, the first game between the pair is enormous.

A German victory would likely steady any nerves and set them up nicely. But any shock result — anything but a Germany win — would leave the door wide open for any of the four teams in this group to qualify. The pressure is on from the off.

Can you give me a player to watch for every team?

Lena Oberdorf (Germany)

Just 21 but already world class, Oberdorf can dominate matches in midfield and did so consistently last summer as Germany reached the final of the Euros. With her combination of aggression and physicality with her ability to read the game and rise above the fight technically, Oberdorf will win the ball off you, then hurt you with it. A special player.

Rosella Ayane (Morocco)

A regular for Tottenham, Ayane is often tasked with playing wide, tracking back defensively, carrying the ball upfield and creating at club level. But for Morocco she plays up front, running the channels, offering a threat in behind, and truly mixing goal threat with an unselfish streak. Ayane has nine goals in 19 games for her country and will be carrying their hopes from the front.

Linda Caicedo (Colombia)

Just 18, this is Caicedo’s third World Cup in two years after she played in the U17 World Cup (four goals in six games) and U20 World Cup (two goals in four games) in 2022. She also marked last year with two goals in six at the Copa América with the senior team as they lost in the final. A skilled dribbler with pace and ability with both feet, she has shone for Real Madrid in her short time there.

Ji So-yun (South Korea)

A Chelsea legend, Ji has the ability to unlock defences and turn games with a moment of magic. A skilled midfielder, the 32-year-old always has the ball under control, has the vision to find team-mates, and possesses a superb strike from long range, contributing hugely to her 67 goals at international level.

And the big storyline?

How will the debutants fare? It’s a first ever World Cup for Colombia and for Morocco but they gave great accounts of themselves in continental competitions in 2022, both finishing as runners-up.

The pressure will be on Germany and South Korea to deliver as the established heads but they also finished as continental runners-up the last time they were in serious competition. Will either end up disappointed at an earlier stage this time around?

Prediction

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