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New Indian Express
7 days ago
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- New Indian Express
Germany through to Euro 2025 quarterfinals after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1
BASEL: Lea Schüller scored again as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 on Tuesday, which secured a place in the knockout stage of the Women's European Championship. Sweden's subsequent 3-0 win over Poland means Sweden and Germany are assured of the top two places after their winning starts to Group C, leaving Poland and Denmark with no chance of making the quarterfinals. Germany, the eight-time winner, needed to come from behind after Amalie Vangsgaard scored against the run of play for Denmark in the 26th. VAR calls had gone against the favorites until referee Catarina Ferreira Campos awarded a penalty for Katrine Veje's 53rd-minute foul on Linda Dallmann. Sjoeke Nüsken stayed cool to equalize from the spot, and Jule Brandt set up Schüller to sweep in the winner in the 66th. Brandt had scored and set up Schüller for the other goal in Germany's opening 2-0 win over Poland. Schüller had endured a difficult game until she scored. "I don't know what's up with Lea," said Germany coach Christian Wück, who said he and his coaching staff were thinking of substituting the forward. "It's like she knows she's about to come off so she scores a goal," Wuck said. "But exactly what sets apart a goalscorer, that you don't notice her much. I heard she actually didn't have any ball-contact in the penalty box and the first half, but then she's there and scores that goal, which wasn't easy either."
Hindustan Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Germany through to Euro 2025 quarterfinals after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1
BASEL, Switzerland — Lea Schüller scored again as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 on Tuesday, which secured a place in the knockout stage of the Women's European Championship. Germany through to Euro 2025 quarterfinals after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 Sweden's subsequent 3-0 win over Poland means Sweden and Germany are assured of the top two places after their winning starts to Group C, leaving Poland and Denmark with no chance of making the quarterfinals. Germany, the eight-time winner, needed to come from behind after Amalie Vangsgaard scored against the run of play for Denmark in the 26th. VAR calls had gone against the favorites until referee Catarina Ferreira Campos awarded a penalty for Katrine Veje's 53rd-minute foul on Linda Dallmann. Sjoeke Nüsken stayed cool to equalize from the spot, and Jule Brandt set up Schüller to sweep in the winner in the 66th. Brandt had scored and set up Schüller for the other goal in Germany's opening 2-0 win over Poland. Schüller had endured a difficult game until she scored. 'I don't know what's up with Lea," said Germany coach Christian Wück, who said he and his coaching staff were thinking of substituting the forward. 'It's like she knows she's about to come off so she scores a goal,' Wuck said. "But exactly what sets apart a goalscorer, that you don't notice her much. I heard she actually didn't have any ball-contact in the penalty box and the first half, but then she's there and scores that goal, which wasn't easy either.' There was a brief hold-up later while the referee received treatment for an apparent right leg injury, shortly after Denmark's Emma Snerle had to go off after being hit in the face by a powerful shot. The win moved Germany to six points from two games in Group C, behind Sweden on goal difference. They meet in Zurich on Saturday to determine the group winner, which would likely not need to face tournament favorite Spain until the final. Germany's forwards attacked from the off but ultimately failed to trouble Denmark goalkeeper Maja Bay Østergaard as mistakes and a lack of precision undermined their efforts. Then the VAR calls added to their frustrations. Klara Bühl thought she'd broken the deadlock but the goal was chalked off after a VAR review found Nüsken had blocked Østergaard's view from an offside position. Vangsgaard then scored with a low shot inside the right post after Germany's defenders failed to deal with Janni Thomsen's run. Germany was awarded a penalty after Bühl's cross struck Frederikke Thøgersen's arm, but a VAR check found the Roma midfielder was just outside the penalty area. The free kick came to nothing. The next VAR call went Germany's way. 'We shouldn't let things like that distract us,' Schüller said of the frequent interruptions. 'How does it help us? The decision was made and I think we're strong enough as a team to get ourselves out of this.' Wück made only one change to the team that started the win over Poland, with Bayer Leverkusen's Carlotta Wamser at right back in place of injured captain Giulia Gwinn. Gwinn was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a knee injury from the opening game. The players wore wristbands with her initials and No. 7 against Denmark. Germany is looking for its first major title since winning its eighth European Championship in 2013. It went close at the last edition, losing to host England 2-1 after extra time in the 2022 final. soccer: /hub/soccer This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
08-07-2025
- Sport
Germany eying Euro 2025 quarterfinals after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1
BASEL, Switzerland -- Lea Schüller scored again as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 on Tuesday to be virtually certain of reaching the knockout stage of the Women's European Championship. Germany, the eight-time winner, needed to come from behind after Amalie Vangsgaard scored against the run of play for Denmark in the 26th. VAR calls had gone against the favorites until referee Catarina Ferreira Campos awarded a penalty for Katrine Veje's 53rd-minute foul on Linda Dallmann. Sjoeke Nüsken stayed cool to equalize from the spot, and Jule Brandt set up Schüller to sweep in the winner in the 66th. Brandt had scored and set up Schüller for the other goal in Germany's opening 2-0 win over Poland. Schüller had endured a difficult game until she scored. 'I don't know what's up with Lea," said Germany coach Christian Wück, who wanted to take off the forward. "It's like she knows she's about to come off so she scores a goal.' There was a brief hold-up later while the referee received treatment for an apparent right leg injury, shortly after Denmark's Emma Snerle had to go off after being hit in the face by a powerful shot. The win moved Germany to six points from two games in Group C, enough to reach the quarterfinals if Poland doesn't beat Sweden in the late game. Sweden was on three points after beating Denmark 1-0 in their opening game, while Poland was looking for its first points of the tournament. Germany's forwards attacked from the off but ultimately failed to trouble Denmark goalkeeper Maja Bay Østergaard as mistakes and a lack of precision undermined their efforts. Then the VAR calls added to their frustrations. Klara Bühl thought she'd broken the deadlock but the goal was chalked off after a VAR review found Nüsken had blocked Østergaard's view from an offside position. Vangsgaard then scored with a low shot inside the right post after Germany's defenders failed to deal with Janni Thomsen's run. Germany was awarded a penalty after Bühl's cross struck Frederikke Thøgersen's arm, but a VAR check found the Roma midfielder was just outside the penalty area. The free kick came to nothing. The next VAR call went Germany's way. Wück made only one change to the team that started in the 2-0 win over Poland, with Bayer Leverkusen's Carlotta Wamser at right back in place of injured captain Giulia Gwinn. Gwinn was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a knee injury from the opening game. Germany is looking for its first major title since winning its eighth European Championship in 2013. It went close at the last edition, losing to host England 2-1 after extra time in the 2022 final.
DW
08-07-2025
- Sport
- DW
Euro 2025: Schüller strikes again as Germany beat Denmark – DW – 07/08/2025
Lea Schüller scored the winner as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 to all-but qualify for the knockouts. The Bayern Munich striker hasn't always had it easy for Germany but may be peaking at the right time. For the second game in a row, Lea Schüller was substituted with 20 minutes remaining. This was not a reflection of poor performance. It was, instead, Germany coach Christian Wück's way to protect his striker, who had done her job once again. Schüller scored the second, just as she had against Poland in Germany's opener, to complete a comeback against Denmark. Until fairly recently, it has been the Bayern Munich star who was the one coming on. But the retirement of Alexandra Popp last year has made Schüller Germany's undisputed starting striker. "To be honest, it's more of a media thing," Schüller told the website before the tournament. "I didn't feel that way before, when Poppi was still there, that she was the focus of attention and I had to take a back seat. Our team always knew that Poppi was one of our most important players. I still felt like I was important too; that hasn't changed. I'm one of the older players now. In addition, I'm now expected and want to be a leader. That's the difference." Though the 27-year-old is now one of her country's most experienced players, Schüller isn't the most obvious leadership figure on the pitch, even with captain Giulia Gwinn ruled out for the tournament. On Tuesday, she was close to anonymous until she suddenly found space to the left of the penalty spot in the 66th minute after some dreadful Danish defending to sidefoot home her goal and send Denmark to the brink of elimination. Sjoeke Nüsken had scored a penalty 10 minutes earlier to equalize after Denmark led at halftime. Schüller found the same sort of space to score with her head against Poland on Friday. Though she is quick, good in the air and a natural finisher, it's that movement in the box that perhaps contributes most to a record of 53 goals in 75 German games, a ratio comparable to the very best. It was this tournament that turned Schüller's attentions to football as a child, as she told DW ahead of the 2019 World Cup. "I took a holiday in France in 2004 and watched the European Championship. After that, I desperately wanted to play football so I joined a club," she said. From that local club, she joined SGS Essen before moving to Bayern in 2020, making her Germany debut in 2017 along the way. She has won four Bundesliga titles with Bayern but international success has so far proved elusive. Schüller caught COVID midway through the 2022 Euros, when Germany lost to hosts England in the final. She was a surprise starter in that match after Popp picked up a last-minute injury and struggled to make an impact. "I'd avoided it [COVID] for two and a half years, and then at the Euros of all times. That was really galling," she told Bayern's website later that year. Schüller also suffers from endometriosis, a long-term, painful condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in other places. 'It is an illness that sucks," she told Vogue in 2023, when she became the first German footballer to feature on the cover. "You don't think about training and especially not playing games," she added about when the illness strikes. Despite that, and a hectic schedule with Bayern and Germany, Schüller is considering her post-football career. Though she will be relatively well paid as one of the world's top female footballers, both in terms of wages and sponsorship deals, women's salaries in football lag way behind their male counterparts. "Of course I can put some money aside, but it won't be enough for a whole life after football," she told Sky in 2022. As a backup plan, Schüller is studying industrial engineering on a distance learning course but added she is "afraid of not starting until I'm 35. That will be more difficult than at 24." If she can carry on her goalscoring form against Sweden, in Germany's final group game on Saturday, and beyond, those endorsement contracts may just get a little bump.
San Francisco Chronicle
08-07-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Germany eying Euro 2025 quarterfinals after coming from behind to beat Denmark 2-1
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Lea Schüller scored again as Germany beat Denmark 2-1 on Tuesday to be virtually certain of reaching the knockout stage of the Women's European Championship. Germany, the eight-time winner, needed to come from behind after Amalie Vangsgaard scored against the run of play for Denmark in the 26th. VAR calls had gone against the favorites until referee Catarina Ferreira Campos awarded a penalty for Katrine Veje's 53rd-minute foul on Linda Dallmann. Sjoeke Nüsken stayed cool to equalize from the spot, and Jule Brandt set up Schüller to sweep in the winner in the 66th. Brandt had scored and set up Schüller for the other goal in Germany's opening 2-0 win over Poland. Schüller had endured a difficult game until she scored. 'I don't know what's up with Lea," said Germany coach Christian Wück, who wanted to take off the forward. "It's like she knows she's about to come off so she scores a goal.' There was a brief hold-up later while the referee received treatment for an apparent right leg injury, shortly after Denmark's Emma Snerle had to go off after being hit in the face by a powerful shot. The win moved Germany to six points from two games in Group C, enough to reach the quarterfinals if Poland doesn't beat Sweden in the late game. Sweden was on three points after beating Denmark 1-0 in their opening game, while Poland was looking for its first points of the tournament. Germany's forwards attacked from the off but ultimately failed to trouble Denmark goalkeeper Maja Bay Østergaard as mistakes and a lack of precision undermined their efforts. Then the VAR calls added to their frustrations. Klara Bühl thought she'd broken the deadlock but the goal was chalked off after a VAR review found Nüsken had blocked Østergaard's view from an offside position. Vangsgaard then scored with a low shot inside the right post after Germany's defenders failed to deal with Janni Thomsen's run. Germany was awarded a penalty after Bühl's cross struck Frederikke Thøgersen's arm, but a VAR check found the Roma midfielder was just outside the penalty area. The free kick came to nothing. The next VAR call went Germany's way. Wück made only one change to the team that started in the 2-0 win over Poland, with Bayer Leverkusen's Carlotta Wamser at right back in place of injured captain Giulia Gwinn. Gwinn was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a knee injury from the opening game. Germany is looking for its first major title since winning its eighth European Championship in 2013. It went close at the last edition, losing to host England 2-1 after extra time in the 2022 final. ___
