[Olympic Women's Soccer Team Introduction Series]
Previous Group A: France, Colombia
Group A Next Episode: Canada, New Zealand
When it comes to German soccer, longtime fans will know that the inertia of German soccer is that the game will be inexplicably Waterloo when the situation looks good, and in recent years the German women's soccer team has also had the gene for this kind of soft-footed game. 23 years, the world of women's soccer used to be the power of all parties to the old old (U.S.), injuries (England), and in a variety of situations dramas such as the internal coaxing (Spain, France), almost the lineup is intact, with a mix of mainstay The German women's soccer team is the most favored team.
So the group stage goes home.
A 6-0 win over Morocco looked like the perfect start, but a 1-2 defeat to Colombia followed by a 1-1 defeat to South Korea left the German women's soccer team in third place in their group and unable to advance to the knockout rounds.
The failure of the world also led to the failure of the German women's soccer team due to Martina, who started coaching the German women's soccer team in 2019. Voss - old coach Horsttecklenburg handed over the military talisman, by the old coach Horst. Hrubesch again back to the acting coaching. Hrubesch in the coaching career coaching clubs record is really ordinary, but in the national team youth team coaching is still quite a record, once led the German men's soccer U19., in the 2016 Rio Olympics U21 won the European Championship and led Germany to a silver medal.
That year, not only did the German men's soccer team win the silver medal at the Olympics, but the women's soccer team was also the gold medalist. Under the leadership of Hrubesch, who had won the Olympic license, the German women's soccer team was bound to hope to regain the lost medals.
With only Alexandra Popp left in the lineup from the Rio '16 Olympic gold medalists now, there is no generational transition, and this time around, the German women's soccer team has a lineup that looks more like it's in its prime.
The goalkeeping portion of the game will be played by Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Merlerle Former Chelsea first goalkeeper and current Gotham goalkeeper Annn, Frohms is the main goalkeeper, with Katrin Berger (known as AKB) playing the role of the second goalkeeper.There is no doubt that Frohms has the ability to keep the ball in the net, and AKB can hold AKB, who has been consistently one of the best goalkeepers in the WSL the past couple of years, in the second goal position.
Over the past year, there have been 0.76 goals conceded per 90 minutes and the save percentage has stayed around 80%. The stats may not show how much of a goalkeeper Frohms is, but as evidenced by the German Women's First Division team's matches, mistakes at the back have been saved by Frohms. As far as Germany's backline is concerned these days, this Olympics seems to be the game where Frohms will show the value of a goalkeeper.
In addition to the same top-notch save ability, the second goal AKBs are better than the Frohms at judging the timing of the goalkeeper's attacks and creating midfield chances with long passes. Over the past year, AKB has faced box passes an average of eight times per game, nearly the highest ranking of women's soccer goalkeepers, but goalkeepers ranked in the top 1 percent of the world in their ability to block box passes, averaging 15.1 percent.
The AKBs are also trusted to save penalties in key matches. A classic match was Chelsea's game against Upper Lyon in the 22/23 season. AKBs beat French captain Wendie Lindsey, Renard and current US captain Horan's penalties to lead Chelsea to the semi-finals by defeating Champions League women's soccer kings Lyon (in a penalty shootout throughout). With teams taking a more conservative approach to fighting in the knockout rounds of the Olympics, the probability of a penalty shootout is very high, and AKB's formidable penalty kicking ability will likely come in handy.
Under Hrubesch, Germany still mostly play a four-at-the-back formation, with Wolfsburg center back Kathrinn Hendrich an almost immovable starter, and Marina, who also plays for Wolfsburg in important matches, as well. Starting with Hegering.
The two Wolverhampton Wanderers center back pairing possesses some of the world's top passing ability at the moment, and can utilize an excellent pass to get the ball directly to the front of the net to create chances. Over the past year, Hendrich has averaged 87.4% passing success, 6.29 long passes per game, 71.5% long pass success rate, and averaged 5.44 passes per game. (Progressive Passes) at 5.44.
And Hegering's pass success rate of 84.9%, 43.59 mid-range passes per game, 73.3% long passes per game, and 6.44 passes to the attacking third, are some of the best center back stats in the world. Not only that, Hegering won 2.67 aerial confrontations per game with a success rate of 81.0% and 9.97 takeaways, definitely Top. 1 performances among center backs.
Despite Marina Hegering having some of the best center back stats in the world, the 34 year old's physical exertion is still a factor that will be taken into account in short-term matches, with recent German women's national team matches usually featuring a combination of Hendrich and Bibiane. Or SchulzeSara Doorsoun starts, with Hegering coming on as a second-half substitute in most of the club's non-important matches.
