Julia Gwinn
As a ZDF expert at the Women’s World Cup
On duty as a ZDF expert: professional soccer player Giulia Gwinn will analyze World Cup events.
© ZDF/Christoph Heidrich
Giulia Gwinn can now play a special role at the World Cup. She will follow her team’s games as a ZDF expert.
After a knee injury, she can’t take part in the women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as a player, but fans of the German women’s national soccer team don’t have to be completely up now Giulia Gwinn (24) without: The professional soccer player will be on duty as an expert for ZDF and will analyze the games of her teammates. This was announced by the Mainz broadcaster in a press release. Viewers in front of the television will see them in the “ZDF morning magazine” and in the “ZDF midday magazine”.
For the German team’s first World Cup game, Gwinn will also be in the World Cup studio with Sven Voss (47) and ZDF expert Kathrin Lehmann (43). The German team plays Morocco on July 24, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. In addition, Gwinn will also bring “her enthusiasm for women’s football” to ZDF’s social media channels, according to ZDF sports director Yorck Polus (52).
As an “extended arm” of her team in the studio
Giulia Gwinn herself hopes that her new role will enrich all interested soccer fans in Germany. “Without question: I would love to be a player in Australia and New Zealand and would have wanted to do my part for a hopefully successful World Cup,” she said in a statement. Since this is not possible for known reasons, she is looking forward to the other exciting function. “In my new role, I see myself primarily as an extension of the German national team.” She wants to classify emotions and give insights into team life.