The national players stormed overjoyed at their goalkeeper, national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg hid her winner’s laugh briefly behind both hands. Off to Wembley – the German soccer players around Alexandra Popp are playing for the European Championship title!
“The team is awesome”
The captain scored her fifth and sixth goal in the fifth tournament game in the 2-1 (1-1) semi-final against France in Milton Keynes. While still on the pitch, Voss-Tecklenburg gathered their finalists to get in the mood for the big final in London’s legendary stadium on Sunday (6 p.m., ARD and DAZN) against hosts England.
“I can’t even put it into words to be honest. We played an amazing game again. We’re so incredibly happy, nobody expected us and now we’re up to 90,000 in the final against England – honestly, quite a bit There is nothing more beautiful,” said Popp on ZDF. The team, “to be honest, they’re great”. With such “anticipation, such a desire for a final – there is nothing better,” added Popp.