The 2-0 (0-0) win by the German national soccer players in Iceland was not a brilliant performance. Nevertheless, the DFB team’s confidence has increased ahead of the crucial Nations League game against Denmark.
“We can set off fireworks at home,” said winger Klara Bühl at sportstudio.de with a view to the duel on December 1st in Rostock, which is so important for Olympic qualification.
Only with a 2-0 win or a win with a three-goal difference against the Danes would interim national coach Horst Hrubesch’s team have the group victory in their own hands in the final game in Wales (December 5th), which is necessary for them to move on to the Olympics.
Only the group winner will reach the Nations League final round of the best four teams next spring. The two European tickets for the 2024 Olympics in Paris will be awarded there. The German team is three points behind the Danes, who have won all four games so far – including the first leg against the DFB team (2-0).
Penalty goal ended the trembling game
Despite the largely poor performance against Iceland, Lea Schüller was “very confident” that the European vice-champions can still overtake the Scandinavians. Denmark and Wales can be beaten “if we continue to work on ourselves”.
The 25-year-old FC Bayern striker said: “We should just build on that and continue to train what we have been doing. And then we should it will work.”
Against Iceland, a penalty goal from Giulia Gwinn redeemed the two-time world champions after many wasted scoring opportunities (65th minute). Bühl’s goal in stoppage time ended the shaky game.
