In all probability, the German national team will have to do without defender Martina Hegering and midfielder Lena Oberdorf in the first World Cup game against Morocco in Melbourne on Monday.
“It looks as if we won’t be able to fall back on either of them in the first game,” said national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg of the ARD “Sportschau”. Both players are injured, Oberdorf suffered from a thigh injury and Hegering from a bruised heel.
The 55-year-old national coach emphasized the high goals of the DFB selection before the game (10.30 a.m. CEST/ZDF). “We raised expectations. We want to play for titles. But you have to be able to deal with that, it creates pressure.” The team will not succeed in everything. “But we promise: We will see passion and intensity. We will go to and beyond our limits,” said Voss-Tecklenburg.
The other opponents in Group H are Colombia, who are waiting for the DFB team in Sydney on Sunday, July 30 (11:30 a.m. CEST/ARD), and finally South Korea (12:00 p.m. CEST/ZDF).
