Visibly exhausted from the 27-hour journey, but welcomed by the best weather, the German soccer players have arrived at their World Cup base in Wyong, Australia. The team of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg reached the golf hotel in the 4,500-inhabitant town almost 100 kilometers north of Sydney on Thursday at around 9:30 a.m. local time, after flying from Frankfurt on Tuesday evening and landing in Dubai.
“We’re all up for it, we’re all in the mood. But right now you’re still a bit sluggish and tired. We’re just happy to be here now,” said midfielder Lena Oberdorf from VfL Wolfsburg in a DFB video. A part of the travel convoy with a total of 70 people had already been there half a day before and greeted the players with black, red and gold flags at the hotel. With a weary “Ahoy” Captain Alexandra Popp greeted her as she got off the bus.
The first easy training session at Central Coast Regional Sporting
It’s 22 degrees during the day, and it’s winter in Australia right now. The DFB women set up their base camp in Wyong throughout the tournament. The vice European champions fly against outsiders Morocco for the first preliminary round game on July 24 (10:30 a.m. CEST/ZDF) in Melbourne. The other opponents in Group H are Colombia on July 30 (11:30 a.m. CEST/ARD) in Sydney and South Korea on August 3 (12:00 p.m. CEST/ZDF) in Brisbane.
