Women's World Cup: Soccer professional Tim Oberdorf on his sister Lena: "There's no envy. I've never compared our careers"

Mr. Oberdorf, is it true that you used to put your sister Lena Oberdorf in goal when you played soccer? As soon as Lena could walk, she wanted to play in the garden with us boys, who were five years older. In the beginning we might have sent them into goal every now and then. But that wasn’t necessary for long. We didn’t have to be very considerate of her, Lena adapted extremely quickly. I should have noticed how much talent she has.

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