Gul Brand He scored one goal and set up the other to lead Germany to 2-0 Winning for the first time Poland In them European Women’s Championship The opening match on Friday.
Germany, the hero eight times, needed patience against the eager Poland players and commitment, but Brand achieved the most beneficial to focus when it was cut into defenders to break the stalemate in the 52nd minute.
Then send the pavilion in a cross for Lea Schuller To close the result with a head in 66.
Germany lost the captain Julia Join For late injury from the first half after she faced a desperate challenge to stop Iowa Bagour From registration.
Bagour, the captain of the team, was the biggest threat to her team, and she may have scored the result in 64 after she sent a German defender to fly, only to the German goalkeeper. Ann Catherine Berger To stand firm against a central shot.
Berger later produced a great reaction to stop Pajor’s head.
Like Poland, Berger was the first time in the competition. The 34 -year -old German goalkeeper was absent from the previous championship and later said that she had been diagnosed with cancer for the second time. On Friday, she became the oldest player in Germany in a European championship.
Berger was the most busy goalkeeper as a central defensive partnership for Poland Polina Dodik and Emilia SZYMCzak The German attackers kept the fast selection.
Dudek did not return to the second half, most likely, due to the injury, and Brand took it as an invitation to direct her team to the beginning of the victory.
Germany has been looking for its first main title since its victory in the Eighth European Championship in 2013. It has approached the last version, lost to host England 2-1 after an additional time in the 2022 final.
Sweden Vow Denmark In the other match in Group C, earlier, 1-0.
Report by Associated Press.
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