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Aachen (AP) - A brilliantly laid-out Svenja Huth has led the German women's national team to victory in the first international match of the new year.
In the 2-0 (1-0) over Belgium in the mini-tournament “Three Nations.
One Goal », the Wolfsburg-based woman took the lead in Aachen after just two minutes after a good preparatory work by Lara Bühl (2nd) and was also significantly involved in the second goal.
Lea Schüller (55th) used Huth's flank with a direct pickup that is worth seeing.
On Wednesday (6.30 p.m. / Eurosport) the DFB team will meet European champions Netherlands in Venlo, who defeated Belgium with a 6-1 victory last Thursday.
National coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg had prescribed a very offensive approach to her team.
With the French legionnaires Dszenifer Maroszan and Sara Däbritz, she had placed the technically best German players in midfield, and with Huth, Bühl and Schüller, she had sent three fast attackers onto the field.
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That paid off early, the first attack of the game led to the 1-0.
After that, the DFB-Elf had the game under control, but mandatory scoring opportunities were rare.
Huth (11th), defender Marina Hegering (21st) and Sydney Lohmann (44th) could still have scored the second goal.
The German game lacked precision, especially in front of and in the opposing penalty area.
The decisive pass was too often played too far or too hard, so that the good actions beforehand were not crowned with success.
Voss-Tecklenburg did not like that. "Be patient," she demanded loudly from her players in the middle of the first half.
There was little to be seen of Belgium in the attack, rather the "Red Flames" concentrated on compacting the spaces well in front of their own penalty area.
In the 25th minute, the ball was even in the German goal.
After a counterattack, Julie Biesman's goalkeeper Merle Frohms had overcome, but the offside flag went up late - a dubious decision.
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At halftime, Voss-Tecklenburg, who does not want to use a field player over 90 minutes, changed.
Lena Oberdorf replaced Hegering, Linda Dallmann came in for Lohmann.
This brought a little more speed into the German game, and consequently the second goal was scored.
Huth crossed into the middle, where Schüller skillfully completed.
Then the DFB-Elf increased the pressure.
Another offensive player celebrated her international debut with Nicole Anyomi, she replaced Bühl after one hour and fitted in with beautiful wing runs and passes.
Sjoeke Nüsken also made her first appearance in the DFB jersey.
Everyone's endeavor to express their superiority in goals was visible, but the impact was lacking.
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