The volume was a big issue in the DFB team in advance.

The players knew that when they started the European Championship they would also have to deal with a background noise that they are not exactly used to from everyday football in this form.

That's why they also practiced non-verbal communication in the training sessions in order to ensure understanding in the hustle and bustle.

Marc Heinrich

sports editor.

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Around 1,000 fans from Germany had traveled to the first game against Denmark, twice as many came to support the opponent and the remaining seats in the Premier League arena of Brentford FC, which was almost sold out with 15,700 spectators, were mostly English occupied by visitors who obviously felt well entertained and made the mood accordingly.

DFB team without start-up time

The intention of the Germans, with a courageous, offensively oriented and combative appearance, to win over the masses in the ranks, who were neutral from the outset, was quickly put into practice.

In the end, they had a convincing 4-0 win.

Thanks to the success, they underpinned their ambitions in Group B.

Previously, in Milton Keynes, Spain had beaten Finland 4-1.

Frohms parried strongly

The Germans do not need much warm-up time to get into competition mode.

National coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg trusted the same team that had defeated Switzerland 7-0 in the only test: The formation was led by captain Svenja Huth, one of six Wolfsburg women, at whose side a quartet from FC Bayern started that like everyone else from midfield, was instructed by Sara Däbritz (Olympique Lyon).

In Merle Frohms they had an attentive goalkeeper behind them, who demonstrated her class in the 30th minute.

The keeper saved her team from equalizing with a flight save after Signe Bruun shot from distance.

Aluminum bad luck for Germany

The fact that the eight-time European champion was just in the lead at that point was one of the (few) deficits that characterized his otherwise determined approach.

Huth and Klara Bühl repeatedly caused danger with their runs behind the defensive;

and it was only centimeters missing when Felicitas Rauch first took the measurement from almost 18 meters and the ball bounced off the crossbar in the same way (10th) as on her second attempt shortly afterwards (13th).

Magull's cleverness

In addition, Lina Magull failed from the rotation at the Danish goalkeeper Lene Christensen (15th).

The Munich attacker was one of the initiators of the German power play with her strength in tackles and the large radius of action, which the other side didn't like.

The 1-0 also came from Magull's cleverness.

She waited for Stine Pedersen to lose control of an inaccurate pass from Bruun so that she could take the ball from her.

So it was.

The 27-year-old then sprinted up and away without beating around the bush and left Christensen with no chance to defend himself with a powerful shot into the right angle (21').

Pop comes and hits

In the second period, the balance of power remained the same: the Germans kept up the pace and shifted the action far away from their own penalty area, while the women in red and white were able to occasionally counterattack, but those from Däbritz, Leno Oberdorf or Kathrin Hendrich were always prevented became.

Bonds coach Lars Sondergaard wanted to turn things around by bringing in Mille Gejl, Nadia Nadim and Kathrin Kühl, who were pointing forwards, but seconds later his colleague Voss-Tecklenburg was standing on the sidelines with raised arms: Lea Schüller had thrown herself in the corner after a corner kick from Magull Air maintained and hit a header to make it 2-0 (57th).

In the final phase, Alexandra Popp, who had recovered from Corona, was also used.

She helped to further improve the result, which will give her and her teammates additional impetus: Substitute Lena Lattwein made it 3-0 (78th minute) on her preparatory work, before Popp finally made it 4-0 (86th).