For the DFB women the crucial match in the world Cup qualifiers. Only with a victory in Iceland, the Hrubesch Eleven can solve the Ticket to France directly. The experienced Coach is loose and confident.
Germany football women really need to win, otherwise, the direct world Cup-participation is gone, the pressure was so high. Women’s national coach Horst Hrubesch rests but not so much in themselves that even more, to put him in excitement as a world Cup qualifying game – and it was also a decisive. The great importance of the upcoming game of the German soccer-women in Iceland on Saturday (16.55 GMT) does not throw an experienced coach, at least from the railway. “If I would feel in such situations fear, I would have stopped probably 30 or 40 years ago. Fear makes in football no sense at all,” said the 67-Year-old before the game this Saturday in Reykjavik.
Hrubesch is trying to take in front of the groups-the final, the pressure from his young team. Finally, the situation is quite precarious. The participation in the world championship in France next summer is by no means a self runner. Only with success at the forefront of Iceland (16 points) can win the DFB-Elf (15) before the last round the standings and on the Faroe Islands next Tuesday to win the group perfectly, which guarantees the direct world Cup qualification. Otherwise, shaking lots threaten in a Playoff round to the last Ticket for the world Cup. With the 2:3 home defeat against the Icelanders in the past October, which marked the end of the term of office of the then in March 2018 furloughed Federal trainer, Steffi Jones, has brought the two-time world champion himself in a tight spot.
Everything to win, even without Marozsan and Peter
Hrubesch is confident of victory: “The girls are fit, in a good mood. We have the quality. And I believe, quite simply, in Iceland there is only one winner, and this can only be a we,” he announced. “The girls know that the first leg didn’t go the way you envisioned it. You also know that you have made mistakes. So one day you have time, but I am convinced that this will not happen in Iceland.”
Horst Hrubesch believes that his Team will lose a second Time against Iceland
In game leader and Director Dzsenifer Marozsan (pulmonary embolism) and defense head of Babett Peter (muscle injury) right now, two important regulars are missing, makes the task not easier. Nevertheless, the coach is confident: “We are in the position variable to deal with, and can replace almost every player to a hundred percent.”
Witch’s cauldron on the volcanic island of
The stadium Laugardalsvöllur is sold out with 15,000 spectators for the first time at a home game of the Icelandic women’s national team. The euphoria in the host that can qualify for the first time for the world Cup, is large. “The whole country will cheer with us. We are nearing our goal,” said national player Sif Atladottir, daughter of the former Bundesliga professionals Atli Edvaldsson. The DFB goalkeeper Almuth Schult know what is expected of your Team on the island. “This will be a proper test. It’s a huge game, a decision match feels like a final, away. The importance of each player to be aware of. I love such games.”
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