Germany vs Denmark, 2022 Women's European Championship, Group Stage
· UEFA Women's European Championship
90'+4': Katherine Møller KühlGermany make perfect Euros start with dominant win over Denmark
Germany's bid to win a record ninth European Championship got off to an emphatic start as they beat Denmark 4-0 in their Group B opener on Friday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Foul by Rikke Madsen (Denmark Women).
- 3': Lena Oberdorf (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Attempt missed. Klara Bühl (Germany) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Svenja Huth with a cross.
- 6': Foul by Lina Magull (Germany).
- 6': Rikke Madsen (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Foul by Klara Bühl (Germany).
- 8': Rikke Sevecke (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Rikke Madsen (Denmark Women) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Janni Thomsen with a cross.
- 10': Felicitas Rauch (Germany) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Sara Däbritz.
- 10': Offside, Germany. Felicitas Rauch tries a through ball, but Sara Däbritz is caught offside.
- 10': Foul by Sanne Troelsgaard (Denmark Women).
- 10': Lea Schüller (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Felicitas Rauch (Germany) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Klara Bühl.
- 13': Offside, Germany. Felicitas Rauch tries a through ball, but Lea Schüller is caught offside.
- 15': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Rikke Sevecke.
- 16': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Lene Christensen.
- 18': Attempt saved. Lina Magull (Germany) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Svenja Huth with a cross.
- 18': Hand ball by Sara Däbritz (Germany).
- 19': Foul by Signe Bruun (Denmark Women).
- 19': Lena Oberdorf (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Goal! Germany 1, Denmark Women 0. Lina Magull (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner.
- 26': Foul by Pernille Harder (Denmark Women).
- 26': Sara Däbritz (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Janni Thomsen.
- 29': Foul by Giulia Gwinn (Germany).
- 29': Sofie Svava (Denmark Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 29': Attempt saved. Signe Bruun (Denmark Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pernille Harder.
- 31': Corner, Denmark Women. Conceded by Giulia Gwinn.
- 34': Attempt saved. Janni Thomsen (Denmark Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rikke Madsen.
- 35': Foul by Rikke Madsen (Denmark Women).
- 35': Marina Hegering (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 36': Attempt saved. Lina Magull (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sara Däbritz.
- 39': Attempt missed. Klara Bühl (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Lea Schüller with a headed pass.
- 40': Foul by Lena Oberdorf (Germany).
- 40': Sofie Junge (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Lena Oberdorf (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Foul by Pernille Harder (Denmark Women).
- 43': Lena Oberdorf (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Lea Schüller (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sara Däbritz with a through ball.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Lina Magull (Germany) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Germany 1, Denmark Women 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Germany 1, Denmark Women 0.
- 50': Foul by Felicitas Rauch (Germany).
- 50': Rikke Madsen (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Lina Magull (Germany).
- 51': Sanne Troelsgaard (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Offside, Denmark Women. Stine Pedersen tries a through ball, but Signe Bruun is caught offside.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Svenja Huth (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giulia Gwinn.
- 55': Attempt missed. Rikke Madsen (Denmark Women) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sofie Junge.
- 56': Substitution, Denmark Women. Kathrine Møller Kühl replaces Sanne Troelsgaard.
- 56': Substitution, Denmark Women. Nadia Nadim replaces Signe Bruun.
- 56': Substitution, Denmark Women. Mille Gejl Jensen replaces Rikke Madsen.
- 56': Attempt saved. Lina Magull (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Klara Bühl.
- 56': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Lene Christensen.
- 57': Goal! Germany 2, Denmark Women 0. Lea Schüller (Germany) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lina Magull with a cross following a corner.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Lina Magull (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 58': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Stine Pedersen.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Klara Bühl (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sara Däbritz.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Sara Däbritz (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 60': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Stine Pedersen.
- 61': Substitution, Germany. Alexandra Popp replaces Lea Schüller.
- 61': Substitution, Germany. Lena Lattwein replaces Sara Däbritz.
- 61': Substitution, Germany. Jule Brand replaces Klara Bühl.
- 62': Lena Lattwein (Germany) hits the right post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Felicitas Rauch with a cross following a corner.
- 66': Corner, Denmark Women. Conceded by Marina Hegering.
- 67': Attempt missed. Rikke Sevecke (Denmark Women) header from very close range is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Janni Thomsen with a cross following a corner.
- 68': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Rikke Sevecke.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Marina Hegering (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 69': Substitution, Germany. Linda Dallmann replaces Lina Magull.
- 70': Substitution, Denmark Women. Simone Boye replaces Sofie Svava.
- 71': Corner, Denmark Women. Conceded by Kathrin Hendrich.
- 73': Foul by Felicitas Rauch (Germany).
- 73': Janni Thomsen (Denmark Women) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Felicitas Rauch (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Offside, Germany. Linda Dallmann tries a through ball, but Jule Brand is caught offside.
- 76': Corner, Denmark Women. Conceded by Giulia Gwinn.
- 76': Attempt missed. Nadia Nadim (Denmark Women) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Janni Thomsen with a cross following a corner.
- 77': Foul by Kathrine Møller Kühl (Denmark Women).
- 77': Lena Oberdorf (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 78': Kathrine Møller Kühl (Denmark Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Goal! Germany 3, Denmark Women 0. Lena Lattwein (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lena Oberdorf with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Alexandra Popp (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jule Brand.
- 82': Foul by Jule Brand (Germany).
- 82': Rikke Sevecke (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Offside, Germany. Lena Oberdorf tries a through ball, but Alexandra Popp is caught offside.
- 84': Substitution, Denmark Women. Stine Larsen replaces Janni Thomsen.
- 84': Substitution, Germany. Sydney Lohmann replaces Lena Oberdorf.
- 86': Goal! Germany 4, Denmark Women 0. Alexandra Popp (Germany) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sydney Lohmann with a cross.
- 90'+2': Foul by Nadia Nadim (Denmark Women).
- 90'+2': Sydney Lohmann (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Stine Larsen (Denmark Women).
- 90'+2': Linda Dallmann (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Stine Larsen (Denmark Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Jule Brand (Germany) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Giulia Gwinn (Germany) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 90'+4': Foul by Marina Hegering (Germany).
- 90'+4': Pernille Harder (Denmark Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Marina Hegering (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Alexandra Popp (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+4': Foul by Kathrine Møller Kühl (Denmark Women).
- 90'+4': Second yellow card to Kathrine Møller Kühl (Denmark Women) for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Germany 4, Denmark Women 0.
- 0': Match ends, Germany 4, Denmark Women 0.
Statistics
 DEN |
GER |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 10 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 5 | Saves | 2 |
| 42 | Possession | 58 |
| 6 | SHOTS | 23 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 175 | Accurate Passes | 429 |
| 273 | Passes | 530 |
| 0.6 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 14 | Crosses | 20 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 18 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 7 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 18 | Tackles | 12 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 32 | Effective Clearances | 13 |
| 32 | Clearances | 13 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Women's European Championship
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 15,746
Venue: Gtech Community Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 15,746
Women's EURO Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 3 | +11 | 9 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | -6 | 1 |
Line-Ups
Germany (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Merle Frohms (GK) |
| 5 | Marina Hegering  |
| 3 | Kathrin Hendrich |
| 17 | Feli Rauch |
| 15 | Giulia Gwinn |
| 13 | Sara Däbritz |
| 20 | Lina Magull |
| 6 | Lena Oberdorf |
| 7 | Lea Schüller |
| 19 | Klara Bühl |
| 9 | Svenja Huth |
Denmark (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lene Christensen (GK) |
| 3 | Stine Ballisager Pedersen |
| 11 | Katrine Veje |
| 4 | Rikke Sevecke |
| 13 | Sofie Junge |
| 7 | Sanne Troelsgaard |
| 23 | Sofie Svava |
| 19 | Janni Thomsen |
| 20 | Signe Bruun |
| 17 | Rikke Marie Madsen |
| 10 | Pernille Harder |
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