The World Cup starts in Australia and New Zealand in July. Germany is therefore testing against another top nation on Good Friday.
Germany 0-0 Netherlands
36. Minute – Frohms is the focus again: After confusion in the German penalty area, the ball comes to Martens. The Dutchwoman pulls with a dropkick, but Frohms pays attention again and plucks the ball out of the air.
34. Minute – Frohms is slowly getting warmed up here. Now Spitse tries a free kick behind the 16-meter space line. But again Frohms is on the post and catches the ball confidently.
30. Minute – … Beerensteyn shoots, but the German keeper makes a brilliant save from close range, thwarting the almost certain-looking “Orajne” lead. A very strong action!
30. Minute – Beerensteyn eludes Doorsoun and gets the ball played into the run on the edge of the penalty area, the Dutchwoman runs freely towards Frohms,…
26. Minute – First reasonably dangerous shot on goal by the DFB women: After Lohmann’s first attempt was blocked, the Bayern player got the ball again and shot low into the bottom left corner – but van Domselaar was on the post and saved.
23. Minute – Even if there hasn’t been anything spectacular on the pitch so far, the spectators in Sittard are still in good spirits. La Ola waves have been sloshing through the arena for several minutes.
20. Minute – By the way, the next test match of the DFB women is on Tuesday in Nuremberg. Then it’s against the Brazilians. Over 30,000 tickets have already been sold.
16. Minute – … but the ball lands right in the hands of Oranje goalkeeper van Domselaar.
15. Minute – Finally it looks like the game is flowing: Doorsoun puts the ball on Brand, who is starting on the outer track. She gets a few meters ahead of her opponent, crosses into the penalty area…
11. Minute – Germany’s goalkeeper Frohms does not seem to be optimally satisfied. She tells her teammates to push forward fast enough when hitting a tee shot using both arms.
9. Minute – Both teams have equalized so far. In terms of play, there have not been any highlights so far, but a high intensity is noticeable.
6. Minute – National coach Voss-Tecklenburg watches the action relatively relaxed from the sidelines. So far she has had nothing major to complain about.
4. Minute – The game begins leisurely, with the Dutch women appearing a bit more agile overall.
2. Minute – The coach of the Dutch women is not unknown in Germany. It’s Andries Jonker, who was, among other things, assistant coach at FC Bayern and head coach at VfL Wolfsburg in the men’s division.
1. Minute – The German team toasts. The game is on!
20.02 – The games won’t start on time, but the atmosphere in the stadium is still great.
7:59 p.m. – The national anthems are played. It’s about to start!
7:53 p.m. – The stadium in Sittard is completely sold out with 12,000 spectators.
7:49 p.m. – And here is the list of the hosts: 1 van Domselaar – 18 Casparij, 3 van der Gragt, 20 Janssen, 24 Pelova – 8 Spitse, 21 Egurrola – 6 Roord, 10 van de Donk, 11 Martens – 7 Beerensteyn. – Trainer: Jonker
7:48 p.m. – Alexandra Popp is not there from the start. The captain is sitting on the bench one day after her 32nd birthday.
7:44 p.m. – The lineup is there. National coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg relies on the following starting eleven:
7 p.m. – In preparation for the World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in the summer, the German team was looking for a top-class test match opponent: In Sittard it will be against the Netherlands from 8 p.m.