World champions twice in the 2000s, Germany intends to renew the thread of its past glory in Oceania during the Women’s World Cup, in a very affordable group H, with Morocco, South Korea and Colombia.
The Germans are revengeful: beaten in the final of the Euro in England last summer, they want to strike a blow, 16 years after their last world title in 2007. The offensive star Alexandra Popp, unhappy during major competitions at the image of his injury in the warm-up of the final of the last Euro, arrives with great ambition in Australia and New Zealand (July 20 – August 20).
The course of the players of Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is all traced until the final phase in this group H because neither Morocco, nor South Korea, nor Colombia seem able to compete.
The South Koreans can nevertheless boast of having in their ranks a connoisseur of Germany with their England coach Colin Bell, who practiced there for more than 30 years as a player and then a coach, for both men and women. But South Korea has only managed to get out of the group stage at the World Cup once, in three appearances. It was in 2015.
Morocco, vice-champion of Africa, believes for its part in its French coach Reynald Pedros, winner of the Champions League with Lyon. This is the first participation of the Lionesses of the Atlas. Finally, Colombia will rely heavily on one of the most anticipated nuggets of the coming years in women’s football, the young Linda Caicedo who panics the counters at only 18 years old.
Already a starter at Real Madrid, the twirling winger has played four major tournaments this season: the Copa America (final), the Under-20 World Cup (quarter), the Under-17 World Cup (final) and, this summer, the Mondial among the big ones.