EURO 2022. By winning against surprising Austrians, Germany qualified for the semi-finals of the Women’s Euro and awaits the Blues.
Germany made an appointment with the Blues or the defending champions, the Netherlands, this Wednesday, July 27 on the side of Milton Keynes by winning the quarter-finals of the Women’s Euro against valiant Austrian players on the score of 2-0. “It’s good, we are proud” of this first semi-final in a major competition since 2016, said coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg after the match. “But we want to win this half, whoever it is in front of us. We know it will be a big challenge but we will give everything again,” she added.
For Les Bleues, the quarter-final is scheduled for this Saturday evening at 9 p.m. live on TF1 against the Netherlands. The reigning European champions are aiming for a new title and hope to eliminate Les Bleues to find Germany. Asked about the style of the Netherlands, the Parisian Grace Geyoro analyzed and saw common points between the two teams after the match against Iceland: “It’s a very big nation, they are European champions, we knows that it’s going to be a very tight match, she explained. They have players of our profile, a little bit the same game as us. It will be up to us to manage to counter them on their strengths. us too to be able to play with our qualities.”
In 2017, the Euro took place in the Netherlands where the Dutch locals became European champions. In 2022, the European Championship will take place in England, where the matches will be played in 10 stadiums: Wembley Stadium (London), Bramall Lane (Sheffield), St Mary’s Stadium (Southampton), Falmer Stadium (Brighton), Brentford Community Stadium (Brentford), Leigh Sports Village (Leigh), Old Trafford and Academy Stadium (Manchester), New York Stadium (Rotterham), Stadium MK (Milton Keynes).
Throughout the group stage of the Women’s Euro 2022, find in real time and from the end of the matches, the ranking of the four groups of the Euro with in particular Pool D, the group of France for the competition.
16 teams are qualified divided into 4 pools from 4 countries. The draw for the group stage of Euro 2022 was made on Thursday October 28 in Manchester, England.
- Group A: England, Austria, Norway, Northern Ireland
- Group B: Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland
- Group C: Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Switzerland
- Group D: FranceItaly, Belgium, Iceland
The schedule for the 2022 UEFA European Women’s Championship in England has been announced:
Quarter-finals:
- Friday July 22: QF3 – Sweden – Belgium (Wigan and Leigh)
- Saturday July 23: QF4 – France – Netherlands (Rotherham)
Semi-finals:
- Tuesday July 26: DF1 – Sweden or Belgium – England (Sheffield)
- Wednesday July 27: DF2 – France or the Netherlands – Germany (Milton Keynes)
Final:
- Sunday 31 July: Winners DF1 – Winners DF2 (Wembley)
The knockout stage
- Quarter-finals
- Friday July 22
- 9 p.m.: Sweden – Belgium (Wigan and Leigh) live on TF1 and Canal+
- Saturday July 23
- 9 p.m.: France – Netherlands (Rotherham) live on TF1 and Canal+
- Semi-finals
- Tuesday July 26
- 9 p.m.: Sweden or Belgium – England (Sheffield) live on TF1 and Canal+
- Wednesday July 27
- 9 p.m.: France or the Netherlands – Germany or Austria (Milton Keynes) live on TF1 and Canal+
- Final
- Sunday July 31
- 9 p.m.: Winners DF1 – Winners DF2 (Wembley) live on TF1 and Canal+
The French women’s football team has an appointment with Euro 2022 from Wednesday July 6. As traditionally, as for men, the list of players who will compete in the competition is particularly awaited. Despite her impressive performances with Olympique Lyonnais, winner of the last Champions League, Amandine Henry was not called up to play in the competition. Here is the list :
- Babysitters: Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Juventus Turin/Ita), Mylène Chavas (Bordeaux), Justine Lerond (Metz)
- Defenders: Selma Bacha (Lyon), Hawa Cissoko (West Ham / Ang), Sakina Karchaoui (Paris SG), Griedge Mbock (Lyon), Eve Perisset (Bordeaux), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Marion Torrent (Montpellier), Aïssatou Tounkara (Atlético of Madrid/Spain).
- Environments : Charlotte Bilbault (Bordeaux), Kenza Dali (Everton / Ang), Grace Geyoro (Paris SG), Ella Palis (Bordeaux), Sandie Toletti (Levante / Esp).
- Forwards: Sandy Baltimore (Paris SG), Delphine Cascarino (Lyon), Kadidiatou Diani (Paris SG), Marie Antoinette Katoto (Paris SG), Melvine Malard (Lyon), Clara Mateo (Paris FC), Ouleymata Sarr (Paris FC).
Les Bleues aim to do better than in 2017 and an elimination in the quarter-finals against England. If they aim to go as far as possible in the competition, this is also the case for the reigning European champions, the Netherlands led by Lieke Mertens and Vivienne Miedema. Eight-time titled Germany is an outsider like Denmark, finalist in 2017. Spain, with several FC Barcelona players, will have its say like Sweden, second in the FIFA rankings.