England became the latest addition to the list of teams crowned with the European Women’s Football Championship, after winning the title for the first time in its history, following a 2-1 victory over Germany, today, Sunday (July 31, 2022), in the final match of the continental competition (Euro 2022) ).
On the other hand, the German team was unable to add a ninth title to its coffers, after losing the Wembley final.
The original time ended with a 1-1 draw, as England scored through Ella Ton in the 62nd minute, but Germany equalized in the 79th minute through Lina Magul.
After the original time ended with a 1-1 draw, the two teams resorted to an additional time of half an hour divided equally into two halves, in order to resolve matters.
The England team managed to win the match and win the title during extra time, after Chloe Kelly scored the second goal for the hosts, while the German team was unable to equalize during the remaining minutes and push the match to the penalty shootout.
The German women’s team scored the equalizer to take the match into two overtime periods.
Defeat in the absence of the leader
Alexandra Pope, captain of the German women’s soccer team, missed the match in England due to an injury.
Bob suffered a muscle injury before the final of the continental championship against England at the prestigious Wembley Stadium in the British capital, London, to prevent her from participating in the match.
Bob was the top scorer in the tournament with Englishman Beth Mead, with 6 goals each, before the start of the final match.
Bob was aspiring to become the second player or player to score in every match in the tournament, from the group stage to the final, in one version of the European Nations Cup for men or women, after former French star Michel Platini, who achieved the same achievement in the Nations version. Europe 1984 for men.
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Women’s European Star 2022
The captain of the German national team, Alexandra Pope, scored half of the German women’s team goals in the current tournament and led the team to the final, while the rest of her colleagues scored seven goals. The 31-year-old German is playing her first European Championship after missing the last two editions due to injury. Since she was a little girl, she has been passionate about football and has been competing for boys at an elite German Football Association school in Gelsenkirchen.
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England’s most dangerous players
England, the host country, reached the final of the tournament and aspires to win the title. The England national team consists of players who play in the English Premier League for women’s football as well as players who play for major European clubs. Among the most dangerous players is Lucy Bronze, who plays as a full-back, as the player hopes to win the championship after moving to Barcelona.
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The enthusiasm of the women of France
The players of the French national team expressed their enthusiasm and desire to reach the final of the continental championship for the first time, while the German team is looking for its ninth title. The team includes influential players such as the captain of the French national team, the defender, and Wendy Renard, who won the Champions League title with her club Lyon, thanks to her experience in the green rectangle.
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“Historic” audience
The UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final match between Barcelona and Real Madrid witnessed a record crowd of 91,553 fans, and this match constituted a milestone in the history of women’s football. Viewership statistics on the German television network ARD showed an increase in the public’s interest in watching the “Euro 2022” women’s matches. She explained that 2.06 million viewers watched the match between the Portuguese and Swiss teams.
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Unprecedented Arab brilliance
Despite losing the final and the championship title, the women of Morocco emerged in brilliance from this historic tournament. The Moroccan women’s team reached this stage for the first time in its history, becoming the first Arab women’s team to qualify for the World Cup finals scheduled for its next edition in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand, once it reached the semi-finals. After excluding Nigeria, the defending champion, and the most prominent candidate to retain it.
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Third Champion of the Black Continent
The South African football team won the African Nations Cup for women for the first time in its history, preventing the Moroccan host from becoming the first continental champion among Arabs at the women’s level, by defeating it with two goals to one. With this title, South Africa became the third champion of the continent since the start of the tournament in 1991, along with Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, which won the title twice in 2008 and 2012.
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Gulf women’s team
A number of Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, are looking forward to building a women’s team capable of competing in foreign tournaments, something that was unimaginable a short time ago when strict social rules were imposed on women. Last year, Riyadh announced the launch of the local league with the participation of 16 teams and under the supervision of the “Women’s Football Department” of the Saudi Football Association, just a few years after the ban on women playing the game was lifted.
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Iranian women storm stadiums
The World Cup in Russia 2018 will remain an event in the minds of Iranian fans, especially women, because 37 years ago, women and men were allowed to enjoy together watching a football match from inside stadiums and in public squares. About 20,000 fans gathered at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to watch the Iran-Spain match, and began to chant and celebrate, carrying Iranian flags, and took group photos and posted them on social media.
