File champions Germany held a disaster assembly on Sunday as they should regroup from their largest defeat in Euros historical past and switch their consideration to the quarter-finals.
Germany have been crushed 4-1 by Sweden and had Carlotta Wamser despatched off in a defensive meltdown on Saturday.
Enchancment can be wanted if the eight-time champions wish to advance on Saturday the place robust France could possibly be their quarter-final opponents.
“We already sat down this morning as a staff,” midfielder Sjoeke Nüsken stated, including that “there will certainly be modifications” within the line-up.
Playmaker Laura Freigang vowed: “We now have seven days to organize and we’ll make use of them.
“After all it brings you again right down to earth. It’s the sort of day you’d want to not have throughout a European championship. However I’d fairly have it in the present day than every other day as a result of now we now have knock-out video games,” she added.
Coach Christian Wück gave the gamers the remainder of Sunday and Monday off earlier than having to behave as disaster supervisor in his first large match with the staff.
However he stated defiantly: “We’re down however we’ll stand up once more. We’ll shake it off after which go into this quarter-final with pleasure and braveness. Regardless of in opposition to whom – whether or not it’s France or England or the Netherlands.
Wück’s most important job can be to regain defensive stability because the again line collapsed even earlier than Wamser’s crimson card as a result of Sweden had already reversed an early German lead from Jule Model by Stina Blackstenius and Smilla Holmberg.
Wamser’s handball for which she noticed crimson resulted in Fridolina Rolfö`s penalty for 3-1 within the thirty fourth, and Sweden obtained as fourth from Lisa Hurtig with 10 minutes left.
Wück must make modifications on the again however doesn’t have a whole lot of choices. The suspended proper again Wamser was already taking part in instead of captain Giulia Gwinn, who suffered a tournament-ending knee damage of their opening 2-1 win over Poland.
The coach guidelines out a serious system change after the excessive urgent method backfired badly in opposition to the Swedes.
“We should not make the error of blaming or pillorying components of the staff now. I feel it will be mistaken to say that we solely wish to react now and solely wish to destroy,” he stated.
Captain Janina Minge additionally warned in opposition to rigorous defensive techniques, insisting: “I don’t assume we must always change our complete system now.”
Saturday’s defeat implies that Germany now face a way more troublesome path of their bid to succeed in the July 27 ultimate than if they’d received on Saturday to complete high of their group.
France, who’ve impressed in Switzerland and beat Germany in final yr’s Nations League semi-finals are the probably opponent. A possible semi-final could possibly be in opposition to world champions Spain who’ve been the perfect staff up to now on the Euros.
Sweden, against this, will in all probability face title holders England or the Netherlands within the quarter-finals, and in the event that they advance the winner of Norway v Italy.
“There received’t be any weaker groups,” Model warned.