Zurich (AP) – The Spanish world champion has never reached a final of the female Eurocup. He has never defeated Germany.
Both things could change on Wednesday.
Spain faces Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 2025 in Zurich, knowing that it has never managed to overcome its opponents during eight previous meetings: five losses and three prints.
“During these seven years that I have been on the team, I competed five times against Germany and we failed to overcome it, but we were closer to victory,” said Spanish coach Montse Tomé on Tuesday. “At the Olympic Games, we had options to do so, the game was good, and now we are at another time. They have another coach (Christian Wück), but Germany is Germany.”
“Its essence is the same, whatever the management. We are very clear about the game we want to play tomorrow, how we want to condition it where we want to take it,” he added.
Spain beat Switzerland To access your second Eurocup semi-final, 28 years after the first. After conquering the World Cup and the League of Nations in the past two years, red is approaching to add the European championship trophy to its collection.
Spain has lost only one of its last 15 games that manage 12 years, in the last meeting with Germany, a 1-0 defeat in the match for the bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games last year.
“Everyone tries to find out how to write history,” said Captain Alexia Potellas. “Personally, I see it as an opportunity. Not as long as a revenge or a thorn. I think that the Olympic Games are a different competition.”
Although Spain is a wide favorite to move forward, Germany has shown that the team can never be excluded with eight European titles.
Germany beat France with penalties in the quarter -final, despite having played with ten 13 -minute players due to the expulsion of midfielder Kathrin Hendrich for pulling the hair from an opponent.
And Germany wants to disturb forecasts again.
“Well, I think the performance we have shown is the model of all matches,” said the German Zaguera Rebecca Knaak. “This is the perfect example of passion, mental strength. All these things are characteristics that we present.”
“It is therefore also important tomorrow and, of course, we were prepared at the tactical level also by the coach and the team,” he added. “But the fundamental characteristic was built in the party against France.”
In fact, it was the second consecutive period that Germany had to play most of the match in inferiority. Defense Carlotta Wamser was expelled only half an hour during the 4-1 defeat against Sweden in its last game of the group phase.
Wamser returns, but Germany will have to reorganize its defense again with the Héndrich suspended border and Sarai joining the list of wounded next to the captain and on the right side Giulia Gwinn.
The midfielder Sjoeke Nüsken will also serve a suspension after receiving his second yellow card from the tournament against France.
“He says a lot about the team that we accept each situation when they appeared,” Knaak said. “There were so many different and unusual situations, and we adapted.”
“We support each other and, in the end, it doesn’t matter who plays next to whom,” he added. “We are a team and we have the model precisely for these reasons, which we can also adapt and adapt to opponents.”
The defenders of England were measured against Italy on Tuesday in the first semi-final.
The final will be played on Sunday in Basel.
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