In their second match of the Women's European Cup of Nations, the German women's national team defeated Norway. In front of 347 spectators at the Bundesstützpunkt Arena in Füssen, the game ended 4-2 (1-1, 1-1, 2-0) for the team coached by Jeff MacLeod. The goal scorers for the DEBThe selection included Svenja Voigt, Celina Haider, Emily Nix and Marie-Kristin Schmid.
Only a few seconds had passed when Norway received their first penalty, and the German team quickly seized the momentum. As the penalty expired, Voigt scored from close range to give Germany a 1-0 lead (3rd minute). The visitors subsequently created two dangerous scoring opportunities in front of the German net, guarded today by Sandra Abstreiter. Germany's second power play (starting in the 11th minute) yielded no significant action. Shortly before the intermission, Laura Kluge was sent to the penalty box, and Norway capitalized on the ensuing power play, with Mathea Fischer scoring the equalizer (16th minute).
The German team got off to a perfect start in the second period: Right from the face-off, Nicola Hadraschek-Eisenschmid stormed down the right side and perfectly set up the wide-open Haider, who was able to score the opening goal unchallenged (21st minute). Another power play for Norway in the 27th minute came to nothing this time. Tara Schmitz hit the post in the 30th minute, narrowly missing the chance to score Germany's third goal. At the other end, Emilie Kruse capitalized on a mistake in the German defense and scored the equalizer (35th minute), which was also the score at the intermission.
Even in the final section, the Germans had to Fans They didn't have to wait long: 51 seconds had elapsed when Nix converted a pass from Haider, who had plenty of time to distribute the puck behind the Norwegian net, to make it 3-2 (41st minute). Midway through the period, the Norwegians had their fourth power play. DEB-Team, which again failed to score while playing with a man advantage. After an interim penalty against the DEB-Team scored a spectacular goal by Schmid to make it 4:2 (52nd minute).
The best player of the evening was Franziska Feldmeier.
The third and final game of the tournament will take place tomorrow, Saturday. The opponent is the team from Hungary. The game starts at 14:30 PM.
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National coach Jeff MacLeod: "From the coaching staff's perspective, we are very satisfied with the three points. I think we had a good start and talked a lot about being well-prepared for the face-offs and the game itself. That worked well. The support from the bench was also very positive. Tomorrow is our third game, and we expect the players to continue improving – just like in every game and throughout the entire tournament. Hungary is a strong opponent. We are looking forward to the match, but at the same time, we also want to put on another good performance in our final game and take the next step."
Tabea Botthof, defense attorney“We definitely still have room for improvement. Nevertheless, it feels really good to have already won the second of three games. That gives us a real boost for tomorrow. We're expecting a very strong opponent in Hungary, against whom we've played many times in the past. It will certainly be a physical and fast-paced match. We're definitely ready and hope that we can get a good result in the end.”
Schedule Germany
20.08.2026 | Germany – France | 3:2 (1:1, 2:0, 0:1)
21.08.2026/18/00 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Norway | 4:2 (1:1, 1:1, 2:0)
22.08.2026/14/30 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Hungary