In their final test fixture before departing for their Australian base camp ahead of the coming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the German Women’s national team were unable to fight back and earn a draw against a surprisingly spry Zambian squad at the Sportpark Ronhof in Fürth on Friday evening. Speaking on the result in their post-match interviews, attackers Alexandra Popp and Klara Bühl – both of whom started and remained on the pitch throughout an exceptionally long match that featured 15 minutes of second half injury time – emphasized that there were plenty of positives the DFB-Frauen could take from the performance. Even if the last pre-tournament test fixture did offer up plenty of grounds for optimism, there’s nevertheless no shortage of troublesome injury news emanating out of the DFB camp.
