Germany have been despatched crashing out on the group stage of the Girls’s World Cup for the primary time after a 1-1 draw with South Korea of their last Group H match on Thursday.
Germany, champions in 2003 and 2007 and ranked second on this planet, had wanted a win to make sure of progressing, however Morocco’s shock 1-0 win over Colombia within the different Group H match despatched the European powerhouse out of the event.
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Korea took an early lead when Cho So-hyun netted within the sixth minute however, whereas ahead Alexandra Popp equalised with a trademark header three minutes earlier than the interval, Germany have been unable to search out the winner wanted to advance.
Casey Phair, who grew to become the Girls’s World Cup’s youngest-ever participant earlier within the event, virtually gave Korea the lead when the 16-year-old noticed her second-minute effort pushed onto the put up by goalkeeper Merle Frohms.
Colin Bell’s aspect needed to wait solely 4 extra minutes to strike, nevertheless, when Lee Younger-ju’s cross from deep break up the German defence and the unmarked Cho calmly slotted her first-time shot into the underside nook.
Germany have been annoyed by the hard-pressing Koreans, however within the forty second minute the previous champions levelled as Popp outjumped the defence to satisfy Svenja Huth’s proper wing cross and loop her header past Kim Jung-mi.
Voss-Tecklenburg’s aspect threw every little thing ahead after the interval, with Popp’s 57th minute header dominated out on evaluation by VAR because the striker strayed offside following a intelligent flick by Lea Schuller.
The German ahead then rattled the crossbar two minutes later with one other headed effort and Popp was once more denied 16 minutes from time when her bullet-header flew straight into the fingers of Kim.
Substitute Sydney Lohmann thumped a pair of efforts simply off course deep into virtually 16 minutes of added time, however Bell’s aspect held on for a degree that despatched the Germans out.
