“The New Wembley Fraud” Lionesses Victory Said By German Press To Involve A “Nasty, Rotten Smell”
Written By Jacobs Dunga
The Germans lost 1-2 to the Lionesses at the Wembley on Sunday night in the final of the Women Euro 2022.
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England women team, the Lionesses on Sunday night at the Wembley stadium got the better of Germany’s women in the final of the women Euro 2022.
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Ella Toone put England ahead in the 62nd minute via an excellent lob to send the Wembley crowd agog.
Just before then, the Germans had a futile penalty shout when Lionesses captain Leah Williamson handled the ball in the area which was waved away by the referee without checking the VAR.
Lina Magull would stun the hole crowd with eleven minutes left to play when she converted from close range to level the scores and drag the game into extra time.
Substitute Chloe Kelly scored in the 110th minute to put England ahead and thus set the Lionesses on their first ever European glory.
The 87,000 fans in the stadium were thrown into a state of ecstasy when the final whistle blew.
The German press however are not pleased with the officiating in the final as they felt they’ve been yet again hard done by the English 56 years after the controversial World Cup final victory of the Lions over the Germans.
“This mustn’t be true! This simply cannot be true!” Wrote Germany’s most popular tabloid Bild.
“56 years after the wrongly given Wembley goal in the 1966 Wembley final, our women are again suffering a fraud in a final against England.
“This time despite video footage! The 1-2 after extra time has a nasty, rotten smell.
“You lost. But those who lose through fraud are in fact the winners.”
Germany are eight time winners of the tournament while England clinched their first ever trophy albeit in controversial circumstances according to the German publication.
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Germany manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg was magnanimous in defeat as she praised the English women despite the bitter taste of defeat.
The manager chose to speak only about the footballing issues that saw his side lose narrowly to the English women.
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“Let’s differentiate between football and feelings and let’s start with the footballing things. In the first half the ball possession was a bit more on the English side,” she said.
“We managed to have some attacks, but what I’m thinking about now is there was a situation at 0-0 where there was a clear handball in the box and VAR looked at it and didn’t award the penalty.
“In such a big game, it’s difficult to cope with that. I’m asking, why didn’t the referee look at it? That would have given us more safety if we’d scored.”
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