Germany joins England in the final

It will be Germany who makes company with England in Women´s Euro 2009 in Finland. In tonight´s semi final they defeated Norway 3-1 (0-1).


As the result tells it wasn´t an easy victory for the Germans. In the first half Norway played well and made the Germans look very vulnerable. The Norwegians took the lead after ten minutes when Isabell Herlovsen headed a corner into the net. After that they also hit the post once.

In the second half Germany came very strong from the start and changed the game around in two minutes at the hour mark. First Simone Laudehr was last at a cross from Melanie Behringer and right after another cross, from Babett Peter, found Celia Mbabia and it was 2-1 to Germany. In overtime Fatmire Bajramaj scored a third goal and conceled Germanys victory.

Although Germany had the lead Norway fought for an equalizer all the way to the end and created a couple of good chances.

All the scorers for Germany had started the game on the bench. So both semi finals were decided by substitutes, talk about succesfull changes.

The final between England and Germany will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on thursday.