Popp powers Germany to rout of Morocco at Women’s World Cup
Melbourne, Australia (AP) — Alexandra Popp scored twice within the first half and Germany added 4 extra within the second in a 6-0 rout of a Morocco workforce on its debut on the Women’s World Cup on Monday.
The margin of victory is the biggest of the event as far as the two-time champions dominated all through towards Morocco, the primary Arab and North African nation to qualify for the event
Popp scored her 63rd and sixty fourth worldwide objectives, transferring to 3rd on Germany’s all-time record. The Wolfsburg ahead shortly made her mark on the event after lacking out on the ultimate of the 2022 European Championship towards England due to harm.
The second half featured two Morocco own-goals sandwiched between objectives from Klara Buhl and Lea Schuller.
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KEY MOMENTS
In the eleventh minute, Popp scored with a header off a cross from Kathrin Hendrich. She doubled her tally with one other header within the thirty ninth off Klara Buhl’s nook kick.
Buhl scored the third purpose with a right-foot strike simply 23 seconds into the second half. For the fourth purpose within the 54th, Svenja Huth served a ball in off a rebound from a nook. The ball then bounced off Morocco defender Hanane Ait El Haj for an personal purpose.
Another personal purpose by Yasmin Mrabet adopted earlier than Lea Schuller rounded out the scoring for Germany within the ninetieth minute.
WHY IT MATTERS
After shedding to Zambia and Brazil in current friendlies, Germany introduced itself as a contender to win the event with the comfy victory. The 2003 and 2007 World Cup winners have superior to at the least the quarterfinals in every of its eight earlier World Cup appearances. Germany is on prime of Group H, with Colombia and South Korea set to play their opening match on Tuesday.
The lopsided loss provides stress to the remaining group-stage matches for the Moroccans, who want to enhance on this efficiency with a view to maintain alive any hopes of advancing to the event’s knockout stage.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“I haven’t set myself a goal on how many goals I’ll score. I want to reach the finals and to win the finals. Apart from that, I’m just happy. I hadn’t scored really well before (in the World Cup), but these two goals were a boost.” — Alexandra Popp, Germany captain.
“We have to go again, there’s another two games. We have the spirit, we have the fight and we’ll regroup and go again against South Korea.” — Rosella Ayane, Morocco participant.
WHAT’S NEXT
Germany will journey to Sydney for its subsequent sport towards Colombia, who superior to the spherical of 16 in its final World Cup look. Morocco will play South Korea at Adelaide’s Hindmarsh Stadium. Both video games are scheduled for Sunday.
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