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Round-up
Wed, 04/12/24, 15:42
Exciting clashes and EURO qualification: FC Bayern Women's internationals
From exciting encounters in Europe to clashes in Argentina and Canada: the international break had plenty to offer! With FCB Women players from Germany, Denmark, England and Iceland having already qualified for next year's UEFA Women’s European Championship, Werona Zawistowska with Poland, Tuva Hansen with Norway and Swedish trio Madgalena Eriksson, Linda Sembrant and Julia Zigiotti booked their places via the play-offs. fcbayern.com rounds up the highlights and results of the last international break.
Senior Germany debuts for Alara Şehitler and Ena Mahmutovic
Alara Şehitler came on and played 27 minutes against Switzerland. | © Eva Dippold
The Germany women's national team, featuring Bayern players Giulia Gwinn, Klara Bühl, Linda Dallmann, Lea Schüller, Ena Mahmutovic and Alara Şehitler, contested two friendlies against Switzerland and Italy. Coach Christian Wück's team impressed against the Swiss with a 6-0 victory, Schüller netting two of the goals. The two-time world champions then lost 2-1 to Le Azzurre. While 18-year-old Şehitler made her debut against Switzerland, Mahmutovic lined up between the posts for the senior team for the first time against Italy.
Laura Gloning and the Germany U23s beat their Spanish counterparts 3-0, before losing 2-1 to Belgium in their final match of the year.
Play-offs for EURO qualification
For Samantha Kerr with Scotland, Sarah Zadrazil with Austria, Linda Sembrant, Magdalena Eriksson and Julia Zigiotti with Sweden, Tuva Hansen with Norway, Weronika Zawistowska with Poland and Jovana Damnjanović with Serbia, there was the important matter of the second round of play-offs in qualifying for EURO 2025. FCB team-mates Zadrazil and Zawistowska came up against each other, as did Damnjanović and her three Swedish colleagues. Poland and Sweden came out on top, while Norway also prevailed against Northern Ireland.
Several FCB Women players managed to qualify for EURO 2025: Among them Tuva Hansen with Norway. | © IMAGO
Serbia 0-2 Sweden; Sweden 6-0 Serbia
Poland 1-0 Austria; Austria 0-1 Poland
Northern Ireland 0-4 Norway; Norway 3-0 Northern Ireland
Scotland 0-0 Finland; Finland 2-0 Scotland
Friendly win for Denmark
Pernille Harder and Denmark met Iceland in a friendly. The match against her Bayern team-mate Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir ended in a 2-0 win for Harder and Co.
Before that, the Icelanders led by FCB captain Viggósdóttir played out a goalless draw against Canada.
England with a draw and a win
Georgia Stanway played two friendlies with England. | © IMAGO
Georgia Stanway and England faced USA and Switzerland in a pair of home friendlies. The clash with the world's top-ranked team ended goalless, before the Lionesses claimed a 1-0 victory over the Swiss.
Narrow defeat for Colombia
Ana Guzmán and the Colombian national team played a friendly against Argentina. After the contest couldn't be settled in regular time (1-1), the winner was determined by a penalty shootout, which Colombia lost 5-4.
Take a look behind the scenes of the trips to Oslo and Freiburg:
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