Nick Ames's match report from Brentford
I’m closing this blog down now but here’s the report from our reporter at Brentford. Thanks for reading. Bye!
Never underestimate the Germans. Their coach, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, had wondered whether they might catch a few opponents off guard this summer after a couple of modest showings at major tournaments, as wild a notion as that might seem given they have won the European Championship eight times. On this evidence, who could possibly believe they will not win a ninth?
Lina Magull has been handed the official Player of the Match award. I can’t argue with that, she was brilliant, but so were many of her teammates, Huth, Obendorf and Schuller particularly. Germany looked for all the world like the eight-time European champions that they are.
