So good has Alexandra Popp been at the European Championship that she turned up at a press conference before Sunday’s final wearing a false moustache and jokingly offering herself up as the goalscorer Germany need – not just in the women’s team but the men’s team too.
Popp, who is playing her first Euros after injury ruled her out of 2013 and 2017 and having overcome a career-threatening injury that had might have forced her to miss this tournament as well, has scored in every game this summer. Her total of six goals makes her joint top scorer with Beth Mead and has taken her to a career total of 59 goals in 119 international games. All that at a time when the men’s team have struggled to find a goalscorer.
