International Football - Germany down England to win Cup

Eurosport - Fri, 11 Sep 08:52:00 2009

England's brave bid for glory faltered at the last with a 6-2 defeat by Germany in the final of the women's European Championships in Helsinki.

Germany's Kim Kulig (C) celebrates after scoring the team's third goal against England with Melanie Behringer (R), Babett Peter (L) and Inka Grings during their UEFA women's Euro 2009 final in Helsinki - 0

The Three Lions' campaign had been all drama leading up to the final 90 minutes, but there was to be no repeat as the Germans romped to a crushing win.

Despite the loss, coach Hope Powell can take comfort from the vast leap her team have made to qualify for their first major final since 1984 and will be looking forward confidently to the next World Cup in 2011.

It was game on straight from the opening whistle.

The masked Faye White denied Birgit Prinz when the German striker looked clean through and Fara Williams came within a whisker of opening the scoring with a free kick that whistled past Nadine Angerer's post.

But ultimately, it was Prinz who got the first goal on 20 minutes. The talismanic striker had failed to find the net throughout the tournament but when Inka Grings found her on the edge of the box, she made no mistake.

Germany doubled their money within minutes. Melanie Behringer was given time to pick her spot and she unleashed a 35-yard shot that flew over Rachel Brown.

Just when it looked like England might be overwhelmed, the Three Lions were back in the game immediately, Kelly Smith beating three German defenders before Karen Carney had the simple task of side-footing the ball into the empty net.

England almost levelled on 36 minutes when semi-final hero Jill Scott looked to have found the net following Carney's corner, only to be denied by Behringer on the line.

If England thought they had a platform for the second half, they were quickly blown away by a rampant Germany.

Within six minutes of the restart, confusion in the English defence saw Simone Laudehr hit the post before Kim Kulig fired home the rebound.

Smith gave England brief hope on 55 minutes when she angled a shot past Angerer from Carney's pass, but Germany restored their two-goal cushion when Grings headed Kerstin Garefrekes's cross beyond Brown.

She added another 10 minutes later.

A quick break allowed Prinz and Grings to attack the English back line and, after cutting inside White, Grings curled the ball beyond the English keeper.

When Prinz grabbed her second goal of the game on 76, it looked like England would be humiliated, but despite steadying the ship, they could only watch and admire as Germany again marked their territory as the best team in the world.

Ian Hare / Eurosport

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  1. I dont feel the same way about anyone else englands­ invaded your right, occupying Ireland was different­ from others though, in the sense that it was a lot­ harsher and more cruel than the rest of them, and­ unlike others it wasnt about greed this time......... ­ and its impressed me the way the Irish have always­ stood up to it and never accepted it, Ireland was­ never for sale the way Scotland was

    From Frankie The Angel, on Fri 11 Sep 7:30PM
  2. and sirstevejones you may complain about poles and­ muslims "invading" your country and taking­ your houses and jobs... but if you were educated enough­ to do so in the first place, you wouldn't be­ whining... second of all, while they "take your­ houses and jobs", they also go to the supermarket­ and buy food, go to the mall and buy clothes, pay for­ transport and petrol ETC.. so they do no harm to the­ economy..

    and last time i checked the crime rate was­ high because of uneducated chavs and working class scum­ who think they own the world.

    From i am a teacup, on Fri 11 Sep 5:53PM
  3. ammm i;m sure you felt the same way when you invaded­ hundreds of countries and told THEM to behave like­ YOU... hmmm Mark Palin??
    get a fking brain you twa.t

    From i am a teacup, on Fri 11 Sep 5:49PM
  4. people are actually falling for this BNP thing, give­ your heads a shake ffs.... your gonna put them in­ control of a massive army with billions of pound to­ play with, they wont be so kind mannered anymore­ then, you wont be worth anymore to them than the­ immigrants are, unless your funding them­ personally....... theyll send the army straight back­ to Ireland first excuse, cos they plan to invade the­ south and force them to be British again, Ive heard­ them say that more than once, Loyalists and the BNP­ have been in bed together for years planning it

    From Frankie The Angel, on Fri 11 Sep 5:46PM
  5. trackeraccess the place for all ur film needs

    From WE, on Fri 11 Sep 3:51PM
  6. NO141
    YOU DIDN'T EVEN INVENT HAGGIS WE DID !

    From vegasmufc, on Fri 11 Sep 11:01AM
  7. To: inverkenny (comment 141).
    Another bitter­ Scot....so I might as well adopt your pathetic and­ nationalistic attitude...here goes:

    HOLLAND........­ THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR KNOCKING OUT THE BITTER,­ MISERABLE, SECTARIAN AND RELIGIOUSLY ZEALOTED­ SCOTS.

    Ah..that's better!...now England can look­ forward to the World Cup in South Africa....but never­ mind you can watch your crappy teams in your crappy­ SPL.

    Have fun....ENGLAND.....FREEEEEEEDOM!!!!! (from­ the Scots).

    From Troika, on Fri 11 Sep 10:06AM
  8. Can I just say that the last comment 'Who wun the­ @#$% u war anyway so @#$% of back­ to auschwitz you­ nazi fukin scum nazi killers' must be from a highly­ uneducated person who probably does not know anything­ about war. It really scares me that idiots like this­ live in the world. I bet he is unemployed and lives in­ a grim council house in thr north of England and goes­ to Tenerife for his holidays!!

    From tommy, on Fri 11 Sep 9:47AM
  9. England was clearly the best team after germany in this­ tournament, respect. To reach a final everytime says­ that you did a great job. The first 60 Minutes the­ brits were very hard to play, but the fitness was one­ of the important differences. You lost against a team,­ that won everything the last years. Should be proud of­ your girls...

    From martin_kaufmann83, on Fri 11 Sep 8:33AM
  10. Slurr Steve Jones, have u counted your flocks of sheep­ yet? Did u wave to any? :-D Go back to your welsh farm­ u sad @#$%.

    From Domistiic, on Fri 11 Sep 8:21AM
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    Thrashed.......LOL LOL LOL

    From offmymash, on Fri 11 Sep 8:20AM
  12. Goodmorning,

    it´s a bit sad to see after any match­ between germany and england the same comments about­ hitler and other racism things, in my opinion we all­ should be very happy and thankfully to live in a world­ without hitler and similar peoples. The three lions­ made a very excellent game and they would have also­ deserved to be european master! Great britan is­ concerning his history a typical country for­ imingrants, once the united kingdom ruled about almost­ 25% of the world it´s not right to call for deportation­ in bad times. In bad economical times like we have­ right now, we all should stand together and try to make­ the best we can, it´s less helpfully to start racism­ campaings against people with different ethnic­ origins!
    To all thoose people who scream for­ deportation, we already had this in germany and we­ don´t want thoose times back.
    So a last word about the­ game, it was great to watch, respect to the english­ girls and i hope your keeper Rachel is going on to play­ soccer, she just looks so pretty and beauty, i want see­ her still many times ;-)
    You all have a good time­ !

    regards
    fred/munich

    From Ebola B, on Fri 11 Sep 8:16AM
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    Yeah have it Fok u England
    Glory Glory Germany­ &
    Fok u Fok u England

    From Sean, on Fri 11 Sep 8:00AM
  14. Why is there a political broadcast by the BNP on the­ football blog? Doesn't that kind of demonstrate­ their stupidity. Oh and how does having third world­ immigrants drive up property prices? How will getting­ rid of these people improve our internal trade &­ export trade; the real source of jobs and a­ Country's wealth? Shouldn't this Country be­ proud that it opens its doors because everyone should­ have the right to live wherever they want to? And what­ is this mythical 'Britishness' that the BNP go­ on about & why are foreigners the 'cancer'­ that eats it? Do you have actual stats & a website­ you can visit for all these intriguing demographics­ that you brag about? And finally, instead of picking on­ some poor immigrant whose just trying to find a better­ way of life, why don't we deport all the nasty­ bigoted idiots with their simplistic racist solutions­ that wouldn't work and would just make us look like­ thugs to the rest of the world? That way we'd have­ a better community spirit hopefully leading to better­ work productivity and improving our export trade.

    From Richard, on Fri 11 Sep 7:59AM
  15. the bnp still miss the real issues the main problem­ with this country is millions wasted on the pompous­ rich prats that run this country all those in­ government are there to line their own pocketsand the­ politicaly correct brigade whose views are forced upon­ us. dont see anyone off the dole getting a job in­ politics do you . THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A CLASS WAR NOT A­ RACIAL ONE. THE RICH AND MIDDLE CLASS IN THIS COUNTRY­ LOOK DOWN ON THE POOR AND DO ALL THEY CAN TO KEEP US­ DOWN. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT STEAL OUR OWN MONEY OUR­ OWN PEOPLE ,AS LONG AS THEY LOOK GOOD WE CAN GO TO­ HELL.anyone who tries to climb the social ladder is­ soon put in their place . democracy and freedom of­ speech in this country no longer exist the only freedom­ we have is what the rich tell us we can have and that­ changes when they dont like something.TRUE ALL­ RELIGIONS AND RACES HAVE THEIR FANATICS OUR ONLY­ FANATICS ARE THE BNPAND THEY SHOULD BE BANNED. AND ALL­ OTHERS WHO TRY TO PUT THEIR VIEWS IN OUR HEADS SHOULD­ BE PUT IN ASSYLUMS . ALL RELIGEON SHOULD BE BANNED AS­ TOO MANY IDIOTS USE RELIGION FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL­ MADNESS. RELIGION HAS BECOME PERVERSE USED AS EXCUSES­ TO KILL BY MADMEN AND POLITICIANS TO CAUSE WARS. A REAL­ GOD WOULD NOT WANT ANYONE DEAD. MAN HAS USED RELIGION­ AND TWISTED IT FOR THEI OWN MEANS FOR FAR TOO LONG­ ,HISTORY SHOWS US THIS DO WE NEVER LEARN .

    From marklaura60, on Fri 11 Sep 7:51AM
  16. I love it! Germany win and that guy from the BNP­ 'sirstevejones1' has obviously got abit hot­ under the collar!!! Germany simply are better at­ football. They always have been and always will be.­ Germany is a better and richer country who make the­ best cars in the world. Their women are more­ sophisticated and better looking. Dont give the BNP any­ chance. They are racist and strange people!!!

    From tommy, on Fri 11 Sep 7:50AM
  17. I don't see anything racist about pointing out­ facts? Sir Steve is spot on! When in Rome do as the­ romans do... Come over here to live then live by the UK­ laws and don't try to change our country. You­ choose to leave the country of your heritage and­ culture then leave it there - don't try and bring­ it with you. Why did you leave otherwise?

    From Marcus, on Fri 11 Sep 7:24AM
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    remove the cancer from British streets vote BNP

    From sirstevejones, on Fri 11 Sep 6:54AM
  19. Given current demographic trends, we, the indigenous­­ British people, will become an ethnic minority in our­­ own country well within sixty years – and most likely­­ sooner.

    All the signs are there:

    - At least 84­­ percent – and likely more – of all current UK­­ citizenship applications are from the Third World;

    -­­ Fourteen percent of all primary school children do not­­ have English as a mother tongue;

    - At least 316­­ primary schools in England have a large majority of­­ children whose first language is not English;

    -­­ Non-indigenous births will soon account for more than­­ half of all the babies born in Britain;

    - Over the­­ next twenty five years, immigration will account for­­ forty percent of all new households set up in this­­ country;

    - Some 3.7 million legal migrants have­­ entered this country since 1997 – and 2.5 million are­­ from outside the European Union; and

    - At least­ twenty­ percent of the currently resident population­ were­ either born overseas or are descendants of­ foreign-born­ parents.

    The vast majority of these­ foreign-born­ residents are of Third World extraction.­ According to­ figures released by the Office for­ National Statistics,­ at least eleven percent of all­ people living in Britain­ today were born overseas.­ This figure does not include­ their second or third­ generation children.

    All these­ facts point inexorably­ to the overwhelming and­ extinguishing of Britain and­ British identity under a­ tsunami of immigration. To­ ensure that this does not­ happen, and that the British­ people retain their­ homeland and identity, we call for­ an immediate halt to­ all further immigration, the­ immediate deportation of­ criminal and illegal­ immigrants, and the introduction­ of a system of­ voluntary resettlement whereby those­ immigrants who­ are legally here will be afforded the­ opportunity to­ return to their lands of ethnic origin­ assisted by a­ generous financial incentives both for­ individuals and­ for the countries in question.

    From sirstevejones, on Fri 11 Sep 6:53AM
  20. The BNP’s policy is to:

    - Deport all the two million­­ plus who are here illegally;

    - Deport all those who­­ commit crimes and whose original nationality was not­­ British;

    - Review all recent grants of residence or­­ citizenship to ensure they are still appropriate;

    -­­ Offer generous grants to those of foreign descent­­ resident here who wish to leave permanently;

    - Stop­­ all new immigration except for exceptional cases;

    -­­ Reject all asylum seekers who passed safe countries on­­ their way to Britain.

    Immigration is out of control.­­ Britain’s population is now over 60 million and­ rising,­ solely due to immigration. Not only is­ Britain­ increasingly overcrowded, but the fact is that­ a­ country is the product of its people and if you­ change­ the people you inevitably change the nature of­ the­ country.

    We want Britain to remain – or return to­ –­ the way it has traditionally been. We accept that­­ Britain always will have ethnic minorities and have no­­ problem with this as long as they remain minorities­ and­ do not change nor seek to change the fundamental­­ culture and identity of the indigenous peoples of the­­ British Isles.

    The current open-door policy and­­ unrestricted, uncontrolled immigration is leading to­­ higher crime rates, demand for more housing (driving­­ prices out of the reach of young people), severe extra­­ strain on the environment, traffic congestion, longer­­ hospital waiting lists, lower educational standards,­­ higher income taxes, lower wages, higher unemployment,­­ loss of British identity, a breakdown in community­­ spirit, more restrictive policing, higher council­­ taxes, a shortage of council homes, higher levels of­­ stress and unhappiness and a more atomised­­ society.

    India would not tolerate millions of­­ non-Indians taking over that society. Pakistan would­­ not tolerate millions of Hindus or Christians entering­­ that country and changing it from a Muslim society­ into­ something else. Japan would not do it; China­ would not­ do

    From sirstevejones, on Fri 11 Sep 6:52AM
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