Terry Foley’s UEFA Women’s Euro Update (2)
Terry is continuing to see high quality action over at the European Championships, including Germany’s solid 4-0 win Norway at Tampere Stadium yesterday. Germany’s first goal was a penalty kick buried by Linda Bresonik, who Terry thought shone as the best player on the field. Norway’s goalkeeper, Ingrid Hjelmseth, kept her team in the game until the last ten minutes when Germany opened the floodgates. Three goals were scored in the last ten minutes of the game by German second half substitutes, Fatima Bajaramaj and Anna Mittag. Terry was impressed with Germany’s performance: “The score was a deserving one. Germany is looking much sharper than when I watched them at the Algarve- they’ve been the best team we have seen so far this trip.”
The second game of the day, France defeated Iceland in a game of poor refereeing and three penalty kicks. Iceland took the lead in the 6th minute off a solid header from Holmfridur Magnusdottir. Ten minutes later, France tied up the game when they were awarded a dubious penalty, finished by the LA Sol’s Camille Abily. Shortly after the start of the second half, France was awarded a second questionable penalty kick, which the Washington Freedom’s Sonja Bompastor stepped up to bury. France’s third goal was a long range shot by another Freedom player, Louise Necib, which Iceland’s keeper should have saved. Iceland tried to fight back late in the game, but their best player Margaret Lara Vidarsdottir missed a penalty kick awarded to Iceland in the last 10 minutes, which cemented the final score of 3-1. Terry reported that “France fully deserved to win the game. I’m looking forward to seeing more of what they can do.”
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