German Fraulein National Team 2020 & beyond

She's going to miss both of Bayern's UWCL semi finals games.

Her bad luck with the wnt is insane...

 

Wrede still hasn't confirmed anything concerning her contractual situation. And now she's set to miss important games at the end of HSV's season...

The foot injury looking like a non contact injury too, meaning it could have easily occurred at any moment if she was on u19, u23, or senior team duty.

But looking at how physically agressive France were being, I think fate just took Wrede out early; without the need for her to suffer more long lasting damage.

 

England Vs Sweden was this years u23 tournament final. England winning this game 3-0.

What makes this final funny, is knowing Germany would face both these teams on match day 1, and match day 2, beating England 5-0, and Sweden 4-0....

 

Going back to one of the most interesting discoveries of this latest u23 team, there's some rather unique factors surrounding the rise of Birkholz.

Birkholz currently age 22, never having featured for the u16/u17/u19/20's, only making her wnt level debut for the u23's, and looking like she's a ready made future wnt striker.

Looking comfortable on the u23 stage with 6 goals in 6 games; during the league season she's so far only scored 4 goals in 20 games for a mid table Freiburg...

A little more context around this, is also realizing Martinez currently a regular member of the senior wnt, having only produced 1 goal in her 9 u23 appearances lol.

The same 2024/25 season Martinez produced her 1 goal for the u23's, she scored 5 goals in 11 games for Freiburg; before entering the WSL in the same season, and scoring 10 goals in 12 games.

Right now Martinez struggling with 6 goals in 19 league games for her WSL club. And what's interesting about seeing Martinez, Weidauer, and Fudalla, all look better at club level, is knowing all of them currently eclipsed at u23 level by a legitimate relative unkown like Birkholz..

So... is Birkholz just a lucky player who's physical and technical traits simply work better within international football? Or is this what Birkholz could look like at club level if she played alongside better talent, within a stronger club team...?

Birkholz spending 3 years in Jena's starting 11, where she had one season in 2.Bundesliga scoring 13 goals in 25 games. Moving to Freiburg she's mainly been steady but not amazing.

I personally think Birkholz already a legit prospect. But without having connections to the junior wnt's, similar to Senß maybe Birkholz will need to leverage strong club level performances to maintain any hopes of future senior wnt recognition.

Hoffmann with prior youth wnt experiences, but underwhelming club form, was randomly selected at age 26 to be thrown into the senior wnt on the back of 11 goals in 22 games for Leipzig.

Could this be the same path Birkholz follows..? From what I've seen, taking the next 4 years to develop into a 15 league goal quality striker, is difficult, but very possible.

 

Worst ever? I am glad the final from WWC 2015 has been apparently scraped off.

 

Hasegawa? I didn't know she plays for Bayern

 

German TV not. Men's Bundesliga is more important and I have to look it on a stream.

 

Slovenia - Norway 0:1 (Hegerberg)

1:1 Zver

 

1:2 Jensen
2:2 Zver (p)

 

Wück brings Mühlhaus and Küver into the team, and decides to revert back to the 4-2-4 that saw this team look like pure garbage through the Euro's.... WHY?

You finally grasp your team functions better with a DM pivot, but you revert to using Nüsken - Senß as a double 6... WHY?

 

Berger back to playing progressive forward passes.... What is Wück doing...?

This feels like intentional sabotage to justify the continued selection of certain players...

 

Mühlhaus has been instructed to play as a 2nd striker..., and the teams back to having both CB's and the goal keeper providing progressive forward passes to forwards...

Wück introduces the best AM in the league, and decides to revert back to a system she's never going to receive the ball in areas she can be most effective.

I gaurentee if Knaak and Dallmann had started this game, Wück would have set up his side to function within a 4-3-3 lol.

 

Wück has intentionally handicapped his team, to justify the use of certain players lol... madness.

Instead of selecting better players for the new system, he's introduced better players for the previous system we know doesn't work...

 

HT 0-0. This game is exactly the same nonsense we witnessed during Wück's introduction period to the team.

Two CB's being forced to dictate play, because the 4-2-4 system using two CM's in a double 6, where neither player can contribute effectively.

I mean... Introducing the leagues best AM to the starting 11, and forcing her to play next to Anyomi is ridiculous lol.

While bringing Küver next to Minge, and asking her to do more work than Knaak is asinine too, having already seen a young Küver be a huge reason for Germany beating France during the Nations League.

These two teams just played each other a few days ago, with Senß being my player of the game, as the DFB gave the award to Nüsken. And now look at what's happening lol...

I'm convinced Wück has made these adjustments to validate in his own mind why certain player should remain key features to his starting 11...

 

2:3 Gaupset 90+2

 

Mühlhaus looks as ineffective as Dallmann would appear during the Euro's. Senß looking like the 2nd option at Frankfurt today, and not the wnt's best DM who's set to join Bayern Munich...

When Berger is recieving passes, and trying to initiate attacks, you know this team has reverted back to the bad traits that will stop them ever becoming a genuine WC contender.

So I hope Wück changes tactics, and at least allows his team to work with the various selection changes he made for this game.

 

Endemann off, Dallmann on. But as long as Wück persists with a 4-2-4 this game is going to depend on luck, or individual quality.

In real time, we're watching why Germany's lack of tactical identity will prevent the team from being a genuine WC contender...

There's no reason we should be seeing this happen from a coach who's been in control for this length of time...

 

...Wück doung everything but use a 4-3-3.