Germany: Silke Rottenberg (FFC Brauweiler/46. Nadine Angerer/Turbine Potsdam) - Kerstin Stegemann (Heike Rheine), Bianca Rech (1. FFC Frankfurt /46. Inka Grings/FCR Duisburg), Navina Omilade (FFC Brauweiler/46. Linda Bresonik/FCR Duisburg) - Pia Wunderlich (1. FFC Frankfurt/65. Verena Hagedorn /Bad Neuenahr), Renate Lingor (1. FFC Frankfurt), Ariane Hingst (Turbine Potsdam), Sandra Smisek (FSV Frankfurt/81. Martina Müller/Bad Neuenahr), Sandra Minnert (1. FFC Frankfurt/65. Katrin Kliehm/1. FFC Frankfurt) - Birgit Prinz (1. FFC Frankfurt/81. Isabell Bachor/FSV Frankfurt), Bettina Wiegmann (Boston Breakers) Denmark: Heidi Johansen - Gitte Andersen, Katrine Petersen, Lene Terp - Britt Ebbesen-Nielsen (55. Sandra Jörgensen), Signe Andersen, Louise Hansen (79. Helle Nielsen), Johanna Rasmussen (65. Mette Jocumsen), Janni Lund-Johansen (74. Merete Petersen) - Lene Jensen, Cecile Petersen (55. May Krogh-Christensen) Goals: 1:0 Prinz (42.), 2:0 Lingor (50.) Attendance: 4360 Germany won 2-0 and this was deserved. They game was held under very bad weather conditions (rain) in Ulm. Germany had some problems getting into the game and controlling the ball. The first goal by Birgit Prinz followed a beautiful assist by Sandra Smisek, one of the best german players in this game. The second one followed a strong run by Inka Grings who passed to Birgit Prinz. Prinz again passed the ball to Renate Lingor who was free in front of the goal. No chance for the danish goalkeeper Heidi Johansen. She was really strong the whole 90 minutes preventing some 100% chances. Promising talent only 19 years old. Another good was causing trouble in the german defense was Lene Jensen. Unfortunately I don't know all danish players but noticed that Christina Bonde was missing. Good on the german side were Sandra Smisek and Ariane Hingst, who cleared a danish chance after Silke Rottenberg was already beaten. Germany started well into the second half but their game lost some flow due to the many substitutions. The german coach wanted to test some young players for the world cup next year.
Very good summary, Woody99. I want to comment on the aspect of "testing young players": I am not sure, how many new informations one could get after this game... I don't think it helped much in the process of deciding who might be part of the World Cup squad in 2003, besides the experienced core players. To put it different: the players who stood out were all "the usual suspects" They (Smisek, Prinz, Lingor and the solid defense with Hingst, Minnert, Stegemann) are all experienced and with the team for quite a long time. On the other hand, while none of the younger players stood out particularly, none seemed worse than a player they replaced, I mean, all did immediately fit in and belong on the pitch. E.g. Hagedorn and Bresonik did their job just as competent as well as others before. I think it just shows that we have a really good and well-balanced pool of players...which makes it difficult to sort out the best. But it's still a long way to go and a number of test games to watch ^_^