Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg calls shock World Cup exit a disaster after 1-1 draw to South Korea; debutants Morocco stun Colombia 1-0 to advance
Germany players wear a dejected look after the team’s elimination from the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brisbane yesterday. Pics/Getty Images
Coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg called it “a disaster” after Germany suffered their earliest Women’s World Cup exit with a 1-1 stalemate against South Korea on Thursday. The 2003 and 2007 champions—and one of the favourites to win the tournament—crashed out in the group stage for the first time in their history.
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Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Germany finished third in the table on four points and will be heading home. “If you want to see it as a disaster in sporting terms, then it’s hard to argue against it,” Voss-Tecklenburg said after the stalemate in Brisbane condemned her side.
South Korea went a goal up early on through Cho So-hyun and defended stoutly to frustrate their opponents, who could not find a winner following Alexandra Popp’s first-half equaliser.
Korea Republic’s Cho Sohyun celebrates a goal against Germany
In another match, Anissa Lahmari’s winner powered World Cup debutants Morocco past Colombia 1-0 and into the Last 16 at the expense of two-time champions Germany. Morocco’s upset in Perth lifted them to six points and they finished runners-up in Group H to Colombia on goal difference.
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