The volume really helped us today, "said Germany coach after his side 1-0 Silvia Neiden friendly victory against Sweden in the evening Millerntor FC St. Pauli Stadium Wednesday.
Germany coach Silvia Neiden thanked the support "fantastic" at home in Hamburg after replacing Alexandra Popp headed the only goal in Wednesday night's friendly victory over Sweden 1-0.
In a game of few chances, Popp, who arrived early in the second half, opened the scoring in winning host a morale victory against the Women's World Cup Euro 2013 FC St Pauli's home the Millerntor-Stadion.
There was little between the low-profile parts of the first half, although the Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl is not good to keep out a shot of Simone Laudehr while the number opposite of Nadine Angerer was quick to react to stress Lotta Schelin.
Popp made the difference after the break, pouncing on a head that was released after giving his team an edge thin. Sweden, the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup semi-finalists could have equalized shortly after when Angerer Schelin rounded, but the Lyon striker hit the crossbar.
"The volume has really helped us today," said Neiden. "In the first half nothing went as planned. We did a lot of simple mistakes and bad passes, but our fans have asked us to. They were great. Our offensive game has received a huge boost when Alex Popp illuminated. After his goal, we improved a lot and played a much more relaxed. But we have much work to do, especially with our passage, which was very bad tonight. "
Sweden coach Thomas Dennerby also highlighted areas for improvement, but had the consolation of almost a contested. "It was very balanced," he said. . "It could have been 1-0 for the two parties outside of the result, I'm pretty happy with how we managed the game, we managed to control the tempo and played at times, we must be more effective in our finishing. However, and to improve our defense on set pieces. "
Germany, who have won two in Group 2 classification to date resume his campaign against Kazakhstan in Wiesbaden on 19 November before a crucial trip to Spain five days later.
