Erfurt, Germany | Steigerwaldstadion
Attendance: 10023
Shannon Woeller
Desiree Scott
Marie Levasseur
Allysha Chapman
Germany goal by Linda Dallman
Nichelle Prince
Christine Sinclair
Canada WNT caution to Janine Beckie
Janine Sonis
Lindsay Agnew
Sophie Schmidt
Adriana Leon
Deanne Rose
Stephanie Labbé
Kailen Sheridan
Canada goal by Deanne Rose (assist by Janine Beckie)
Deanne Rose
Germany goal (own goal by Canada)
KO
13 ' |
38 ' | Deanne Rose
HT
46 ' | Stephanie Labbé - Kailen Sheridan
63 ' | Adriana Leon - Deanne Rose
63 ' | Lindsay Agnew - Sophie Schmidt
66 ' | Janine Sonis
82 ' | Nichelle Prince - Christine Sinclair
86 ' |
88 ' | Marie Levasseur - Allysha Chapman
88 ' | Shannon Woeller - Desiree Scott
FT
Canada fell 1:2 to host Germany in a 2017 Women’s International Friendly match in Erfut. The match was on even terms after a Deanne Rose first-half equaliser, but Germany eventually struck back with the Linda Dallman winner in the 86th minute.
FIRST HALF:
Both sides cautiously tested each other in the opening 15 minutes, but Kristin Demann firing Germany’s first shot in the ninth minute and a pair of Ashley Lawrence attempts at the other end blocked in the 12th minute.
In the 13th minute, the first Germany goal was scored on an unlucky play in the Canadian end. The pass back from Shelina Zadorsky was kicked by Sheridan, but the ball clipped off her shin and back off her outstretched leg into the goal. Germany were up 1-0.
Canada were undeterred as they looked to get back on even terms. In the 20th minute, a nice build up run by Beckie down the left side produced a cross into the box, but the Christine Sinclair header was wide of the target.
In the 23rd minute, a Dzsenifer Marozsán shot on targeted deflected en route to goal, but was still caught easily by Sheridan.
In the 38th minute, Canada equalised on the Rose goal. While Sinclair won’t get an assist, the Canadian was the catalyst for the turnover in pressuring goalkeeper Almuth Schult in the 37th minute. While Schult managed to clear the ball from Sinclair’s touch, Schult’s next long kick on the same sequence went to Canadian defender Allysha Chapman.
Chapman’s header was collected by Desiree Scott in the midfield and, after spinning past Dzsenifer Marozsán, played back to Kadeisha Buchanan. Canada quickly moved the play up field from Buchanan to Beckie to Sophie Schmidt and, with the give-and-go, back to Beckie who down the right side crossed it past three defenders into the path of goalscorer Deanne Rose at the back post.
In less than 40 seconds after Sinclair had used her speed to disrupt Schult and the German defence, Rose had put Canada on level terms with the 1-1 equaliser.
SECOND HALF:
In the second half, with Stephanie Labbé now in goal, Canada made their first important save off a Marozsán corner kick. The kick was headed back by Josephine Henning and flicked by a marked Anja Mittag in the six-yard box, but collected by Labbé before it crossed the line.
Both sides made their full complement of six substitutions in the second half. The changing formations searched for the go-ahead goal, but both defences were up to the task.
In the 75th minute, Marozsán had a chance stopped. Then at the other end, a Beckie cross from the left was tipped over the goal by Schult. In the 80th minute, there was a nice pass through to Lena Peterman, but well marked from outside the 18-yard box her shot was easily caught by Labbé.
The winning goal was ultimately scored in the 86th minute off a corner kick from the left side. Labbé punched out the initial kick, but the ball fell into the pathway of Dallman whose left-footed shot beat the crowd of defenders and the goalkeeper.
LINEUP & NOTES:
Canada’s starting XI featured Kailen Sheridan in goal, Ashley Lawrence at right back, Kadeisha Buchanan and Shelina Zadorsky at centre back, Allysha Chapman at left back, and Desiree Scott, Jessie Fleming, Sophie Schmidt, Deanne Rose, Janine Beckie, and Christine Sinclair from the midfield up through to the attack.
In the second half, coach John Herdman replaced Sheridan with Stephanie Labbé (46’), Rose with Adriana Leon (63’), Schmidt with Lindsay Agnew (63’), Sinclair with Nichelle Prince (82’), Scott with Shannon Woeller (88’), and Chapman with Marie Levasseur (88’).
In the second half, Beckie was cautioned by referee Olga Zadinova in the 66th minute. Also in the second half after Sinclair left the match, Jessie Fleming wore the captain’s armband for the last 10 minutes of the match.
Germany’s starting XI featured Almuth Schult (goal), Babett Peter, Josephine Henning, Anna Blässe, Isabel Kerschowski, Kristin Demann, Hasret Kayikci, Sara Doorsoun, Sara Däbritz, Anja Mittag, and Dzsenifer Marozsán.
In the second half, coach Steffi Jones replaced Blässe, Kerschowski and Däbritz with Leonie Maier, Linda Dallman, and Carolin Simon (all three at 46’), Demann with Lena Petermann (65’), hurt Henning with Johanna Elsig (69’), and Mittag with Pauline Bremer (73’).
The international match was played in front of 10,023 fans at Steigerwaldstadion in Erfut.
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