Despite Rough Ending at World Cup, Germany Are Set Up for Future Success

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Published: July 5, 2015

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The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup will not end the way Germany wanted it to. Instead of celebrating a third World Cup title, the team departed Edmonton, Alberta, with a fourth-place finish, following a 1-0 loss to England. 

Despite falling short of their ultimate goal in Canada, the Germans displayed plenty of reasons why they will be a force to be reckoned with for the next four years and more. Only four of the players on the 23-woman roster are in their 30s, and only goalkeeper Nadine Angerer is officially leaving the squad after the World Cup. Bleacher Report's Cristian Nyari noted the ages of both the women's and men's squads: 



With that in mind, Germany should use the defeats to the United States in the semifinal and to England in the third-place contest as motivation to succeed when the next set of major competitions come around in 2016, 2017 and 2019. 

Just like the large crop of talent on the men's side, Germany started to show us why the future is so bright throughout this World Cup, thanks to the showings put in by Sara Dabritz, Melanie Leupolz, Lena Petermann and Dzsenifer Marozsan. 

In Saturday's third-place match, Dabritz and Petermann were the driving force in attack along with full-back Tabea Kemme, who, until her penalty concession in the 108th minute, produced a terrific shift on the flank. Although the experienced duo of Celia Sasic and Anja Mittag took the majority of the chances in front of goal, the young attack-minded stars were the reasons why the forwards were receiving impressive service. 



By suffering the heartbreak of losing a key game at the World Cup to a continental rival early in their careers, the German squad's young core should be able to find more drive to come back and win the 2016 Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro. Most of the opponents they saw at the World Cup will be their top challengers for the gold medal in Brazil...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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