Tale of Two Penalties as Germany Crash out of the FIFA Women’s World Cup

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Published: July 1, 2015

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For the fourth time in seven tournaments, the United States of America will play in the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Germany’s hopes of winning a third crown disappeared in Montreal on Tuesday as they lost the semi-final 2-0 in the Olympic Stadium.

Just moments after Celia Sasic missed from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute, Carli Lloyd opened the scoring with her own spot-kick after Annike Krahn was judged to have fouled Alex Morgan in the penalty area.

With just six minutes to go, Kelley O’Hara put the result beyond doubt, knocking home Lloyd’s cross from the left after some excellent play down the left. That sealed the victory, and the Germans were left to rue missed chances and what was a less-than-stellar performance.



The game started extremely quickly with both teams flying out the blocks. Germany had begun slowly against France and were obviously looking to rectify that, but the U.S. had the same idea, making it a very open first 15 minutes.

It was clear from their strong start that the USA meant business. It was Jill Ellis’ side that were edging the 50/50 battles and looked quicker and sharper to the ball.

Starting up front on her own, Morgan did well on a number of occasions to fashion openings in front of the German goal. The Portland Thorns striker had a number of good chances, with her NWSL team-mate Nadine Angerer denying her a second World Cup goal. The U.S. forward would have been disappointed not to have finished stronger, but the German is a formidable opponent in one-on-one situations.

Despite not creating any clear-cut chances, it seemed that Germany were always in the game and would get their opportunity at some point.

Julie Johnston’s performances at this tournament have been nothing short of spectacular, but the centre-back was lucky to stay on the pitch on Tuesday. When the 23-year-old let a high specul...
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