{"id":275118,"date":"2025-07-19T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275118\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:08:12","slug":"preview-france-vs-germany-euro-2025-quarterfinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275118\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: France vs. Germany \u2014 EURO 2025 Quarterfinal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany faces France tomorrow in the quarterfinals of EURO 2025. The Germany women had a strong if not all-cylinders-firing start to the tournament, but then fell completely apart<\/a> in the final group stage match against Sweden.<\/p>\n

It was the kind of heart-breaking collapse that usually means the end of a team\u2019s run, only this time it came in a match that only impacted which side of the knockout bracket they would end up on. Could that be a blessing in disguise?<\/p>\n

The Germans have now had a full week to mull it over and reset before facing France today at 3:00 PM EDT. They\u2019ll be counting on another strong showing from their fans in Basel, where they helped set a group stage attendance record<\/a> for a non-host nation match in their contest against Denmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we\u2019re hoping for a lot of German fans,\u201d Bayern Munich<\/a> winger Klara B\u00fchl said in comments captured by Sport1<\/a>. \u201c[Against Denmark] we realized what a decisive factor it can be when you realize that a lot of people are behind you and cheering on your team. That helped us a lot in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Germany coach Christian W\u00fcck also discussed the opportunity for his side to put the loss to Sweden behind them, and promised that he and his staff have found a \u2018good solution\u2019 for the challenge ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear to everyone that [France] have a top-notch attacking line. They have players they can replace one-on-one, not just on the field but also on the bench. That gives them tremendous power and speed. We have to adapt to that, of course. We know we have the same strengths in our team, including in attack. It will be crucial who can control the other team\u2019s offense. That\u2019s why I believe we\u2019ve found a strategy that can well reflect this variability between offense and defense,\u201d W\u00fcck explained in comments captured via DFB.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lineups<\/p>\n

How might Germany line up? How about like this, as proposed by Munich journalist Marie Schulte-Bockum<\/a> on Bluesky:<\/p>\n

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Wen \u2014 und wie \u2014 w\u00fcrdet ihr die #DFBFrauen gegen Frankreich aufstellen? <\/p>\n

Hier w\u00e4re jedenfalls meine Idee\u2026 <\/p>\n

\u2026meine Wunsch-S11 ist dann trotz viel Kritik (von mir!) an #W\u00fcck in der vergangenen Woche doch eher konservativ ausgefallen .<\/p>\n

#Kett #Freigang #WEURO25 #VierZweiDreiEins #LetsGetIt<\/p>\n

\u2014 Marie Schulte-Bockum (@marieschubo.bsky.social)<\/a> 2025-07-17T18:41:05.169Z<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sarai Linder has held down the left-back position so far but the Wolfsburg defender has not looked entirely convincing. At right-back, Kathrin Hendrich (Chicago Stars) was the makeshift substitute following Carlotta Wamser\u2019s red card. Whether it\u2019s her or Sophia Kleinherne (Eintracht Frankfurt), it would mean a more defensive presence on this flank. <\/p>\n

Might that be an opportunity to switch things up and deploy Bayern Munich\u2019s 20-year-old Franziska Kett \u2014 a winger-turned-left-back for the national team \u2014 for some positional asymmetry? It would be a big call. Kett hasn\u2019t played a single minute at these EUROs so far. <\/p>\n

In attacking midfield, neither Linda Dallmann (Bayern) nor Laura Freigang (Frankfurt) have fully grabbed hold of the spot. Freigang started against Sweden but was hooked at half-time for new Manchester City<\/a> midfielder Sydney Lohmann after Wamser\u2019s red card.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s EURO run so far<\/p>\n

Read up on our coverage of Germany\u2019s EURO to date:<\/p>\n

Predictions<\/p>\n

Germany is well-rested and sure to bring the intensity against France. France have depth and power and it is hard to bet against them grinding out a result over 90 or 120 minutes. But we will predict with our hearts: Germany races out to an early two-goal lead and just about hang on. <\/p>\n

3-2, Germany in 90\u2019 plus stoppage time. And onto Spain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany faces France tomorrow in the quarterfinals of EURO 2025. The Germany women had a strong if not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[9200,6098,9198,2000,47304,299,94,36,163,1824,6100,6696,104032,6101,21741,6691,9201,6099],"class_list":{"0":"post-275118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-all-womens-sports","9":"tag-bavarian","10":"tag-bayern-munich-frauen","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-euro","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-france","16":"tag-front-page","17":"tag-germany","18":"tag-germany-international-soccer","19":"tag-preview","20":"tag-quarterfinal","21":"tag-soccer-sg","22":"tag-uefa-european-championship","23":"tag-vs","24":"tag-womens-soccer","25":"tag-works"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114880767842331621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}