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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
No crocheting this time but leadership on the pitch - Germany's Bühl
Germany's Klara Buehl (L) points to a wristband with the inscription "GG7" for her injured teammate Giulia Gwinn as she celebrates a goal that was disallowed for offside during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Group C soccer match between Germany and Denmark at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa Winger Klara Bühl may have not found the net yet at women's Euro 2025, but she has already shown her importance for the team of record champions Germany and has a score to settle from 2022. Bühl is playing in a fifth major tournament despite her young age of 24. She was named Player of the Match in Tuesday's 2-1 victory over Denmark which clinched a place in the quarter-finals. Advertisement She now wants to help the team more than at the last edition in 2022 in England where a coronavirus infection denied her playing in the semi-final and in the final Germany lost again England. "You want to bring in your strength, have an impact. That was taken away from me at the last Euros. I hope I can help the team from the beginning until the end this time," she said. Bühl is happy with the way she has started into the tournament which Germany opened 2-0 against Poland. They complete the group stage on Saturday against Sweden in a duel for first place, which will be Bühl's 70th cap. "Today I simply had a lot of fun being on the pitch with the girls again. I had many moments. And I think I'm charging my batteries with every action," she said after the Denmark match. Advertisement Bühl plays at German league and cup champions Bayern Munich where she recently renewed her contract, despite alleged interest from Spanish giants Barcelona which she said made her "very proud." In the German camp, they are delighted to have Bühl in fine form. "I think we have now really seen what an important role Klara has in this team with her dynamics, her power and her one-on-one situations," women's national team sporting director Nia Künzer said. "She is not in the captain's role or anything like that. But I think she shows in her own way that she takes responsibility - on and off the pitch. Advertisement "She is simply very positive, as is her charisma. That helps the team. Although she's not that old, she's already one of the more experienced players and sets the tone. We've seen how she's led the way." Coach Christian Wück is also impressed, and along with injured captain Guilia Gwinn, highlighted what separates Bühl from others. "I don't know anyone who is as two-footed as Klara. Very, very few have this quality in the women's and men's game," Wuck said. Gwinn recently said when asked who had the fiercest shot in the team: "Klara Bühl - with both feet." Advertisement Off the pitch, Bühl got plenty of attention in social media for her crocheting skills in the form of team mascots at the 2023 World Cup and last year's Olympics. But there is no time for this in Switzerland where Bühl also underwent her - remote - oral exam for her bachelor degree in media management three days before the first match. Bühl has said the degree will help her for the future, her thesis being: Marketing opportunities for professional women's footballers.
France 24
05-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Germany captain Gwinn to miss rest of Euro 2025 with injury
"The captain of the German women's national team suffered an ligament injury in her left knee in the team's opening match against Poland on Friday," said the DFB in a statement on their website. "She (Gwinn) is expected to be out for several weeks." The full-back left the pitch in St Gallen after 40 minutes following a defensive challenge against Poland's Ewa Pajor. She initially tried to retake the field before leaving in tears, embraced by team-mate Lea Schueller -- one of two second-half goalscorers for the Euro 2022 runners-up as they won 2-0. Gwinn, 26, has already ruptured cruciate ligaments in both knees, with the second ACL injury causing her to miss the World Cup two years ago. Germany, bronze medallists at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, are one of the favourites for the European Championship, alongside holders England and world champions Spain.
