Alexandra Popp hits against USA – DFB captain gives update

Goal scorer Alexandra Popp has to deal with a knee injury 1:4 for German footballers Given the all-clear in the second group game at the Olympics against the USA. “Not so bad. Nothing like that happened. It is simply due to fatigue. We'll do it again,” Bob said.

The 33-year-old went down in the 77th minute clutching his knee. After a short interval she could not continue the treatment. Eliza Sens came into the game for the remaining 20 minutes. They lost their final group game against Zambia on Wednesday (7pm/).ARD And Eurosport), however, Bob saw no danger. The best performance was already missing in the immediate run of the tournament when he was pulled out of the two tests against Iceland (0:3) and Austria (4:0) due to leg irritation.

After the loss against the four-time gold medallists, the German side are second in Group B – level on points with third-placed Australia – before the group is finished. The top two teams in each of the three divisions will qualify for the quarterfinals. The field of participants in the knockout round is completed by the two best third-placed teams in the group.