News: DFB team, Club World Cup, Kasper Høgh

National coach Christian Wück must have been relieved to look back at London on Saturday evening. At least Amanda Anisimova's 6-0 defeat in the Wimbledon final prevented his team from delivering the most dismal sporting performance of the day. The 4-1 defeat against Sweden was not only the heaviest European Championship defeat ever for the German women, but also revealed tactical weaknesses. "We didn't really know how to handle it," said captain Janina Minge about the German left wing of defense, which the Swedish press compared to a "revolving door." The fact that right-back Carlotta Wamser, in perfect goalkeeper fashion, cleared a Swedish shot off the line after half an hour and was subsequently sent off didn't make things any better. "We're on our knees now," Christian Wück stated afterward. But perhaps there's a positive to be had: "If there was one game we could lose, it was this one," said Sjoeke Nüsken the following day. "Now the knockout phase begins, and every game counts." Perhaps the setback came at the best possible time. The team has until Saturday to climb out of the small dip.