Everything points to Thalmann: the question of the goalkeeper in the women’s national team has been clarified for the World Cup

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For the third week of preparation for the World Cup in New Zealand, the women’s national team moves from Magglingen to Yverdon. From the quiet sports town above Biel, however, unanswered questions also come to Lake Neuchâtel in the small stadium of the Super League climber.

One of them: Who is in the Swiss goal at the World Cup? National coach Inka Grings (44) leaves the goalkeeper question open in the World Cup camp. The two Grisons Livia Peng (21) from Domat/Ems and Seraina Friedli (30) from Engadin challenge the long-standing number 1 Gaelle Thalmann (37).

The goalkeeper trio is not yet informed

Grings actually wanted to decide with her staff over the course of the past week who she would rely on in goal. But in Yverdon it turns out that the goalkeeper trio moved in after the free weekend without knowing the goalkeeper hierarchy for New Zealand. Peng: “We haven’t been told anything yet.” However, Thalmann suspects something: “I assume they have already decided internally.”

But Grings postpones the goalkeeper question until Friday’s friendly match against Zambia in Biel. But everything indicates that the eternal Thalmann does not have to sit on the bench and after the 2015 World Cup, EM 2017, EM 2021 and now the 2023 World Cup is also in the box at her fourth major tournament.

During a media round in Yverdon’s VIP room, Grings is very excited about the woman from Fribourg, whom everyone on the team calls Gaga. After Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and Nils Nielsen, the eternal gaga should also be number 1 at Grings. “Gaelle has incredible charisma. In terms of communication, her body language, attitude and willpower, she has been top for eleven years for a reason. You have to respect that too. In addition, she had a successful season and played many more games than Livia. »

Thalmann played more often than Peng in Spain

Thalmann did not play every match at Betis Sevilla due to a goalkeeping rotation specified by the coach, but after the coach’s dismissal and fall into the (successfully contested) relegation battle, the Swiss was back in goal and a valuable team support as a veteran.

Peng, on the other hand, has had a mixed first year abroad. During the transfer from FCZ to the Swedish club Häcken, she was lured with the prospect of number 1 coming out of the winter break – but then the competitor suddenly extended her contract and she remained in the penalty area. Peng was loaned to Levante in Spain where she played some roles. National coach Grings: “Livia has had a fairly modest season. But she will learn from it, she has a brutal ambition.”

Since Grings also emphasizes that a clear hierarchy is important to her, all the dice seem to have been thrown. Thalmann remains number 1, Peng becomes number 2 and future Anderlecht goalkeeper Friedli number 3.

Source : Blick