Germany loses ‘brilliant footballer’

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The playmaker of Olympique Lyon informed national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg about the decision by telephone.

“Because of my serious knee injury in the spring of 2022, I realized that it felt right to stop with the national team,” said the 111-time international, who missed Euro 2022 in England due to a cruciate ligament rupture. “The missed EM in England was one of many signs,” Marozsan stressed. She was “the biggest fan” of the DFB team on television, “without it hurting not to be there”.

Her knee is also “not the same anymore”, so the extra double load is “not optimal”. According to the DFB announcement, the international match of the runners-up European champions on April 11 against Brazil in Nuremberg should be the “farewell game” for the former captain.

Voss-Tecklenburg: “an identification”

Voss-Tecklenburg accepted the decision with “the utmost respect”, praising Marozsan as a “great personality and outstanding footballer” and as a “leading player, but also a role model”. Joti Chatzialexiou, sporting director of national teams, called Marozsan “one of the most brilliant footballers to have played for Germany”.

Highlights of Marozsan’s DFB career were victory at the European Championship in Sweden in 2013 and gold at the 2016 Olympic Games. In the final in Rio against Sweden (2-1), the midfielder was the decisive player for the DFB selection and was involved in both goals.

During Steffi Jones’ tenure as national team coach, “Maro” rose to become captain of the national team. However, the 2010 U20 World Champion has struggled with many physical issues over the course of her career. In 2018, for example, she suffered a bilateral pulmonary embolism. Marozsan’s contract with Champions League winner Lyon runs until the end of the season. (AFP)

Source : Blick