National stars tell their best Euro moments

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The women’s national team met in Pfäffikon SZ on Monday for the last meeting before the start of the preparation phase for the World Cup in New Zealand/Australia. But at least until Tuesday night, it’s all about the EM. UEFA will award the European Championship 2025 for women at the congress in Lisbon, the Swiss candidacy is considered promising.

With the tempting prospect of a home EM in mind, the national team enjoys the best EM experiences on the day of action. And they are completely different. With ten goals in the final round and two titles (2005 and 2009) with Germany, coach Inka Grings (44) is one of the greatest European Championship players ever.

Grings with a room party and crazy semifinals

The former world-class striker especially remembers the 2009 tournament in Finland. “It was a fun time. We really got into the tournament as a team. There was also a room party. But we always delivered,” says Grings.

room party? It had nothing to do with excessive alcohol consumption. “It was something spontaneous after the quarter-finals against Italy. Just to get away from everything. That made us strong.”

In the semi-final against Iceland, the German then scored her favorite European Championship goal. “It was about a bet with a friend. The loser had to swim in the lake behind the hotel. She bet I wouldn’t score and was happy when I sat on the bench for the first time,” says the national coach and laughs at the gist of the story: “I came in at half-time, scored the winning goal in the 50th minute . , hit the keeper with my knee and had to get out again. But the game and the bet are won.”

Player of FCZ was sensational in the final of the European Championship

The best memory of Nati player Naomi Mégroz (24) also has to do with a final. FCZ from Zurich says: “With the U17s we reached the final at the European Championships in Iceland. That was my big highlight so far.” In 2015 the European Junior Championships took place, the final was lost to Spain.

In addition to the FCZ player, Alisha Lehmann (24) – who missed the call-in date on Monday and only showed up in the evening – and Géraldine Reuteler (23) were also part of the sensational silver team of the current selection. Mégroz: “The defeat in the final was disappointing at first, but afterwards I was very proud. We beat Germany in the semi-finals.”

The Zurich resident missed the cut for the “big” European Championship in 2017, and Mégroz was also not in the selection in 2022. But her visit as a fan to the EM in the Netherlands in 2017 was also an impressive experience.

Regular player Noelle Maritz (27) also calls a match from 2017 particularly memorable. In the last group game, the Nati fought for progress against top favorites France and took the lead through Ana Maria Crnogorcevic. “It was a great feeling when Ana scored her main goal. Unfortunately, the disappointment came in the same game. But I will not forget the high with all the emotions.”

Now Grings, Mégroz, Maritz and Co. of new memorable EM experiences and games in Basel, St. Gallen or Bern.

Source : Blick

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