The attacking leader of a team that has won all of its games, the “Poppstar”, as the British media has dubbed it, is unstoppable. With 6 goals in 5 games, the captain of Frauen-Mannschaft and her 119 selections will be one of the main threats for England in this Euro 2022 final.
Headed scorer in Germany’s three group matches, Alexandra Popp scored against Austria in the quarter-finals, before scoring twice against the French team (2-1), thus ending the dream of the final of the Blue ones. In total, this makes now six goals in five games for the German number 11, including four from the head despite his height: 1.74 meters.
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Rainbow armband, the center-forward continues the angry celebrations with each goal. Rage because “Poppi”, his nickname in Germany, takes revenge on fate. After missing two Euros (2013 and 2017) due to injuries, she almost missed this one. Injured in the knee in April, then tested positive for Covid-19 on June 15, three weeks before the start of the competition, she started the Euro on the bench and took advantage of the package of her competitor Lea Schüller, at its turn affected by the Covid.
Friday July 29, Alexandra Popp arrived in front of the press with a backwards cap and a false mustache made of adhesive tape. A way to respond to a German satirical site which claims the selection among men of a certain “Alexandre Bopp”, for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. “Hello, my name is Alexandre and I’m happy to be here”she says, with a deep voice.
Satirical news websites in Germany suggested head coach Hansi Flick is interested in calling up ALEXANDER Popp to the men’s 2022 World Cup.
At Germany’s press conference ahead of the #WEURO2022 final against England, the striker made his debut in front of the media #ENGAGE pic.twitter.com/YOACRNQn7T
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) July 29, 2022
The VfL Wolfsburg striker, Germany’s top scorer in activity, has already succeeded in his competition and approaches this last meeting in complete relaxation. And if she scored in the final today, she would achieve a feat never before achieved among women at this level: to score in all the matches of the competition.