Historical drama: DFB women fail in the European Championship semi-final against Spain!

Historical drama: DFB women fail in the European Championship semi-final against Spain!

In the semi-finals of the 2025 women's European Championship, Germany has a look against Spain. After an exciting, but goalless duel over 120 minutes, the DFB women ended up in the end a bitter 0: 1 through a goal by Aitana Bonmati in extra time. Spain thus reached the final of the European Women's Championship for the first time. In the final, the team meets the defending champions from England, who were able to prevail in the other semi -finals. 

The game started promising for Germany. Klara Bühl already had the first chance in the 8th minute, but failed due to Spain's keeper Cata Coll. It was only in the 22nd minute that Spain made it serious for the first time. Esther Gonzalez prevailed dangerously, but Ann-Katrin Berger was on the hat and parried the ball strong. Shortly before the half -time break, Spain urged the German goal with more pressure: a free kick from Pina did not find its way online, while Paredes was unlucky with a post (45 minute). The halftime score was 0-0, although Spain had the rush with a possession of 78 percent.

defensive German

In the second round, the German defensive stabilized, while the offensive was only sporadically causing danger. Giovanna Hoffmann had a header chance (46th minute) in the third attempt, which, however, did not bring the desired success either. Klara Bühl got a good hand and brought a dangerous action in the 63rd minute - but Coll showed her class again. Trainer Christian Wück tried to ensure more offensive with the substitution of Linda Dallmann.

In the 85th minute, a free kick from Bühl narrowly blew past the right post and made the hearts of German fans beat faster. However, it shouldn't be. In added time, Paralluelo narrowly threw itself to a similar option and forgiven. Also a perfect counter chance, which resulted from a deflected shot from Bühl, ended in the hands of Coll.

a drama in extension

The extension began with a shock minute for Germany when Sophia Kleinhernen injured and had to be replaced (95th minute). In the 113th minute the time had come: Aitana Bonmati took an opportunity from an acute angle to score the decisive goal for Spain-an unfortunate collision that Berger presented with a great challenge meant that for the DFB women.

Germany is leaving the tournament and a new champion will be crowned in the next round. Despite the disappointment, the fans remained optimistic and are excited to see how the future of women's football will develop. For Spain, on the other hand, the move into the final is a historical day that is recorded in the football history book.

For more information about the semi-finals and the events related to the tournament, you can report the reports on zdf and Olympics Read.