Norway was the better team in the first period and just wasted too many chances to get a larger lead than one goal, which was scored by Anne Marthe Birkeland. In the second period, Norway started with a couple of opportunities they could not convert, before Germany took control of the game and luckily tied the score by a Valentina Maceri free kick.
In my eyes, it was a very bad decision to put the young girls even more under pressure and play a penalty shootout as the match was tied after the regular time. Finally, NorwayÄs Maren Knudsen aimed her penalty shot too high, which made Germany win the unnecessarily cruel decision.
At the end of the picture section of this match, you will find portraits of all players from both teams taken from the matchup

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