For the second game in a row, Lea Sch\u00fcller was replaced by 20 minutes. This was not a reflection of poor performance, but the way the path of Germany protected Christian W\u00fcck’s striker who had done her job again. Sch\u00fcller scored the second, just like it against Poland in Germany, to complete a 2-1 comeback against Denmark. Until recently it was the Bayern Munich star who was the one who arrived. But Alexandra Popp’s retirement last year made Sch\u00fcller Germany’s undisputed starting striker.<\/p>\n
After a shaky start, Sjoeke N\u00fcsken achieved the Germany equalization. "To be honest, it is more of a media matter," Sch\u00fcller told a German news website before the tournament. "I didn’t have it before that Poppi was still there that she was the focus of attention and I had to take a back seat. Our team always knew that Poppi was one of our most important players. I still had important that I was also important."<\/p>\n
Although the 27-year-old is now one of the most experienced players in her country, Sch\u00fcller is not the most obvious leader on the field, even if captain Giulia Gwinn is excluded for the tournament. On Tuesday she stood anonymous until in the 66th minute she suddenly found space left of the penalty point after a terrible Danish who carried around the Sidedoot had her goal home and sent Denmark to the brink of excretion. Sjoeke N\u00fcsken had a punishment 10 minutes earlier to compensate for after Denmark had held half-time.<\/p>\n
Sch\u00fcller found the same place on Friday to score against Poland with her head. Although it is quick, good in the air and a natural finisher, it is this movement in the box, which may contribute most to a record of 53 goals in 75 German games, a relationship that is comparable to the best.<\/p>\n
It was this tournament that transformed Sch\u00fcller’s attention to football as a child. "I went on vacation in France in 2004 and watched the European Championship. After that I really wanted to play football, so I joined a club," she said. From this local club she came to SGS Essen before moving to Bavaria in 2020 and made her German debut in 2017.<\/p>\n
She has won four Bundesliga titles with Bavaria, but international success has so far proven to be difficult to grasp. Sch\u00fcller caught Covid in the middle of the 2022 euros, a tournament in which Germany lost to the hosts of England in the final. She was a surprise starter in this game after Popp had achieved an injury at the last minute and tried to achieve an influence. Sch\u00fcller also suffers from endometriosis, a long-term, painful state in which the tissue is growing in other places similar to the lining of the womb.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless and a hectic schedule with Bavaria and Germany, Sch\u00fcller is considering their career after football. Although it will be paid relatively well as one of the world’s leading footballers, both in terms of wages and sponsoring deals, the salaries of women in football are far behind their male colleagues. "Of course I can put some money aside, but it won’t be enough for a life after football," she said in 2022. As a backup plan, Sch\u00fcller studies industry engineering on a long-distance lesson, but she is "afraid, not up to me until I am 35. It will be more difficult than at 24."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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