National coach Martina Vos-Tecklenburg will have to rely on Caroline See for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand

Without the injured Caroline Simon, the German national football team travels to the World Cup in Australia.

The Bayern player suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the last test match before the World Cup on Friday evening against Zambia (2:3), according to what the German Football Association announced on Saturday. The final team of 23 was led by Captain Alexandra Pope. Marina Heggering and Lena Oberdorf (both from Wolfsburg), who were injured after the match against Zambia, will join the squad, as will Stina Johannes as third goalkeeper. Frankfurter defeated MSV Duisburg’s Ina Mahmudovic.

Meng is on board

Also on board the plane that will take off for Australia on Tuesday, Freiburg’s Janina Ming is the 24th player. She could be nominated by national coach Martina Vos-Tecklenburg (55 years old) in case of any absences from the starting lineup. Paulina Crombiegel, Sarai Linder (both TSG Hoffenheim) and Tapia Sellner (Wolfsburg), who were named in the provisional squad, are staying at home.

The largest squad consists of Champions League finalists and runners-up Wolfsburg with ten players, five from third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt and four from German champions FC Bayern. With substitute goalkeeper Anne-Kathrin Berger, Sjoicki Nosken, Melanie Leupolz (all Chelsea) and Sarah Dabritz (Olympique Lyonnais), there are four female players in the World Cup squad.

“The news from Caroline Simon shocks us all. She developed excellently, performed brilliantly and earned her place in the World Championships. “We must now accept the situation as it is,” Voss-Tecklenburg was quoted as saying in the German Football Association’s statement.

The German team begins the tournament on July 24 in Melbourne against Morocco (10.30am CET/ZDF). Other opponents in Group H are Colombia, which awaits the German Football Association team in Sydney on Sunday, July 30 (11:30 AM CET/ARD), and South Korea on August 3 (12:00 PM CET/ZDF). .