Report posted 10:30am ET.

June 19, 2005

Germany takes charge of another UEFA Championship

Germany 3 Norway 1

2005 UEFA Championship Final
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance 21,105

Scoring
Germany Mittag, 21st.minute
Germany Lingor, 24th.
Norway Mellgren, 40th.
Germany Prinz, 63rd.

Match
Germany controlled most of the first half with its skilful passing game against a young physical Norwegian team that depended on a long ball coupled with speed.
Norway got back into the game late in the first half during the heavy rain which took away from the German’s superior skill and ball handling, and helped even up the match for a Norwegian squad that depended a lot on the lucky bounce of the ball from their continuous long high ball kicking. Germany made use of the passes they made, every time they kicked the ball. Germany took complete control of the match in the second half playing controlled attacking soccer against a poorly organized Norwegian team

Germany Head Coach Theune-Meyer must have had a brief moment of remembering the1995 FIFA finals in Stockholm when three inches of water on the pitch took away their skill advantage against Norway, in a match they shoould have won.

Post game comment
Norway have adopted the playing style of Canada, Germany has always played a similar game to the USA.
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Germany
1. Rottenberg, Silke
4. Jones, Stephanie
6. Grings, Inka (8. Smisek, Sandra, 68 )
9. Prinz, Birgit-Captain
10. Lingor, Renate (20. Wimbersky, Petra, 58)
11. Mittag, Anja
13. Minnert, Sandra
14. Carlson, Britta (5. Günther, Sarah, 80)
16. Pohlers, Conny
17. Hingst, Ariane
18. Garefrekes, KerstinSubstitutes not used
3. Fuss, Sonja
7. Wunderlich, Pia
12. Holl, Ursula –GK
15. Angerer, Nadine-GK
19. Omilade, Navina
Head Coach Tina Theune-Meyer
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Norway
1. Nordby, Bente
2. Stangeland, Ane-Captain
3. Folstad, Gunhild
4. Stensland, Ingrid
6. Christensen, Marit
7. Renning, Trine (18. Knutsen, Marie, 82)
8. Gulbrandsen, Solveig
14. Mellgren, Dagny
17. Paulsen, Marianne
19. Frantzen, Stine (9.Herlovsen, Isabell,59)+
20. Klaveness, LiseSubstitutes not used
5. Nordby, Siri
10. Lehn, Unni
11.Kaufmann, Maritha
12. Hjelmseth, Ingrid-GK
13. Nilsen, Christine-GK
15. Heimlund, Tone
16. Bjerke, Kristin B.Head Coach Bjarne BerntsenOfficialsOfficials
Referee Alexandra Ihringova (Slovakia)
Asst. Refs.
Yolanda Parga Rodriguez (Spain)
Blazenka Logarusic (Croatia)
4th. Official
Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)