Germany vs France LIVE: Team news, line-ups and more as England discover who they’ll face in Euro 2022 final

07/27/2022

France move away from Rotherham

Tonight’s match is being played at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes and it will be the first game of Euro 2022 that France have played outside of Rotherham.

The New York Stadium was France’s base for the group stages and they played all three games there before topping the group to set up a home tie against the Netherlands.

France captain, Wendie Renard, spoke about her new surroundings saying: “It’s a lovely stadium. The pitch seems fine and a bit softer. That is a good thing for us.

“We’ll get our bearings later on, during training. The most important thing is the quality of the pitch. Here, in England, it’s something that we don’t really think about because all the pitches are amazing.”

Rest of German squad negative for Covid

The German FA explained that Klara Buhl is now isolating after her positive Covid test and is not showing symptoms. The rest of the team and staff have tested negative. In a press conference on Tuesday head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said:

“The most important thing is Klara is feeling very well and has hardly any symptoms, that’s why we were surprised to hear she is positive.

“It has made us all a bit subdued. We knew it could happen and see this as our next challenge. We will try to stay in this tournament and provide some happiness for her.

“We’ve tested everyone else and everyone seems fine. We had a meeting with the team and we can only influence the things we can influence.

“We give support to the player and everyone got in touch with Klara. I know this team is so amazing so it will bring them closer together.”

Buhl out for Germany

The eight-time European champions have been dealt a blow ahead of tonight’s semi-final with France as winger Klara Buhl will miss the match due to testing positive for Covid-19.

The 21-year-old has played in all four of her country’s games so far with Germany winning each on, scoring 11 goals and not conceding any.

Germany vs France

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the second Euro 2022 semi-final as Germany face France in Milton Keynes.

Germany are unbeaten through their campaign so far, keeping four clean sheets in as many games. They topped Group B before easing past a resiliant Austria 2-0 in the quarter-finals.

France also finished top of their group and faced the Netherlands in the last-eight. A flurry of missed chances threatened to hlat Corinne Diacre’s sides progress but Eve Perisset sank a penalty in extra-time to send Les Bleus into their first ever Women’s Euros semi-final.

The winner of this semi-final will journey on to Wembley where they’ll face England who cruised into the final after demolishing Sweden 4-0 in the first semi-final.

We’ll be bringing you all the action from tonight’s game as well as reaction from England’s victory over Sweden yesterday.

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