United States vs Germany. Power against power. Maximum equality was experienced in the first semifinal of the World Cup Canada. It could have been the final. But no. Only one will fight on Sunday in Vancouver for the title. It will be the US team, which managed to beat Germany and above all goalkeeper Angerer from the penalty spot. The European team had wasted another penalty minutes before. O'Hara sealed the deal when the game was broken.
The pace was tremendous from the start of the game. Both teams came out very active. So much so that they hardly let the other team touch the ball. It was impossible to reach the opposing area. The more than 50,000 spectators who packed the Olympic Stadium in Montreal were mostly Americans. Every time the white-clad players had the ball and looked for the goal, the murmur grew. Jill Ellis' team was playing at home.
The first chance came to the United States in a corner kick taken by Rapinoe that was headed by Johnston and saved by Angerer. The Germans did not give up. On the contrary. In the next play, they tried from afar. The game was back and forth. Angerer, once again, saved her team. Alex Morgan won the battle against the rival defenders and presented herself before the German goalkeeper, who blocked the shot from the forward of the Portland Thorns with her body. From this moment on, the United States took the initiative. Chances were not lacking.
After the break, the German team took some protagonism. In one of those moments, the Romanian referee Teodora Albon awarded a penalty kick in favor of the European team for a tug in the area by Johnston on Popp. Sasic missed the shot. The United States breathed a sigh of relief. It was the closest the Silvia Neid's players had come to scoring. Soon came the compensation. Minutes later, the penalty was awarded to the North Americans after a block on Morgan on the edge of the area. Captain Lloyd converted it perfectly.
With twenty minutes to go, Neid had to make a move. For that, she brought on Marozsan, the experienced Frankfurt player. Ellis countered with the North American star Abby Wambach. From this, the second goal of the United States was born, after a great individual play by Lloyd that O'Hara pushed into the net. The Olympic Stadium in Montreal erupted with joy. The United States had managed to overcome the German fortitude. The final was already a reality. The North Americans dream of their third World Cup.