{
    "title": "Germany smashed Argentina in opening match",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 18:40:51",
    "published_at": "2007-09-10 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/germany-smashed-argentina-in-opening-match",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/ROFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "With nine world champions in their starting XI, Germany (Deutschland) easily defeated Argentina in the opening match of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup China 2007 tonight. The Germans won 11:0 at the Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium. Captain and three-time FIFA Women\u2019s World Player of the Year Birgit Pr\u2026",
    "slug": "germany-smashed-argentina-in-opening-match",
    "body": "<p>With nine world champions in their starting XI, Germany (Deutschland)<br>\u200b<br>\u200beasily defeated Argentina in the opening match of the FIFA Women&rsquo;s<br>\u200b<br>\u200bWorld Cup China 2007 tonight. The Germans won 11:0 at the Shanghai<br>\u200b<br>\u200bHongkou Football Stadium. Captain and three-time FIFA Women&rsquo;s World<br>\u200b<br>\u200bPlayer of the Year Birgit Prinz scored three times.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b&ldquo;It was much more straightforward than we thought it would be,<br>\u200b<br>\u200balthough it was made easy for us because they gave us so much room,&rdquo;<br>\u200b<br>\u200bsaid Prinz. &ldquo;The coaches did tell us that beforehand, but we didn&rsquo;t<br>\u200b<br>\u200breally want to believe it. Would I say we played to perfection? No, I<br>\u200b<br>\u200bwouldn&rsquo;t say that. OK, we scored more goals than we ever thought we<br>\u200b<br>\u200bwould today, but we still made too many mistakes. Everything has to<br>\u200b<br>\u200bcome together for perfection.&rdquo;<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bDeutschland&rsquo;s 21-player roster features 12 FIFA World Cup champions<br>\u200b<br>\u200bfrom USA 2003, including Prinz who won both the adidas Golden Shoe and<br>\u200b<br>\u200badidas Golden Ball awards. Champion Linda Bresonik, meanwhile, is one<br>\u200b<br>\u200bof two alumni from the FIFA U-19 Women&rsquo;s World Championship Canada<br>\u200b<br>\u200b2002. The other is Anja Mittag, a late substitute who made her FIFA<br>\u200b<br>\u200bWomen&rsquo;s World Cup debut.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bDeutschland are favourites in Group A while Argentina, England and<br>\u200b<br>\u200bJapan are battling it out for second place and a spot in the<br>\u200b<br>\u200bquarter-final. England and Japan play tomorrow on 11 September while<br>\u200b<br>\u200ball four teams play their next match on 14 September.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}