England and Germany have qualified for the quarter final of Women’s World Cup 2007. Germany’s star women’s footballer Birgit Prinz has made a new world record scoring one goal in the last group match against Japan. Birgit Prinz has become the highest goal scorer in Women’s world cup breaking the previous record of Michelle Ackers of USA. Germany is the defending champion and they are also favorite this time in China to win defend their title.
On the other hand, for England, this is the second world cup appearance. They first participated in 1995 Women’s world cup and qualified for the quarter final round. However, they could not qualify for the last two world cup competitions. So, qualifying to the Women’s world cup 2007 was their initial goal but now it seems that England has the potential to claim something bigger from this tournament. In the last group match, England defeated Argentina with a big margin of 6-1 and thus they could qualify for the quarter final leaving Japan and Argentina in the group.
English striker Kelly Smith is in her prime form. She has already score four goals so far in the tournament. So, England fans now can hope something special from their players. Though it is not sure whom England is going to face in the quarter final round, they may face USA or North Korea in the quarter final. Now, let us see how far England can go in Women’s world cup 2007. Only time can give the best answer of it.
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