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Thursday, September 28
Germany wins its first women's soccer medal
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- Germany won its first Olympic women's
soccer medal Thursday, beating Brazil 2-0 for the bronze.
Renata Lingor fired in a free kick in the 64th minute before a
sparse crowd at Sydney Football Stadium and Birgit Prinz got her
third goal of the tournament in the 79th.
The United States played Norway for the gold.
Brazil left top scorers Raquel and Katia on the bench, while the
Germans dropped defender Tina Wunderlich, whose own goal in the
semifinal against Norway cost them a place in the final.
Lingor curled a 21-yard free kick round the defensive wall and
inside the left post to open the scoring 19 minutes into the second
half. But the Germans made it 2-0 when Prinz took a through ball on
her left knee and outpaced Juliana before firing home with her left
foot.
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