Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has urged her team to be more creative as they look to bounce back from a shock defeat when they meet South Korea in a crunch Women's World Cup clash on Thursday."(South Korea coach) Collin Bell has brought in more intensity and made them more courageous.
The United States came into the Women's World Cup as favourites to win a third title in a row but they head into the last 16 looking anything but champions after limping through the group stage.They now leave New Zealand to head to Australia for a last-16 tie on Sunday in Melbourne which will almost certainly be against Olympic silver medallists Sweden.
Marina Hegering is fit to play for Germany against South Korea in a Group H finale that the Germans are treating as a must-win Women's World Cup game. The defender missed Germany's opening 6-0 victory over Morocco, as well as the shocking 2-1 loss to Colombia with an ankle injury. Germany is ranked second in the world and has never failed to advance out of group play at the World Cup.