Alexandra Popp makes European Championship history 📆

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Joel Sanderson-Murray·27 July 2022

Alexandra Popp makes European Championship history 📆

There’s a sense of inevitability about Alexandra Popp.

The Euro 2022 semi-final between Germany and France, which you can follow here, was a tight and tentative affair until the 40th minute.

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Svenja Huth’s delicate cross found the on-rushing Popp inside the French box and bang, the German captain’s first-time volley burst into the back of the net to break the deadlock.

It was some goal to score in a game of huge magnitude and in doing so, Popp has equalled and broke records all at the same time.

5 - Alexandra Popp has scored in five consecutive European Championship matches, equalling Michel Platini's record for France, set at the men's tournament in 1984. Heritage. #WEURO2022
– Wednesday, 27 July 2022

5 – Alexandra Popp is the first player to score in five consecutive matches at European Championships. Unique. #GERFRA #WEURO2022
– Wednesday, 27 July 2022

Popp, goes the weasel.