of the women's soccer world cup after a tight 21 defeat by sweden in the quarter finals and young speight from g.w. sports is here to take us through it so young like when this was not what people were expecting was it no not at all the fans the critics everyone didn't see this coming at all germany were clear favorites going into the much they hadn't conceded a goal in this tournament and they had blown away north korea 3 nil in the previous game but those some strange tactics here from germany's coach martina voss to the left who were stuck creative midfielder marjon on the bench but she stuck her star struck a alexander pope in midfield and so that really did kind of hurt germany's creativity going forward but that said sweden deserved to win this much so much more organized and they put through their game plan to perfection let's take a look at how this way it's actually managed it. the german women lined up for a shot at the world cup semifinal in the absence of jennifer matters shaan but her young teammates withstood scorching french heat and an early swedish onslaught to take the l