Kathrine Kühl (Denmark and North Zealand) The 19-year-old midfielder has impressed for North Zealand ever since she made her debut for the club when she was only 16 years old. On goal.com’s list of the greatest talents, she was ranked as high as number seven. – She possesses great technical and physical skills despite her young age. She has a good passing game, good at holding the ball while orienting herself. Kühl has thanked Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen for a starting place on the national team, and I think North Zealand will struggle to keep Kühl this autumn, says Eriksson. Torp is also excited about the young midfielder. – I was terribly impressed by what I saw against Norway. She was one of the best players on the field, and she showed a game understanding and calm in the center of the field despite her young age. I wish she was Norwegian, says Torp. TECHNICAL: Kathrine Kühl elegantly skips the tackle to the opponent. Photo: DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI / Reuters Lauren Hemp (England and Manchester City) With ten goals and six goalscorers in the English league this season, Lauren Hemp has really left his mark. Now everything is in place for the European Championships at home to be her international breakthrough. – She is fast, technical and dangerous. Hemp has the potential to become the European Championship’s best player. She is at that level already at the age of 21. Wonderful directly in her playing style and good at getting into good positions, Torp analyzes. – Hemp has been absolutely phenomenal this year for Manchester City. All defenders should be extra vigilant when she comes running on the left side. The posts and breakthrough passes are a constant threat, and no one will end up one-on-one against what right now should be considered England’s best player, says Eriksson. DANGEROUS: Lauren Hemp celebrates her goal against the Netherlands in the run-up to the championship. Photo: NIGEL RODDIS / AFP Claudia Pina (Spain and Barcelona) Spain went into the championship as odds favorite, but injuries to hugely important players such as Jennifer Hermoso and Gullballen winner Alexia Putellas make the Spanish team more uncertain. One who has to take extra responsibility is 20-year-old Claudia Pina. – Hermoso is the first choice in Barcelona, so Pina has not started so much for the Spanish league champion. But she has already shown proof of good skills in front of goal with a hat trick against Deportivo Alaves in March, says Eriksson. – She is a young attacker who can really show up this summer. Torp believes that Pina can play several places on the field, and compares her to a previous World Cup winner for Spain. – She is described as the perfect Barcelona player, regardless of gender. Is there a better compliment to get? Pina is completely technical and has a huge understanding of the game. Have you been happy to see Andres Iniesta, then look forward to seeing Pina in the European Championships, says Torp. CHEERS: We may see Claudia Pina cheer often in this year’s European Championships. Photo: Joan Monfort / AP Selma Bacha (France and Lyon) 20-year-old Bacha has caught Torp’s attention. The left-back came to Lyon in 2017, and has already managed to play several Champions League finals. – She impressed a lot for Lyon in the Champions League final. Bacha had steel control of our own Graham Hansen, which is impressive in itself. Offensive back who is nimble and has good posts, says Torp. Although she plays a lot for the team that won the Champions League this year, she is not nailed a place in the French starting lineup. – It will be exciting to see how much she gets to play. She had been stuck for just about every other country in this championship. DIFFICULT TO GET: Even France’s players in training are struggling to keep up with Selma Bacha. Photo: FRANCK FIFE / AFP Klara Bühl (Germany and Bayern Munich) The young attacking player comes straight from a hat trick in Germany’s last warm – up match before the championship against Switzerland. Eriksson is struggling to find weaknesses in the 21-year-old. – You should look very carefully to find weaknesses in Bühl. There are very few skills that the 21-year-old has that can be described as a weakness. She is important for both Bayern Munich and Germany, and if she is not in shape it will be felt, says Eriksson. The Swedish expert also believes that Bühl has an advantage on the national team because many of the teammates from Bayern Munich play on the German national team. – She is good with the ball, can dribble, give goals and also score goals herself. It is an advantage that she knows many of the other players from Bayern Munich. It looks good on the pitch when Germany play. IMPORTANT: Klara Bühl, here in a duel with Swedish Kosovare Asllani, will be very important for the German team despite her young age. Photo: LUDVIG THUNMAN / BILDBYRÅN Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir (Iceland and Wolfsburg) The Icelandic striker signed for the German giant Wolfsburg already in 2020, but only made his debut this year after a long loan. Now she can really break through in the European Championships. – Jónsdottir’s main characteristic is to dribble forward on the edge and advance into the 16-meter to find teammates. Not surprisingly, it often ends with goal-scoring passes. She can also finish herself, and has developed the physical game enormously in the last year, says Eriksson. The 21-year-old got a lot of attention in the home game against Sweden, but not because of his good “raid” along the edge. – She threw long throws against Sweden in a match that ended 1-1, and got a lot of attention for it. She is one of Iceland’s greatest talents and will make her mark on the championship. Wolfsburg are probably very pleased that they have just extended her contract. DRIBLEFANT: Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir dribbles past England and Arsenal captain Leah Williamson. Will we see the same thing in the European Championships? Photo: LEONIEHORKY / WITTERS Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France and PSG) Maybe a familiar name to most people, but Katoto has not had the biggest career on the national team despite having scored goals for PSG. She was wrecked before the World Cup at home in 2019, but in this year’s European Championships she is with. – She is indisputably France’s number nine, both on the jersey and on the field. The PSG striker is one of the best in the world in her position, she often finds small spaces in the box and scores goals when the team needs it most, says Eriksson. If you are going to guess who will be the European Championship’s top scorer, then Katoto can quickly be the player you go for. – She is mentioned too rarely in larger contexts, and she enters the championship as one of the world’s best finishers. She’s going to score goals. Many goals. GOAL SCORE: Marie-Antoinette Katoto will score many goals for France. Photo: LENNARTPREISS / WITTERS PLAY EM-MANAGER HERE
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