Germany coach says Spain will make his team 'suffer'

Christian Wück understands his understrength side must be at their best in semi-final

- Marcus Christenson

The Germany coach, Christian Wück, has said his players must "do a lot of chasing" and "suffer" in order to beat Spain in Zurich tonight and reach the Euro 2025 final.

Spain, the world champions, are favourites after winning all of their four games in Switzerland, scoring 16 goals. Germany lost 4-1 against Sweden in the group stage and had to go the distance against France in the quarter-final, winning on penalties despite having had Kathrin Hendrich sent off after 13 minutes.

Wück is aware that Spain will have more of the ball but is confident that Germany can hurt Montse Tomé's side. "We all know the Spanish players and how they stand out because of their passing game," he said. "We will have to do a lot of chasing and we have to suffer. We also have to wait for the right moments [to go forward] but these will come.

"We have to show our strengths in attack, which we couldn't really do against France, when we have the ball. We have our philosophy and our principles and how we want to play as a German team and they haven't changed. We want to go into the duels and actively win the ball."