Germany marched into the semifinals of the women's under-17 soccer World Cup after a double from the outstanding Dzsenifer Marozsan helped them to a 3-1 win over Canada.
The German No 10 has established herself as one of the stars of this tournament and yesterday she continued herside's habit of striking early with a superb third-minute opener.
Picking up the ball at the edge of the area, Marozsan showed some delightful footwork to shift the ball into space before rifling a right-foot shot beyond the helpless Genevieve Richard.
Some dreadful Canadian defending allowed Lynn Mester to make it two, but the Canadians showed their mettle by hauling themselves back into contention before the half, with Nkem Ezurike poking home from close range.
Germany's lead was rarely threatened, however, and Marozsan showed more superb close control to rifle home.
Germany join North Korea in the final four after the Asians thrashed Denmark 4-0.
