Germany Women's - Team Presentation — GRASSAU, GERMANY - JUNE 21: Josephine Henning of the German women's national football team poses during the team presentation on June 21, 2016 in Grassau, Germany. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Henning an unused sub in Germany’s clinical dissecetion of Zimbabwe

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Aug 4, 2016

Germany opened their 2016 Rio Olympics tournament with a huge 6 – 1 win over lower ranked Zimbabwe while Arsenal’s defender, Josephine Henning stayed on the bench for the whole game.

PADERBORN, GERMANY - JULY 19: Josephine Henning poses during Germany Women's Team Presentation on July 19, 2016 in Paderborn, Germany. (Photo by Simon Hofmann/Bongarts/Getty Images) — PADERBORN, GERMANY – JULY 19: Josephine Henning poses during Germany Women’s Team Presentation on July 19, 2016 in Paderborn, Germany. (Photo by Simon Hofmann/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Germany are one of the favourites for a medal and hopefully Josie can had another one to her big collection.

Goalscorers in the game were: Daebritz, Popp, Behringer x2, Leupolz, Chibanda og for Germany and Basopo for Zimbabwe.

Germany leads Group F with three points while Zimbabwe are bottom of the table.

Germany 3pt s +5
Canada 3 pts +2
Australia 0 pt -2
Zimbabwe 0 pt -5

Results from the opening day of the Olympics:

Group E
Sweden1 South Africa 0
Brazil3 China PR 0

Group F
Canada 2 Australia 0
Zimbabwe 1 Germany 6

Group G
USA 2 New Zealand 0
France 4 Colombia 0

The top two teams from each group qualify for the last eight as well as the two best third-placed teams.

The next round of games will take place on Saturday the 6th August.

Group E
South Africa – China PR
Brazil – Sweden

Group F
Canada- Zimbabwe
Germany-Australia

Group G
USA – France
Colombia – New Zealand

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