28/Sep/2000
Women's Soccer
GERMANY BEATS BRAZIL FOR BRONZE

SYDNEY, Australia (Sept. 28, 2000) -- Germany has won its first Olympic women's soccer medal, beating Brazil 2-0 for the bronze.

Renata Lingor fired in a free kick in the 64th minute before a sparse crowd at Sydney Football Stadium and Birgit Prinz got her third goal of the tournament in the 79th.

The United States played Norway for the gold.

Brazil left top scorers Raquel and Katia on the bench, while the Germans dropped defender Tina Wunderlich, whose own goal in the semifinal against Norway cost them a place in the final.

Lingor curled a 21-yard free kick round the defensive wall and inside the left post to open the scoring 19 minutes into the second half. But the Germans made it 2-0 when Prinz took a through ball on her left knee and outpaced Juliana before firing home with her left foot.

Terra Sports/AP