Football European Championships-Elisa Sense: Ascent to the top performer in the DFB team

This Monday, the Deastchen footballers set up in their team hotel in Zurich, in the Wiedikon district on Uetliberg. Also there: Elisa Sense. The 27-year-old plays a decisive role in a big tournament at the European Championship in Switzerland from July 2 to 27.

Born in Oldenburg, she is probably the most underestimated international, although she was in the starting eleven in nine out of ten international matches since Christian Wück took office. The national coach relies on her: “She has skills that can rarely be seen in women’s football.” Not the strategist Sjoeke Nüsken from Chelsea FC, but the fighter of Eintracht Frankfurt is set in the midfield center of the eight -time European champion. At the Olympic Games, Sense did not stop the joker role from astonishing with a “goal of the month” against Zambia. At the European Championship, she no longer just wants to go precisely: »I had developed relatively late. I always took small steps that did me well. “

Strong replacement for Lena Oberdorf

Senß made his debut until December 2023 in the DFB team, after interim coach Horst Hrubesch had a cup game from Bayer Leverkusen at HSV. “I am very grateful that he gave me a chance,” she explains in retrospect. What Hrubesch saw in front of the Hamburg doorstep in autumn 2023 impressed him. The 55-kilo lightweight gained every duel. In the whole debate about the return of Lena Oberdorf, it was pretty much lost that the only 1.61 -meter Seneß closed the gap in sport.

Sense can be seen in every direct duel, how much she likes it. “I love to lead duels. I really enjoy it. I also get into the duels well, «she says. “I like the aggressive, the nasty. I know exactly when I have to put my body in. ”Your trick? “I have a different center of gravity, so I don’t press shoulder to the shoulder.”

Her climb to the top performer is also astonishing because during her time at SGS Essen, she had worked as a medical assistant until three years ago at the infirmary in trauma surgery. On OP days from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.-only then did we go to the Bundesliga club in Essen-Schönebeck for evening training. »My main task was medical assistance. I really enjoyed it because I also enjoy helping people. “In the meantime, she is now grateful” that I can only play football “.

Title as a goal

It has also brought her partner Felix Casalino to a certain fame, which used to generate large ranges with common pictures as an influencer. Her friend stopped with such activities, revealed Senß at the media day: He now works in sports marketing and games at SpVgg Fechenheim 03. He also moved to the group league because he wanted to move to Frankfurt with his girlfriend: Sense signed a contract with Eintracht last summer.

The upcoming realignment at Eintracht looks at Sense pragmatically: »A change is completely normal: players come, players go. This is also a new chance. I plan with Eintracht next year. ”However, it sounds so that the international represented by Jörg Nebung could imagine a change next summer. The number of interested parties in particular from abroad is likely to increase significantly in the event of a reasonably successful European Championship.