Tranmerekat on Tour: Frohms Prussia Avec Amour

France v Germany in the UEFA Women's European Championship Semi-Final at the MKDons Bowl in Buckinghamshire

We are back at a rainy MK Donalds supporting Les Bleues who face Die Nationalelf for a chance to face the roaring Lionesses 🦁🦁🦁 in the Wembley Final.🏆

Back again the MKDons stadium with it's comfy seats and open concourse. Starting to like it here. Wash my mouth out. 🤐

Anyway. Football. Germany started well, drew a great save from Payraud but then had trouble hitting the target again. It all changed when Popp popped up again to popp it in the net again (blasted it into the roof of the net more like) with 5 minutes to the break. Diani was out of the loop out playing out wide but a handful in the middle and levelled the score just before the break. It was on OG off the back of the German keeper Frohme after Diani's strike hit the post. Merci Beaucoup. Danke Schön. Cheers.

France started much better after Bacha came on for Malard (cheers duck 🦆) and Diani moved centrally. Popp popped up again to popp it in with her head this time. Sacre Bleue. Les Bleues had plenty of chances to take it to extra time especially from Wendles headers but it wouldn't go in. C'Est La Vie.

Thanks again to Milton Keynes for the amazing hospitality and incredible organisation. Big number of people managed with such great care and immense friendliness. How many buses is a lot of buses? There were more than that. 🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌

The ref was good again, letting a lot go to allow the game to flow. Perhaps a bit too much with atleast one German professional fowl that should have been punished harder . It would have led to a second yellow later on ➜ and an early bath for Oberdorf. Oberdoft sent orft. That would have been handy for Sunday. Never mind. The ref is probably a Wrescum fan anyway.

Sporting some homemade France badges (thanks to Panini) and with my new “Tricolour” cape and flag. Does anyone know the words to Ten German Bombers in French?

Scanometer hit a great 9 with vegan sausage rolls. The hot chocolate reviews will be back when the proper football weather returns.🌬🌧❄

POTM: Wendie (Wendles) Reynard (3) always awesome in defence and a massive threat up front and was unlucky not get a goal. Shame they didn't put her up-front for the last 5 minutes like Serena did with Millie.

If we don't get to Wembley, we'll see you somewhere in Sussex.

L'Amour De Tranmerekat 🐾