Despite sitting second in the FIFA World Rankings, Germany began their World Cup campaign in France largely unburdened by the weight of expectation thanks to a youthful squad and a new vision. Now with two wins from two in Group B, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s side has already demonstrated the iron will of battle-hardened tournament veterans. The narrative is changing. Seizing on opportunity The match-winning moment against Spain – their toughest test in the group stages – was perhaps the most fitting example. Sara Däbritz capitalized on a moment of complacency from Spain’s most experienced player, captain Marta Torrejon, who in failing to clear allowed the 24-year-old to slide home her third goal in World Cup group stage games. “I speculated on the fact I could still get there and just went in on the slide. That it went in was incredible,” Däbritz told reporters after the game. Up against a Spanish backline boasting an elite defender in Irene Paredes and without their own playmaker extraordinaire Dszenifer Marozsan , Germany knew it wasn’t going to be a straight-forward affair. “We talked about the fact we may only get one moment in the game,” Voss-Tecklenburg said afterwards. “We knew that it would be very…