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Norway fight hard to earn 1-1 draw with Germany

Yahoo! Sports | June 11, 2015

Related Topics: Norway, Germany women's national football team, Maren Mjelde, Anja Mittag, Ingrid Hjelmseth

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* Early Mittag goal puts Germany 1-0 up

* Mjelde earns draw with 61st minute strike

By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA, June 11 (Reuters) - Norwegian midfielder Maren Mjelde curled home a beautiful second half free kick to earn her side a deserved 1-1 draw with front-runners Germany in a Women's World Cup Group B game on Thursday.

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