BVB Women celebrate 5-0 away win at SSV Rhade | OneFootball

Squad

After recovering from the flu, Melanie Schuster was back in the squad. As Marina Scholz was still struggling with a bruise, Markus Högner once again had to do without the attacking player at Sportpark Risthaus. The coach opted for the same starting lineup as the previous week against Arminia Bielefeld.

Match proceedings

SSV Rhade started brightly and registered the first shot of the game shortly after kickoff. But the BVB women were also quick to respond at the other end: after a corner taken by Rita Schumacher, defender Lara Schmidt placed the ball under the crossbar to give her side an early lead in the fourth minute. The BVB women remained aggressive and, after another corner that Popp flicked on with her head, threatened the goal again. Ramona Maier came close to making it 2–0.

That goal followed just two minutes later, however. After Rhade’s Nele Wansing could only stop her opponent Alex Popp in the penalty area with a foul, the referee pointed to the spot after a quarter of an hour. Rita Schumacher converted confidently to make it 2–0.

BVB continued to apply pressure and pinned the home side deep inside their own half. After around 20 minutes, Annika Enderle sent the ball just over the bar following a fine attacking move. Shortly afterwards, Alex Popp also had a chance to score the third, but failed to convert a first-time effort after a pass from Ann-Sophie Vogel. Little changed in the final third of the first half: Borussia controlled the match, although their moves now sometimes lacked the necessary precision. So they went into the break with a deserved 2–0 lead.

With no personnel changes, the Dortmund side began the second half. Further good chances for Frederike Kempe (50th), Jacqueline Meißner (54th) and Rita Schumacher (60th) initially went unused. The traveling fans had to wait a little longer for the next goal, though: Jenske Steenwijk, who had only just come on, sent Annika Enderle through in the 67th minute. She then found Rita Schumacher with a pass in the penalty area, and Schumacher finished to make it 3–0.

That opened the door for more goals: Ricarda Walkling made it 4–0 in the 74th minute after a pass from Popp. Shortly afterwards, Ronja Leubner controlled a pass from Vogel with her back to goal, turned cleverly around her marker, and finished to make it 5–0 (81st). That put the finishing touch on a match that the Black and Yellows clearly controlled for long stretches.

Reaction

Head coach Markus Högner: “Sammy Messalkhi had prepared his team extremely well, and right until the end you could see that SSV Rhade has the necessary fitness for this league. Over the 90 minutes, our quality naturally came through. I’m not entirely satisfied with the opening phase of the match, because the spacing in our game wasn’t always right. After around 15 minutes, though, we were able to take control and, thanks to the 2–0 lead, create more good chances. At the start of the second half, we again lacked structure at first – but Rita’s goal for 3–0 gave us the security we needed at the latest.”

Rita Schumacher: “At the start of both halves we had our problems, but then we kept growing into the game and were able to wear the opponent down. In the end, it could certainly have been one or two goals more – in the final third we still need to make better use of our passes. Overall, though, we’re satisfied, especially since we kept a clean sheet.”

Outlook

On Matchday 3 of the Regionalliga West, the BVB women will host DJK Wacker Mecklenbeck. The match will kick off on Sunday, 6 September, at 3 p.m. at Stadion Rote Erde. Tickets for the home game are available in the online ticket shop. Standing tickets cost 3 euros, seated tickets 5 euros. In addition, Pluto TV will show the match live and free of charge.

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