BVB women go top, 5-0 thrashing in Duisburg | OneFootball

As we all know, the table doesn’t lie. And from Borussia Dortmund’s point of view, it tells a very pleasing truth. After four matchdays, BVB’s women’s team sit top of the Regionalliga West.

On Sunday (13 September), MSV Duisburg suffered a clear 5-0 defeat. Ramona Maier (30) set the away win in motion with an early brace in the sixth and seventh minutes. Lara Schmidt (26) added the third for the Black and Yellows after 18 minutes.

The travelling BVB fans watched a rampant Dortmund side in glorious sunshine. Right after the restart, a long throw beat the Duisburg defence. However, two-goal scorer Maier failed to convert when through on goal against Duisburg keeper Ilke Brandsma (24). A short while later, Rita Schumacher (26) did better and curled a free-kick into the net for 4-0 (47'). Substitute Jacqueline Meißner (32) crowned the strong spell after the break with her first goal of the season. In the 61st minute, she made it 5-0 with a superb long-range strike.

Thanks to their superior goal difference, Borussia moved above 1. FFC Recklinghausen and Bayer Leverkusen II, who are level on points, in the table. Even after four rounds, Dortmund’s women still have a perfect defensive record at 16:0. “As a defender, it’s always nice to score a goal, but in the end, of course, it doesn’t really matter who scores,” Meißner explained in a club statement. “We didn’t concede again today, which is always one of our goals, and we achieved that again.” The 32-year-old also made the club’s promotion aim clear: “On top of that, we’re now top of the table, and of course we want to stay there until the end.”

Praise & Criticism

Head coach Markus Högner (59) praised his side for their lively start. For the first 20 minutes, his team “played superbly going forward, created chances and took them as well.” Although the team had “many good phases,” he said they were at times far too careless and made “overly simple mistakes.” His conclusion was therefore somewhat mixed: “Of course we’re happy with a 5-0 win against a committed opponent, but if we play even more consistently, we’ll score one or two more goals as well.”

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Next Sunday, 20 September, BVB travel to promoted side SV Fortuna Freudenberg. Kick-off is at 3:00 p.m. on the artificial pitch at the HF-Arena, Wendinger Straße 100 (57258 Freudenberg).

BVB Women: Van der Laan – Ostermeier, Kempe (46' Meißner), Schmidt (46' Schuster), Vogel – Walkling, Reimann (59' Günnewig) – Leubner (69' Enderle), Maier, Schumacher (69' Steenwijk), Popp

Goals: 1-0 Maier (6'), 2-0 Maier (7'), 3-0 Schmidt (18'), 4-0 Schumacher (47'), 5-0 Meißner (61')

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