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

Line-up

Compared to the cup match against Recklinghausen, head coach Markus Högner made three changes to the starting line-up. Lara Schmidt came into defence for Melanie Schuster, Ricarda Walkling played in midfield instead of Noreen Günnewig, and Ronja Leubner started in attack for Annika Enderle. Jacqueline Meißner, who was rested in the cup match, returned to the matchday squad and scored from distance shortly after coming on to make it 5-0.

In their first meeting with MSV Duisburg, the Borussia women started with plenty of attacking intent. After just two minutes, the ball was in the home side’s net, but goalscorer Ronja Leubner had been narrowly offside when meeting Rita Schumacher’s long diagonal ball. The disallowed goal only gave the BVB women even more momentum: just four minutes later, Ronja Leubner was again at the heart of things as she played a perfectly weighted through ball for the surging Ramona Maier. Maier’s first chipped effort came back off the post, but she was able to tuck in the rebound for the 1-0 lead (6’). Just one attack later, Ann-Sophie Vogel, who was celebrating her 28th birthday that day, broke through on the left. Her low cross set up the second goal for Ramona Maier, who had no trouble slotting home for 2-0 (7’).

There was a brief lull in the ten minutes after the early lead before Schumacher delivered a pinpoint cross to the far post, where Lara Schmidt headed home from close range for 3-0 (18’). As the game went on, the BVB women tried their luck with a few long-range efforts, controlled the action and patiently kept the ball moving through their own ranks. An injury stoppage for the Duisburg goalkeeper slowed the match down before half-time, and the teams went into the dressing rooms with BVB leading 3-0.

In glorious sunshine, the travelling BVB fans saw a blistering restart from the BVB women. A long throw bypassed the Duisburg back line, but two-goal scorer Ramona Maier missed when through on goal against substitute goalkeeper Ilke Brandsma (46’). Moments later, Schumacher scored from a free-kick – 4-0 in the 47th minute. Substitute Jacqueline Meißner rewarded herself in the 61st minute with her first goal of the season, making it 5-0 with a strike from distance.

In the closing minutes, Duisburg enjoyed more possession, but the BVB women kept another clean sheet in their fifth competitive match of the season. In the end, they recorded a clear 5-0 away win on the grass pitch in Duisburg, a result that sent the BVB women top of the Regionalliga West on matchday four.

Reaction

Vogel: “We knew Duisburg weren’t going to make it easy for us today, and they showed that in the tackles. The opening minutes went really well, after that it got a bit scrappy on my side, but in the end we can be happy with a 5-0 win. For me, it was naturally something special as well when I got a little birthday song as we walked out. I try to give that back to the fans on the pitch as well in my third season at BVB!”

Meißner: “I don’t think we were that dominant for the full game. After misplaced passes, we often had to react quickly and track back. As a defender, it’s always nice to score a goal, but in the end it doesn’t really matter who gets it. We kept another clean sheet today, which is always one of our goals, and we achieved that again. On top of that, we’re now top of the table, and of course we want to stay there until the end.”

Högner: “We started very well, played superbly going forward in the first 20 minutes, created chances and took them too. We had a lot of good phases, but also two very sloppy periods when we made errors that were far too simple. Duisburg did well there and closed us down effectively. Of course, we’re happy with a 5-0 win against a committed opponent, but if we play even more consistently, we score one or two more goals as well.”

Outlook

Next Sunday (20/09), they are on the road again against another newly promoted side. The match against SV Fortuna Freudenberg will kick off at 3pm on the artificial pitch at the HF-Arena (Wendinger Str. 100, 57258 Freudenberg). The game will also be shown live and free of charge in full on Pluto TV.

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’)

Mirko Hase

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