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In Freudenberg, Sara Ito returned to the pitch from the start in the number six role after being rested last weekend. Alongside the 25-year-old, center-back Melanie Schuster also returned to the starting XI in place of Lara Schmidt. The attack remained unchanged from the previous week, with Ramona Maier, Rita Schumacher, Ronja Leubner and Alex Popp. Marina Scholz was still unavailable for the matchday squad due to adductor problems.

Match SummaryEven before kick-off, there was a lively atmosphere in the well-attended HF Arena in Freudenberg. Against motivated hosts, the BVB women tried to find solutions against a deep-lying defense in a hectic opening phase. Their early attempts to pick out Ramona Maier or Ronja Leubner in the box did not produce a goal in the opening 15 minutes. In the 19th minute, Rita Schumacher finally put the ball into the net, delicately lofting it over the Freudenberg back line on the rebound to make it 1-0.

With Schuster and Kempe pushing high up from center-back, the ball was continually switched out to the wings. That is how it moved from right to left to Rita Schumacher, who in the 28th minute delivered a delicate cross to Alex Popp at the edge of the six-yard box. The BVB captain converted the assist with a header, back to goal, to give the BVB women a 2-0 lead. After the Borussia players celebrated their captain’s first away goal in the Regionalliga West, the Black & Yellows scored their first direct free-kick goal of the current season ten minutes later: from 16 meters out, Schumacher struck low into the right corner again to make it 3-0 at the break (38’).

The second half began with drizzle and a big chance for BVB: not even ten seconds after the restart, Ramona Maier, after winning the ball back herself and through one-on-one with goalkeeper Hannah Strunk, missed the chance to make it 4-0 early on. At the back, the BVB women never looked troubled against the deep-sitting Freudenberg side in the second half either. Going forward, Borussia reached the opposition goal less often after that, until Frederike Kempe was able to celebrate her first goal of the season in the 78th minute. The center-back confidently headed home a sharply taken corner from Schumacher to seal the 4-0 final score. Dortmund controlled the game throughout the 90 minutes and, after their away win on matchday five, remain top of the Regionalliga West table with 15 points and a goal difference of 20:0.

Ricarda Walkling: “We started well, and we can be satisfied with the first half. Even though we didn’t take the lead straight away, we played properly at the start. In the second half we were too imprecise, and that’s not up to our standards, even if Freudenberg defended very energetically today. Still, we’re happy to take a 4-0 win and three points home with us.”

Marcus Högner: “There was a festival atmosphere in Freudenberg today, and the home team brought that onto the pitch as well. We handled it professionally in the first half, played well down the flanks and scored our goals that way. In the second half we made too many simple mistakes, but we’re still happy that we were able to extend our run and that Frederike Kempe scored her first goal of the season in the second half.”

Frederike Kempe: “We had good tempo in the first half, and that helped us create three goals. It takes a little away from it that we only scored once more in the second half because of too many small mistakes, but that’s complaining at a high level. The key is not to lose patience. Personally, I’m happy today that I was finally able to help the team again with a goal. I’d like to build on that over the next few weeks.”

Outlook

On the next matchday, the BVB women will host FSV Gütersloh at Stadion Rote Erde. Kick-off is on Sunday (27/09) at 3 p.m. Tickets (standing: €3, seated: €5) are available online in the ticket shop. In addition, Pluto TV will broadcast the match live and in full free of charge.

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