Still unbeaten: HSV women off to a flying start this season | OneFootball

After the thrilling Bundesliga return with a 3:3 draw against VfL Wolfsburg, the second match of the HSV women at SGS Essen also ended in a draw.

The 1,825 spectators at the Hafenstraße stadium saw a low-event match, which particularly in the first half hardly offered any highlights. After the break, the game picked up a bit. The majority of the chances were held by the HSV women. A remarkable curler from captain Pauline Machtens was excellently parried by goalkeeper Kim Sindermann.

In addition, substitutes Christin Meyer and Mia Büchele missed from promising positions. On the other side, Larissa Haidner, who came on after 29 minutes for the injured number one Laura Sieger, showed her entire skill set, as she deflected a header from Paulina Platner onto the crossbar and also defended the follow-up shot. Therefore, the match ended goalless.

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Haidner expressed her satisfaction after the game about her Bundesliga debut: "Everything went very quickly for me when I was substituted, I didn't have much time to think. All the more beautiful is it that I had a good start and was able to play to zero." Coach Liese Brancao also agreed with the goalkeeper's performance: "She did a really strong job after her substitution, radiated a lot of calm and had some very important actions in the second half."

However, she did not only have praising words for the performance of the whole team: "Our first half was not good, we did not play the football we actually want to play." From her point of view, the second half looked better: "After the break it was much better, we created some very good chances." In the end, the second point in the second season game was secured. On Friday, the next difficult task awaits at the also still unbeaten SC Freiburg.

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