Through in the Westfalenpokal! BVB Women beat Recklinghausen easily | OneFootball

Lineup

Compared to the most recent league match against Mecklenbeck, Markus Högner made five changes to the starting lineup: Ramona Maier, Rita Schumacher, Paula Reimann, Lena Ostermeier, and Melanie Schuster were all given the nod from the start.

Match summary

The visitors from Recklinghausen looked to control possession after kickoff. The first chance of the match, however, fell to Noreen Günnewig, who sent the ball just wide of the Recklinghausen goal following a free kick (6'). The first real danger came exactly 15 minutes in, when Lena Ostermeier burst forward on the right and her cross found Alex Popp: the Dortmund captain’s first-time effort was tipped onto the crossbar by goalkeeper Tina Lingsch. But three minutes later, the Black and Yellows did take the lead: after a pass from Rita Schumacher, Ramona Maier scored her first competitive goal for BVB with a deflected shot.

The home side kept up the pressure, with Alex Popp hammering Annika Enderle’s cross against the right post in the 23rd minute, and Rita Schumacher failing to beat Lingsch from point-blank range after a defensive error three minutes later. Shortly after that, a pinpoint corner from Dortmund’s number 10 struck the crossbar! During this phase of the game, 1. FFC Recklinghausen dropped deeper and deeper and limited themselves to counterattacks through Jennifer Moses and Nick Barnes. Dortmund took a narrow 1–0 lead into the break.

The second half began without any substitutions, but with a similar pattern. Markus Högner’s team took the initiative and were rewarded immediately: after a Schumacher corner, Ramona Maier was in the right place again to force the ball over the line for a thoroughly deserved 2–0. Just under an hour in, Borussia’s number 7 also showed she can create goals as well. On the break, she picked out Rita Schumacher perfectly inside the box, and Schumacher made it 3–0 with ease.

In the nonstop rain in Dortmund, Markus Högner brought on fresh legs in the final 15 minutes with Mia Böger, Nora Willeke, and Ronja Leubner – and the latter two wasted no time in adding goals for 4–0 and 5–0 (78' and 81'). The final word in a dominant performance belonged to Jenske Steenwijk: in the 90th minute, the defender completed the half-dozen.

Reaction

Head coach Markus Högner: “In the first 15 minutes, you could see that Recklinghausen were very motivated. We also made one or two misplaced passes. But then we grew more and more into the game and created chances. I’m especially pleased for Ramona that she’s finally broken the ice. The players who came off the bench also did very well later on. We can be very satisfied.”

Ramona Maier: “We knew it would be a tough, hard-fought game. You could feel that right from the start. Especially after my first goal, a huge weight came off my shoulders. I think you could see that we really enjoyed ourselves today.”

Outlook

Next Sunday, the BVB women face their next challenge in the Regionalliga West: the Black and Yellows travel to MSV Duisburg (13/09, 3:30 pm). The match against the current seventh-placed side in the table will take place on the grass pitch at the MSV youth performance center (Westender Straße 36, Duisburg). Tickets are available online for €8. As always, Pluto TV will show the match live and free of charge.

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