BVB women bounce back: big home win after Cologne setback | OneFootball

On the previous matchday, the players of Borussia Dortmund experienced something they had rarely encountered on their journey so far in the third-tier Regionalliga West. They suffered a defeat, losing 3-4 to the U21 team of 1. FC Köln after conceding two late goals, and slipped into the middle of the table. Yesterday, the team under new coach Markus Högner found the right response to this disappointment.

The first step towards redemption after the defeat in Cologne, where coach Högner had mainly criticized his team’s attitude, had already come during the week. They won 4-0 in the Westphalia Cup against SV Thülen, who, however, play in the fourth-tier Westfalenliga. Yesterday, things were also supposed to improve again at their own league level.

1,535 spectators gathered at the Stadion Rote Erde as the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach’s second team kicked off. The majority were likely supporting BVB, so they would have been very pleased with how the game unfolded. After just 14 minutes, Ronja Leubner scored twice, putting the Dortmund women on the road to victory.

As they continued to keep up the pressure and tempo, further goals almost inevitably followed, scored by Ann-Sophie Vogel, Paula Reimann, Rita Schumacher (2), and Dana Marquardt. The visitors showed very little of their own attacking play, so the victory could have been even higher, at least according to BVB’s own website.

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After this win, BVB is back near the top of the table. Six points from three games means third place, because only two teams have collected more points, and all others with six points do not have as good a goal difference as BVB. The 7-0 win pushed their goal difference to 16:4, for a plus of 12. The closest pursuer, the U21 team of SGS Essen, has only half as many.

This means the top of the table is back in sight, where they would like to find themselves at the end of the season. That would mean another direct promotion, taking the Borussia Dortmund women into the 2. Bundesliga. The clearly stated ultimate goal of participating in the Bundesliga would then be just one more promotion away.

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