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 lineup. Lara Schmidt came in for Melanie Schuster in defense, Ricarda Walkling played in midfield instead of Noreen Günnewig, and Ronja Leubner started in attack for Annika Enderle. Jacqueline Meißner, who had been rested in the cup match, returned to the matchday squad and scored for 5:0 from distance shortly after coming on.

Match report

In their first meeting with MSV Duisburg, the Borussia women started with plenty of attacking intent. After just two minutes, the ball was already in the home side’s net, but goalscorer Ronja Leubner had been narrowly offside from Rita Schumacher’s long diagonal ball. The disallowed goal only gave the BVB women more confidence: just four minutes later, Ronja Leubner was again at the center of things when she played a perfectly weighted through ball to the advancing Ramona Maier. While Maier’s first chipped effort came back off the post, she was able to convert 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 the simple task of tapping in for 2:0 (7’).

In the ten minutes after the early lead, the game settled down somewhat before Schumacher delivered a pinpoint cross to the far post, where Lara Schmidt headed home from close range for 3:0 (18’). As the match went on, the BVB women produced a few shots from distance, controlled the game, and patiently kept the ball moving through their own ranks. An injury stoppage for the Duisburg goalkeeper slowed the match before half-time, and the teams went into the dressing room with BVB leading 3:0.

In glorious sunshine, the traveling BVB fans saw a furious start to the second half from the BVB women. A long throw beat the Duisburg back line, but two-goal scorer Ramona Maier missed from a clear position in front of goal against substitute goalkeeper Ilke Brandsma (46’). Right after that, Schumacher scored from a free kick – 4:0 in the 47th minute. Substitute Jacqueline Meißner got her reward in the 61st minute with a long-range strike for 5:0, her first goal of the season.

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, it was a clear 5:0 away win on the grass pitch in Duisburg, a result that sent the BVB women to the top of the Regionalliga West table on matchday four.

Reaction

Vogel: “We knew Duisburg wouldn’t make it easy for us today, and they showed that in the challenges. The opening minutes went very well, after that it became a bit scrappy on my side, but in the end we can be satisfied with a 5:0 win. Of course, it was also something special for me to get a little birthday serenade 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 over the entire game. After misplaced passes, we often had to work back. As a defender, it’s always nice to score a goal, but in the end it doesn’t really matter who scores. We kept another clean sheet today, which is always one of our goals and something we achieved 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. We had a lot of good phases, but also two very careless spells where we made overly simple mistakes. 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 with even more consistency, we score one or two more goals as well.”

Outlook

Next Sunday (20.09.), another away game awaits against a newly promoted side. The match against SV Fortuna Freudenberg will kick off at 3 p.m. on the artificial turf pitch at the HF-Arena (Wendinger Str. 100, 57258 Freudenberg). The game will also be shown live and free 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

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.