Line-up
Compared to the most recent league match against Mecklenbeck, Markus Högner made five changes to the starting line-up: Ramona Maier, Rita Schumacher, Paula Reimann, Lena Ostermeier and Melanie Schuster were all given the nod from the start.Match action
The visitors from Recklinghausen looked to control possession after kick-off. The first chance of the game, however, fell to Noreen Günnewig, who sent the ball just wide of the Recklinghausen goal following a free-kick (6'). It became truly dangerous after exactly 15 minutes when Lena Ostermeier burst down the right and her cross found Alex Popp: the Dortmund captain’s first-time effort was tipped onto the bar 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, through Alex Popp for example, whose powerful finish from an Annika Enderle cross crashed against the right post in the 23rd minute, and Rita Schumacher, who was denied by Lingsch when clean through after a defensive error (26'). A precisely delivered corner from Dortmund’s number 10 landed on the crossbar shortly afterwards! During this phase of the game, 1. FFC Recklinghausen dropped deeper and deeper and limited themselves to counter-attacks 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 there again to force the ball over the line for a fully deserved 2-0. And just before the hour mark, Borussia’s number 7 also showed she can create goals as well. On the break, she picked out Rita Schumacher perfectly in the opposition box, and Schumacher had no trouble making it 3-0.
In the relentless rain in Dortmund, Markus Högner brought on fresh legs for the final 15 minutes in the shape of Mia Böger, Nora Willeke and Ronja Leubner – and the latter two wasted no time in increasing the lead to 4-0 and 5-0 (78' and 81'). The final word in a dominant display 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 highly 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 got that first goal. The substitutes 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. A huge weight came off my shoulders, especially after my first goal. 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 September, 15:30 CEST). The match against the team currently seventh in the table will be played on the grass pitch at the MSV youth performance centre (Westender Straße 36, Duisburg). . As always, Pluto TV will show the match .BVB Women: van der Laan – Maier, Günnewig, Schumacher (77' Leubner), Popp (77' Böger), Reimann, Ostermeier (77' Willeke), Enderle (66' Schmidt), Vogel, Kempe (66' Steenwijk), Schuster
Goals: 1-0 Maier (18'), 2-0 Maier (49'), 3-0 Schumacher (58'), 4-0 Willeke (78'), 5-0 Leubner (81'), 6-0 Steenwijk (90')Robert Targan
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence.
