Nuremberg (dpa / lby) – For the first time in the club’s history, the “Club” women will play a game in the Max Morlock Stadium. Second division club 1. FC Nürnberg meets German soccer champions VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday (2 p.m.) in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup as a blatant outsider. The people of Nuremberg are expecting around 16,000 spectators. “It shows what a charisma we now have. It makes us extremely proud,” said captain Lea Paulick before the game.
The goalkeeper has come full circle after 16 years: at the home World Cup in 2006, she was a runner-up at the Max Morlock Stadium. On Sunday she returns there as a player of the “traditional club”. “It will be very emotional for me,” said the 23-year-old on Thursday.
Attention to women’s football has increased enormously after the European Championships in England in the summer, which the hosts won 2-1 in the final against Germany. After only seven match days, the women’s Bundesliga broke its previous season record with a total of over 119,000 spectators. The opening game between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern Munich in September was watched by 23,200 fans in the stadium – also a new record. At the beginning of December, the Munich team will play a Champions League game for the second time in the Allianz Arena. Opponent will be FC Barcelona.
