It is too early for a preliminary decision in the fight for the championship, but the soccer players of VfL Wolfsburg impose their dominance on the Bundesliga again. The fifth success on the fifth day of the game is not just a win, but a statement – not only in the direction of FC Bayern.
The footballers of VfL Wolfsburg won the hard-fought tryst of the vice European champions and set a first exclamation mark in the fight for the championship. The defending champions won 2-1 (1-0) against runners-up Bayern Munich on the 5th Bundesliga matchday. Thanks to the victory in front of a VfL record crowd of 21,287 spectators, Lower Saxony already have a five-point lead over Bayern in the early stages of the season.
Poland’s Ewa Pajor (41st) and Svenja Huth (58th) scored for the Wolfsburg team, who have an impeccable record of five wins. Bayern, on the other hand, who have been coached by new coach Alexander Straus since this season, have been waiting for a win against VfL for six games now. Klara Bühl’s goal (73rd) didn’t change that either. For VfL it was the fourth win in a row against the Munich team across all competitions.
Right from the start, the fans saw a dogged game between the two teams that have won the championship between themselves over the past ten years (seven titles for VfL, three for Bayern). The eleven German EM riders who were on the pitch when the whistle kicked off didn’t give anything away either.
After Linda Dallmann had missed the first good opportunity for the guests (4th), the Wolfsburg team around Alexandra Popp developed a clear advantage as the game went on. Even before Pajor’s goal, which made Munich goalkeeper Maria-Luisa Grohs look bad, the Wolfsburg team had good chances.
At the beginning of the second half, the superiority of the team coached by Tommy Stroot remained. Nevertheless, Lea Schüller was able to equalize in a counterattack (48th). Huth did better with her direct acceptance on the other side. Fifteen minutes later, Bühl created new tension – and an open exchange of blows in the final phase. In the 82nd minute, Bayern striker Jovana Damnjanovic hit the post with a header, and then the Munich team were close to equalizing several times.
