The VfL Wolfsburg footballers have regained the lead in the Bundesliga.
Coach Tommy Stroot’s team turned a deficit into a 3-1 (0-0) win at SGS Essen at the end of the first half of the season on Monday evening (January 29, 2024). In front of 3,842 spectators in the stadium on Hafenstrasse, the former Essen players Vivien Endemann (56th minute) and Marina Hegering (66th) and then Ewa Pajor (69th) scored for VfL, Lilli Purtscheller (51st) was previously for the Hostesses have been successful.
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The Wolfsburg women had their problems with the poor quality of the pitch, but played dominantly. Essen concentrated on defending and counterattacking. Purtscheller took advantage of this to take a surprising lead, and Endemann responded a little later. Hegering unchallenged a full-range shot from 25 meters into the right corner, Pajor increased the score to 3-1.
Bayern narrowly wins against Hoffenheim
In the table, VfL is once again one point ahead of FC Bayern Munich. The defending champions defeated TSG Hoffenheim 1-0 at the league’s start to the year on Saturday. Klara Bühl scored the decisive goal in the 22nd minute.
In the championship everything boils down to another duel between Wolfsburg and Munich: The duel between the two top teams will take place on matchday 17 (March 22nd to 25th) in Wolfsburg.
Frankfurt shows reaction after premier class exit
The Eintracht Frankfurt footballers had previously shown a good reaction three days after their exit from the Champions League. Coach Niko Arnautis’ team defeated the out-of-form 1. FC Köln 1-0 (1-0) in the last game of the first half of the season and celebrated their fourth league win in a row. Thanks to their well-deserved success, the Hessians moved within two points of the second-placed Wolfsburg team.
The 19-year-old young hopeful Ilayda Acikgöz (23rd) scored the “golden goal” in her starting eleven debut. The Cologne team has now been without a win for five league games, but coach Daniel Weber’s team remains above the line with ten points after the first half of the season.
Nuremberg steals points from Duisburg
In the bottom of the table, 1. FC Nürnberg was able to take important points from Duisburg. The “Club” won 2-1, the goals were scored by Medina Desic (1st) and Vanessa Haim (3rd), Alexandra Emmerling only managed to keep Duisburg close (54th). Thanks to their success, the Nuremberg women left the relegation places and are now in tenth place.
One place behind is now RB Leipzig, which lost 2-0 to SC Freiburg on Saturday.
Bremen turns game against Leverkusen
Werder Bremen had already made a late comeback on Friday. After Bayer Leverkusen took a long lead, Hannah Nemeth (77′) and Jasmin Sehan (90’+2) scored two late goals to give the hosts a 2-1 (0-1) win. Nikola Karczewska (21′) had given coach Robert de Pauw’s Werkself the lead. The two teams remain in the middle of the table with 17 points for the time being, although Werder (6th place) moved past Leverkusen (7th) due to the better goal difference.