Dress rehearsal done! BVB women beat AS Roma 1-0 Squad Five days before the start of the league season, coach Markus Högner, who still has to do without Dana Marquardt, Emilia Pauls, Mia Scholle and Manuela Zinsberger, named a 21-player squad. The team was led by new signing Alex Popp, who since yesterday, Friday, has been the new captain of the BVB women’s team.
Match recap The match quickly developed into a hard-fought friendly: both teams created their first chances after just five minutes. In the 17th minute, BVB had to cope with a bitter setback when Yasu Wöhrn had to be substituted due to injury after a defensive action. Frederike Kempe came on in her place. After that, the visitors from Rome repeatedly threatened in front of goalkeeper Laura van der Laan’s goal, but the Black and Yellows also created chances: visiting keeper Lukasova could only secure a long-range effort from Alex Popp at the second attempt. At the other end, things got dangerous again after around half an hour when Roma could have taken the lead with a fivefold chance (!) – van der Laan and the woodwork each got in the way. After further opportunities for Popp (37') and Rita Schumacher (41') in an entertaining contest, the teams went into the break goalless.
For the second half, Markus Högner brought on two fresh players in Jenske Steenwijk and Ronja Leubner. As rain began to fall, both teams remained highly focused, which led to the much-celebrated 1-0 for the home side in the 57th minute: after a Schumacher free-kick delivered from the left edge of the penalty area, new signing Lara Schmidt was there to head home! In the final quarter of the friendly, the teams took a little pace out of the game, and both coaches used this spell to make several substitutions. The opponents threatened once more from set pieces, but without reward. Laura van der Laan also denied the Romans on a one-on-one in stoppage time. In the end, it was a hard-fought and smartly defended 1-0 home win against the current Italian champions and cup winners. Reaction Coach Markus Högner: “At the latest after surviving the Romans’ fivefold chance, it became clear that there was something here for us today. In the first twenty minutes, we lost the ball too quickly from time to time; later on, we did a better job of combining boldly going forward. AS Roma wanted to force a quick decision, but we kept our composure well into the second half, so in the end we were able to claim a thoroughly deserved win.” Outlook Next Thursday (20/08, 7 p.m.), the Black and Yellows begin the 2026/27 Regionalliga season: Arminia Bielefeld, who finished third in the previous campaign, will be the visitors at Stadion Rote Erde. Tickets for the opener are available online in the ticket shop. In the new season, Pluto TV will once again show all BVB women’s league matches live and free. BVB Women: van der Laan – Wöhrn (17' Kempe), Walkling (64' Günnewig), Maier (46' Steenwijk), Schumacher (77' Böger), Popp (77' Willeke), Ito (64' Reimann), Meißner (46' Leubner), Enderle (77' Maier), Vogel (64' Ostermeier), Schmidt (64' Schuster)
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