Match Report
1-0, 1-2, 3-2 - BVB women win dress rehearsal away to LASK
Despite the tropical temperatures, the match at LASK-Platz on Daimlerstraße was very fast-paced from the beginning. BVB even found themselves marginally on top against the Austrian Bundesliga team. Ann-Sophie Vogel got the reward for the Black & Yellows in the 29th minute when she fired a brilliant low shot into the bottom-right corner from 25 metres out. The visitors continued to dominate marginally in the ensuing period and could have made it 2-0 via Finnja Schriek, whose shot inside the penalty area was blocked (39).
Thomas Sulewski almost changed his entire team at the interval but faced two scary moments in the second period following a good opening phase: Vogel initially thwarted a moment of grave danger with a sliding intervention that denied Jolina Amani an equaliser (57), before goalkeeper Katharina Jäger denied the unmarked Amani three minutes later.
But with nine minutes to go until the final whistle, the BVB women suddenly found themselves 2-1 down. Jana Kofler and Cynthia Adamu scored from the spot in the 76th and 81st minutes respectively to put the Austrian second-division champions in front. It marked the start of an exciting finale in which Borussia still managed to win thanks to their heart and passion. Paula Reimann rounded off a lovely attack involving Mia Böger and Marah Tayeh to equalise (83), before Marjana Naceva completed a good individual performance by making it 3-2 (87). "In terms of character and effort, it was really good given the temperatures and we deserved to win in the end through two very nice goals," commented Sulewski.
The victory over Linzer ASK marked the end of the training camp in the Kitzbühel Alps. "The team pitched in superbly, are on the right track and are gelling closer together. We're ready for the competitive and championship matches," said Sulewski, who appointed Marie Grothe as the new captain of Borussia Dortmund during the training camp. "That's something special for me and a nice show of trust from the coaching staff. But it doesn't change the way I play football, the way I want to take the lead on and off the pitch and assume responsibility," said Grothe, who is succeeding Lisa Klemann, who has held the position since the 2021/22 season.
The reserve team also ended their training camp on a successful note. Erfan Esmaily's team ran out 4-0 (2-0) victors against FC Augsburg. The second team had already beaten SV Westendorf by a 4-0 (1-0) scoreline on Thursday. Coach Esmaily is drawing a positive conclusion not only based on the results: "We immediately implemented the contents learned in the training camp superbly. The team has gelled together even more and we're flying back home with a positive feeling."
The first team's opening competitive game of the season takes place on Sunday 18 August. Sulewski's charges will be away to Bezirksliga outfit SV Herbern in the Westfalenpokal first round at 15:00 CEST.
BVB women: Jäger (Schröer, 61) – Böger (Geldschläger, 46; Böger, 64), Jung (Sommer, 46; Jung, 74), Haslsteiner (Wahle, 46), Vogel – Becker (Gomulka, 46) – Willeke (Tayeh, 46), Grothe, Bedarf (Reimann, 46), Schriek (Naceva, 46) – Reinhardt (Giebels, 46)
Goals: 0-1 Vogel (29), 1-1 Kofler (pen., 76), 2-1 Adamu (pen., 81), 2-2 Reimann (83), 2-3 Naceva (87)
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