Konstantelias suffers a torn cruciate ligament

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The coach fielded the same starting lineup as in the previous week\u2019s match against Arminia Bielefeld.<\/p>\n<h2>Match Summary<\/h2>\n<p>SSV Rhade started off strong and recorded the first shot of the match shortly after kickoff. But the BVB Women were also in a hurry on the other end: After a corner kick taken by Rita Schumacher, defender Lara Schmidt placed the ball under the crossbar, giving her team an early lead in the fourth minute. The BVB Women remained aggressive and created another dangerous chance in front of the goal following another corner kick, which Popp headed on. Ramona Maier narrowly missed making it 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>That goal, however, came just two minutes later. After Rhade\u2019s Nele Wansing could only stop her opponent, Alex Popp, with a foul inside the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty kick after a quarter of an hour. 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The traveling fans, however, had to be patient a little longer for the next goal: Jenske Steenwijk, who had come on as a substitute shortly before, sent Annika Enderle through in the 67th minute. Enderle, in turn, found Rita Schumacher with a pass in the penalty area, and Schumacher finished to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>This paved the way for more goals: Ricarda Walkling made it 4-0 in the 74th minute after a pass from Popp. Shortly afterward, Ronja Leubner received a pass from Vogel with her back to the goal, skillfully spun around her defender, and finished to make it 5-0 (81'). With that, she put the finishing touch on a match that the Black and Yellows clearly dominated for long stretches.<\/p>\n<h2>Quotes<\/h2>\n<p><b>Head Coach Markus Högner:<\/b> \u201cSammy Messalkhi had his team well prepared; you could see right up until the end that SSV Rhade has the necessary fitness for this league. Over the course of the 90 minutes, our quality naturally prevailed. I\u2019m not entirely satisfied with the early stages of the match\u2014our spacing wasn\u2019t always right. After about 15 minutes, however, we were able to take control and, thanks to our 2-0 lead, create more good scoring opportunities. In the second half, we initially lacked structure again\u2014but Rita\u2019s goal to make it 3-0 gave us the confidence we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Rita Schumacher:<\/b> \u201cWe had some struggles at the start of both halves, but we gradually found our rhythm, which allowed us to dominate our opponent. In the end, we certainly could have scored one or two more goals\u2014we need to execute our passes even better in the final third. Overall, though, we\u2019re satisfied, especially since we kept a clean sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Looking Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>On Matchday 3 of the Regionalliga West, the BVB Women will host DJK Wacker Mecklenbeck. The match kicks off on Sunday, September 6, at 3:00 p.m. at Rote Erde Stadium. Tickets for the home game are available in <a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/frauen/channel/shop/areaplan/venue/event/679302?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/bvb/de/frauen/channel/shop/areaplan/venue/event/679302?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">online ticket shop<\/a>. Standing room tickets cost 3 euros; seated tickets cost 5 euros. <a href=\"https://pluto.tv/gsa/watch/live-tv/31330/?utm_medium=textsearch&amp;utm_campaign=10966097416&amp;utm_content=109063690258&amp;utm_term=pluto+tv&amp;utm_creative=459935485657&amp;device=c&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=10966097416&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw_L_FBhDmARIsAItqgt7_391Sro5eSQxhjwAiKdtSDaTp6xOCPS_VPNkYUmSohKmii6Wx5sUaAtSCEALw_wcB&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Pluto TV<\/a> will also broadcast the match live and free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><b>BVB Women:<\/b> Van der Laan \u2013 Meißner (61\u2019 Steenwijk), Kempe, Schmidt (74\u2019 Ostermeier), Vogel \u2013 Walkling (74\u2019 Günnewig), Ito (74\u2019 Reimann) \u2013 Maier (61\u2019 Leubner), Enderle, Schumacher, Popp<\/p>\n<p><b>Goals:<\/b> 0-1 Schmidt (4'), 0-2 Schumacher (15'), 0-3 Schumacher (67'), 0-4 Walkling (74'), 0-5 Leubner (81')<\/p>\n<p><i>Robert Targan<\/i><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<h2>Roster<\/h2>\n<p>Melanie Schuster returned to the squad after recovering from the flu. 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After Rhade\u2019s Nele Wansing could only stop her opponent, Alex Popp, with a foul inside the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty kick after a quarter of an hour. Rita Schumacher confidently converted it to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>BVB continued to apply pressure afterward, pushing the hosts deep into their own half. Around the 20-minute mark, Annika Enderle sent the ball just over the crossbar following a beautiful attacking combination. Shortly afterward, Alex Popp also had a chance to score the third goal but missed with a first-time shot after a pass from Ann-Sophie Vogel. In the final third of the first half, little changed in the flow of the game: The Borussia players dominated the match, though their plays sometimes lacked the necessary precision. Thus, they went into halftime with a well-deserved 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>BVB started the second half without making any substitutions. Further good chances by Frederike Kempe (50'), Jacqueline Meißner (54'), and Rita Schumacher (60') went unused at first. The traveling fans, however, had to be patient a little longer for the next goal: Jenske Steenwijk, who had come on as a substitute shortly before, sent Annika Enderle through in the 67th minute. Enderle, in turn, found Rita Schumacher with a pass in the penalty area, and Schumacher finished to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>This paved the way for more goals: Ricarda Walkling made it 4-0 in the 74th minute after a pass from Popp. Shortly afterward, Ronja Leubner received a pass from Vogel with her back to the goal, skillfully spun around her defender, and finished to make it 5-0 (81'). With that, she put the finishing touch on a match that the Black and Yellows clearly dominated for long stretches.<\/p>\n<h2>Quotes<\/h2>\n<p><b>Head Coach Markus Högner:<\/b> \u201cSammy Messalkhi had his team well prepared; you could see right up until the end that SSV Rhade has the necessary fitness for this league. Over the course of the 90 minutes, our quality naturally prevailed. I\u2019m not entirely satisfied with the early stages of the match\u2014our spacing wasn\u2019t always right. After about 15 minutes, however, we were able to take control and, thanks to our 2-0 lead, create more good scoring opportunities. In the second half, we initially lacked structure again\u2014but Rita\u2019s goal to make it 3-0 gave us the confidence we needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Rita Schumacher:<\/b> \u201cWe had some struggles at the start of both halves, but we gradually found our rhythm, which allowed us to dominate our opponent. 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No video footage or photos of this historic moment existed, until now.<\/p>\n<p>Reconstructed from the memories of eyewitnesses, media reports, and data points, AI translated the goal into moving images - enabling football fans to experience the first goal in Bundesliga history in lifelike detail.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Meticulous reconstruction of an historic moment<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Teams from Vodafone and BVB worked for several months analysing archival material to help with the recreation. The team spoke with eyewitnesses such as Gerd Kolbe, BVB\u2019s chief historian and former press officer, Günther Konietzka, the goal scorer\u2019s brother, and Eugen Kraas, chairman of the largest BVB fan club, Oeventrop-Freienohl, to incorporate their personal memories into the reconstruction of the goal.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium atmosphere that day in 1963 was also recreated with the support of fans and experts, plus realistic conditions from the first matchday of the Bundesliga were simulated using multiple weather models.<\/p>\n<p>The AI-reconstructed first Bundesliga goal premiers in a documentary called \u201cThe Unseen Goal\u201d at the BORUSSEUM, BVB\u2019s club museum on 29 August and later on the same day also exclusively on Sky Sports News and across BVB\u2019s and Vodafone\u2019s YouTube channels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb7T94xIGpo\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BVB fans at Germany's largest football stadium, SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, also will see the footage of the goal on the stadium screens before the season opener against Hamburger SV. The film documenting the goal will then be permanently displayed as part of the collection at the German Football Museum in Dortmund.<\/p>\n<h2>Watzke: &quot;This AI reconstruction is an absolute highlight&quot;<\/h2>\n<p>Marcel de Groot, CEO of Vodafone Germany, said: \u201cTogether with Borussia Dortmund, we interviewed eyewitnesses, reviewed media reports from the time and collected a range of data. Our AI experts used this material and several AI models to create a realistic reconstruction of the moment. After 63 years, AI is bringing a piece of German football history to life. The first goal in Bundesliga history can now be experienced by football fans through moving images and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hans-Joachim Watzke, President of Borussia Dortmund said: \u201cTimo Konietzka was one of a kind and a great player. His goal against SV Werder Bremen back then is, of course, particularly well-suited for a project like this. The fact that there is absolutely no video footage made the project very challenging. For many fans who are very tradition-conscious \u2013 and that\u2019s certainly the case with BVB, but also with Werder Bremen \u2013 this AI reconstruction is an absolute highlight. We are very grateful to Vodafone for working with us to bring this challenging task to life with great dedication and using state-of-the-art technology. Everyone has a lot to look forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reconstruction was created in collaboration with AI production company and IT specialists PROMPTR created motion models based on recordings of other BVB and SV Werder Bremen matches from that era, thereby determining the players\u2019 game strategies and behaviour in comparable game situations. Furthermore, BVB\u2019s under-19 team also reenacted the goal and the preceding sequence of play to help the AI achieve a high level of detail, richness and precision. Ultimately, the AI experts used various data points and multiple AI models for data analysis and image generation to recreate the goal.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very fortunate to be there in Bremen on August 24, 1963. Referee Ott blew the whistle at exactly 4:59 p.m. Everyone was sitting behind the BVB goal in high spirits, but things turned out differently than expected: Borussia Dortmund scored the first goal,\u201d recalls eyewitness Gerd Kolbe, former BVB press officer and current BVB chief historian. \u201cFrom today\u2019s perspective, it\u2019s absolutely unimaginable that not a single photograph of the goal was taken. I\u2019m incredibly happy that BVB and Vodafone have managed to bring this reenactment to life. 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The team spoke with eyewitnesses such as Gerd Kolbe, BVB\u2019s chief historian and former press officer, Günther Konietzka, the goal scorer\u2019s brother, and Eugen Kraas, chairman of the largest BVB fan club, Oeventrop-Freienohl, to incorporate their personal memories into the reconstruction of the goal.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium atmosphere that day in 1963 was also recreated with the support of fans and experts, plus realistic conditions from the first matchday of the Bundesliga were simulated using multiple weather models.<\/p>\n<p>The AI-reconstructed first Bundesliga goal premiers in a documentary called \u201cThe Unseen Goal\u201d at the BORUSSEUM, BVB\u2019s club museum on 29 August and later on the same day also exclusively on Sky Sports News and across BVB\u2019s and Vodafone\u2019s YouTube channels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb7T94xIGpo\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BVB fans at Germany's largest football stadium, SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, also will see the footage of the goal on the stadium screens before the season opener against Hamburger SV. The film documenting the goal will then be permanently displayed as part of the collection at the German Football Museum in Dortmund.<\/p>\n<h2>Watzke: &quot;This AI reconstruction is an absolute highlight&quot;<\/h2>\n<p>Marcel de Groot, CEO of Vodafone Germany, said: \u201cTogether with Borussia Dortmund, we interviewed eyewitnesses, reviewed media reports from the time and collected a range of data. Our AI experts used this material and several AI models to create a realistic reconstruction of the moment. After 63 years, AI is bringing a piece of German football history to life. The first goal in Bundesliga history can now be experienced by football fans through moving images and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hans-Joachim Watzke, President of Borussia Dortmund said: \u201cTimo Konietzka was one of a kind and a great player. His goal against SV Werder Bremen back then is, of course, particularly well-suited for a project like this. The fact that there is absolutely no video footage made the project very challenging. For many fans who are very tradition-conscious \u2013 and that\u2019s certainly the case with BVB, but also with Werder Bremen \u2013 this AI reconstruction is an absolute highlight. We are very grateful to Vodafone for working with us to bring this challenging task to life with great dedication and using state-of-the-art technology. Everyone has a lot to look forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reconstruction was created in collaboration with AI production company and IT specialists PROMPTR created motion models based on recordings of other BVB and SV Werder Bremen matches from that era, thereby determining the players\u2019 game strategies and behaviour in comparable game situations. Furthermore, BVB\u2019s under-19 team also reenacted the goal and the preceding sequence of play to help the AI achieve a high level of detail, richness and precision. Ultimately, the AI experts used various data points and multiple AI models for data analysis and image generation to recreate the goal.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very fortunate to be there in Bremen on August 24, 1963. Referee Ott blew the whistle at exactly 4:59 p.m. Everyone was sitting behind the BVB goal in high spirits, but things turned out differently than expected: Borussia Dortmund scored the first goal,\u201d recalls eyewitness Gerd Kolbe, former BVB press officer and current BVB chief historian. \u201cFrom today\u2019s perspective, it\u2019s absolutely unimaginable that not a single photograph of the goal was taken. I\u2019m incredibly happy that BVB and Vodafone have managed to bring this reenactment to life. 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