VfL Wolfsburg’s women suffered their first defeat of the season in their first competitive match of 2019, losing 4-2 away to Bayern. Stephan Lerch’s side found themselves 3-0 down before quick-fire goals from Nilla Fischer and Ewa Pajor got them back into the game, only for the hosts to seal the victory in second-half stoppage time. The She-Wolves remain top of the Allianz Women’s Bundesliga thanks to their better goal difference, but the two sides are now level on points. The Green-Whites welcome SV Werder Bremen to the AOK Stadion on Sunday 24 February (kick-off 14:00 CET) for their first home game of the year.
"We showed a good reaction"
VfL head coach Stephan Lerch: "Bayern deserved to win today. We could have, and perhaps should have, taken a point. We were second best in the first half, weren't aggressive enough in the tackles and were always a yard off the pace. My team showed a reaction after the break, dominated the game and created a couple chances. We fought our way back after going 3-0 down and showed great character. We had two chances to equalise at 3-3 before they killed the game off. Overall it was very much a game of two halves for us, but that's not enough at this level."
FC Bayern Munich: Zinsberger – Wenninger, Laudehr, Hendrich, Lewandowski – Skorvankova (Schweers 83’), Däbritz, Leupolz, Lohmann – Beerensteyn (Demann 78’), Damnjanovic (Rolfö 6’)
VfL Wolfsburg: Earps – Peter (Baunach 88’), Fischer, Goeßling, Maritz (Jakabfi 73’) – Neto (Doorsoun 46’), Gunnarsdottir – Hansen, Harder, Popp – Pajor
Goals: 1-0 Wenninger (20’), 2-0 Lewandowski (40’) 3-0 Fischer (64’ o.g.), 3-1 Fischer (71’), 3-2 Pajor (77’), 4-2 Rolfö (90’)
Yellow cards: Beerensteyn, Skorvankova / Popp, Doorsoun
Attendance: 2,155 at the FC Bayern Campus
Referee: Marina Wozniak (Herne)
