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She-Wolves beat PSV 4-1 in friendly

VfL Women cruised past PSV Eindhoven in Lippstadt.

Die Frauen vom VfL Wolfsburg jubeln zusammen nach einem Tor.

VfL Wolfsburg Women emerged victorious in their one and only friendly of pre-season, beating PSV Eindhoven 4-1 on Sunday. The She-Wolves dominated the contest at the Liebelt-Arena in Lippstadt, which was split into three 35-minute periods. Alexandra Popp (30’), Joelle Wedemeyer (45’), Dominique Janssen (71’) and Fenna Kalma (105’) got the goals for VfL, after Chimera Ripa’s 14th-minute penalty had opened the scoring for a PSV side who were limited to very few clear-cut opportunities.

The She-Wolves squad returned to their training camp in Harsewinkel not long after the match. Tommy Stroot’s side begin their campaign at 14:00 CEST on Sunday 10 September, when they take on 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam at the Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion in the second round of the DFB Cup.

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Tommy Stroot: “It was our first friendly and I saw a lot of positives. We carved out a lot of chances and we got our timing right on several occasions, despite the fact we’ve only been working with the whole squad for a short period of time. We can take a lot of positives from the game as a team. We’ll use what we’ve learned in the coming days to keep working on the finer details.”

Line-ups and stats

VfL Wolfsburg: Frohms (46‘ Schmitz) – Wedemeyer (71‘ Wilms), Hegering (36‘ Hendrich/71‘ Hagel), Agrez (53‘ Janssen), Rauch (36‘ Rabano) – Demann (71‘ Oberdorf) – Huth (53‘ Blomqvist), Xhemaili (71‘ Lattwein) – Brand (46‘ Endemann), Popp (36‘ Kalma), Pajor (71‘ Jonsdottir)

Goals: 0-1 Ripa (pen/14‘), 1-1 Popp (30‘), 2-1 Wedemeyer (45‘), 3-1 Janssen (pen/71‘), 4-1 Kalma (105‘)

Yellow cards: Laura Strik

Referee: Katrin Rafalski

Attendance: 1,083 at Liebelt-Arena, Lippstadt