From one record attendance to another: eight days after the 5-1 defeat in front of 91,648 spectators at Camp Nou, the second leg of the UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final between VfL Wolfsburg Women and FC Barcelona will also take place in front of a historic crowd. Over 20,000 fans Over 20,000 fans will be at the Volkswagen Arena on Saturday evening (kick-off 18:00 CEST), when the She-Wolves will be hoping for a very different display against the Catalans. The current record for a VfL Women home match of 12,464 from 8 June 2014 will definitely be surpassed. Ahead of the second leg, head coach Tommy Stroot spoke about…
…team news: “Lena Oberdorf is still out, and Rebecka Blomqvist has been added to the injury list since the first leg. As well as that, it’s common knowledge that Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, Lisa Weiß and Pia-Sophie Wolter are unavailable.”
…the first leg: “Obviously it didn’t go as we intended in Barcelona, and we didn’t get into the duels in the way we’d hoped. We also fell behind early, which definitely affected us. After that it was hard for us to summon our resilience – which we’ve shown many times this season – at Camp Nou.”
…the game plan: “Obviously it would help if we scored an early goal. But first and foremost, it’s about the basics. We want to find our way into the game differently to a week ago and in particular gain control, which isn’t that easy against Barca. That’s the starting point. And then, of course, we want to get into the game more and more, and score goals.”
