Goals
- 1-0 Purtscheller (51’): The match takes a surprise turn of events when a ball that was meant to be sent out wide lands at the feet of Lilli Purtscheller, who finds herself with only Merle Frohms to beat and sends a long-range strike into the far left-hand corner.
- 1-1 Endemann (56’): Pajor imposes herself down the left flank and sends over a pin-point cross for Endemann, who fires it home first time from close range for the equaliser.
- 1-2 Hegering (66’): What a goal! With her team-mates struggling to find a way through, Hegering takes aim from 30 yards out and curls a beauty just under the bar.
- 1-3 Pajor (69’): Lightning-fast forward Pajor sets off on a sprint from the half-way line and just about manages to out-pace Jacqueline Meißner before drilling home a side-footed shot off the inside of the far left-hand post.
Reaction
Tommy Stroot: “In the first half, we didn’t follow through on things in terms of the way we were attacking. After the break, we managed to impose our style of play on the match after going behind, and at the end of the day, we deserved our 3-1 win.”
Line-ups and stats
VfL Wolfsburg: Frohms – Wilms (58‘ Wedemeyer), Hegering, Janssen, Rabano – Huth (78‘ Jonsdottir), Oberdorf (70‘ Hagel), Lattwein – Endemann (70‘ Brand), Popp (78‘ Kalma), Pajor
Subs: Schmitz (GK), Xhemaili, Brinkmann
SGS Essen: Winkler – Sterner (85‘ Joester), Meißner, Pucks, Ostermeier– Kowalski (85‘ Pfluger), Piljic, Rieke (85‘ Potsi) – Purtscheller (78‘ Enderle), Maier, Elmazi (58‘ Berentzen)
Subs: Lucassen (GK), Kröll, Göppel, Debitzki
Goals: 1-0 Purtscheller (51‘), 1-1 Endemann (56‘), 1-2 Hegering (66‘), 1-3 Pajor (69‘)
Yellow crads: - / Rieke, Maier
Referee: Katrin Rafalski (Baunatal)
Attendance: 3,842 at Stadion an der Hafenstraße, Essen