by Olaf Goldbecker

One week after VfL Wolfsburg celebrated their first women’s soccer title they simply continued with the celebrations after winning the national cup final. Turbine Potsdam was the opponent in the final, which was played in Cologne in front of 14,269 in the attendance. The first half did not deliver too much entertainment. Yuki Ogimi with a header to the post had the best attempt for Potsdam, but when everybody was expecting the half time whistle Wolfsburg took the lead by Martina Müller. After the break Wolfsburg started with lots of energy, Müller (52) and Conny Pohlers (55) quickly increased for a 3-0 lead – the decision? No! Lisa Evans got Potsdam on the scoreboard (59) and Yuki Ogimi (62) converted a penalty kick to get her team back within one goal range. Read more

by Olaf Goldbecker

The focus on the last matchday was on 2.5 games. Wolfsburg’s championship was 99.9% secure and the club moved the match v Bad Neuenahr to the big Volkswagen Arena for the festivities after the game. Only a Wolfsburg loss and a simultaneous win for Frankfurt that would make up for a difference of 24 goals could have changed this. The real focus was on the games Frankfurt v Munich and Gütersloh v Potsdam. The battle for the second spot was the battle for the lucrative Champions League qualification. The situation was easy: Potsdam needed one point more than Frankfurt, otherwise Frankfurt would qualify. Munich won the last three games against Frankfurt but two were in the cup, the other ones on neutral ground. In their last home games, Frankfurt always killed Munich with high scores. Read more

by Olaf Goldbecker

The top game of matchday 21 took place in Potsdam where Turbine hosted the designated champion VfL Wolfsburg. Unofficially the Wolves clinched the championship already last week due to their superior goal difference but one point was still missing for the official title. Potsdam desperately needed a win in the top game to keep the Champions League spot chances alive. A crowd of 3,720 saw Potsdam clinch a relatively easy 2-0 win.  Natasa Andonova and Pauline Bremer, two relatively unknown players, scored the goals in the first half. Read more

by Olaf Goldbecker

Four makeup games were scheduled in the Bundesliga to even the standings after twenty matches – a league rule says that the last two matches for each club have to be played at the same time, so Labor Day was the last chance for clubs to get the number of games even. Read more

by Olaf Goldbecker

The top game of matchday 20 took place in Frankfurt that hosted top seed Wolfsburg in an effort to keep the title race close. The visitors had the better start and hit the post by Anna Blässe early, but Frankfurt answered and scored the lead by Kerstin Garefrekes after a corner kick in minute 15. Midway through the first half the game had to be stopped for ten minutes when Nadine Angerer and Svenja Huth collided, both continued playing afterwards. Saskia Bartusiak added the second goal after the break for Frankfurt’s 2-0 win, which keeps the league open to a certain degree. Read more

by Olaf Goldbecker

During the week two makeup games were played. Wolfsburg increased their lead in a 6-0 win at Sindelfingen. Five of the goals were scored in the final 30minutes and saw Alexandra Popp as player of the match after marking four strikes. Duisburg freed themselves of any relegation worries after crushing Gütersloh 7-3. The home team was up 2-0 after seven minutes, Gütersloh tied after 15 only to see Duisburg being back on a two goals lead after 20 minutes – 4:2 also was the halftime score. After the break Gütersloh closed to one goal again but at the end they suffered a heavy defeat. Read more