by Olaf Goldbecker
Due to Champions League play, the Bundesliga got uneven in the standings again. Potsdam and Wolfsburg were competing in international action and had to postpone their matches to April 13. Potsdam will face Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg hosts Duisburg before the league resumes with Matchday 16 on the Easter weekend.
by Olaf Goldbecker
After the conclusion of the national team spring competitions, the Bundesliga resumed and saw the three top teams face seemingly easy tasks.
by Olaf Goldbecker
A little warmup for the 2014 portion of the Bundesliga season took place since the middle of February.
As the German Bundesliga is taking a two-week break for national team duties, it is time to take another look at the situation. Six of 22 matches were played by all teams, yet the picture is only a little clearer: Read more
by Olaf Goldbecker
The German Bundesliga is four games old and none of the teams are really showing a sovereign march on top. Take a look at what has happened so far: Read more
by Olaf Goldbecker
Live game on TV, 8,249 in the stadium: triple winner VfL Wolfsburg opened the season vs. Bayern Munich on Saturday. Two new players found their way into the starting lineup at Wolfsburg, goalkeeper Almuth Schult and Sweden import Nilla Fischer, with Leonie Maier the only new player to start for Munich. The visitors were the better team and scored the lead by Katharina Baunach after a quarter hour. Wolfsburg struggled to even the match, did so by Lena Goessling in minute 69, but at the end of the day Wolfsburg was lucky to keep one point in the opener. Read more
The Women’s Bundesliga opens league play on September 7 with 2013 UEFA Women’s Champions League winners VfL Wolfsburg hosting FC Bayern Munich. The match will be broadcast live in high-definition by Eurosport. In August, it was announced that Eurosport had secured a long-term deal to air Bundesliga games through the 2016 season.
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