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VfL coach Lerch: “Looking for a little child” (4 min)
Status: 07.10.2025 5:34 p.m.
The week of truth began for those who are still undefeated this season with the exception of the Supercup: in the Bundesliga, the Bayern Munich will be on Saturday. Before that, there will be a duel with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.
In contrast to the men’s team (15th place), the “wolves” can look back on a successful start to the season. “It was expected that at the beginning there was no cog to the other. But Stephan Lerch quickly gave the team a clear manuscript and managed to bring the team to the top of the table after the first five games of the season,” said VfL managing director Peter Christiansen very satisfied with the previous appearance of the “wolf”.
With all the respect for the previous league and cup opponents of the VfL women: a real location determination will only be the two tasks that are now up to date. It starts on Wednesday (9 p.m., in the NDR LiveCenter) in the premier class with the home game against the French top club Paris SG.
New mode – like in men
VfL coach Lerch can hardly wait, his last Champions League mission (quarter-finals with VfL against Chelsea) has been back for four and a half years. The41-year-old can also get a lot from the new mode. As with men, there are no more groups, but an overall table of all 18 teams. The top four teams after six match days are located directly in the quarter-finals, another four clubs have to qualify through play-off games.
“I’m looking forward to it like a little child. This will be a goosebump moment when the teams run onto the pitch and the hymn sounds.”
VfL coach Stephan Lerch
The other Wolfsburg opponents are Valerenga IF from Norway, Olympique Lyon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Chelsea. “I think that’s great,” says Lerch, “to be able to measure yourself with so many top teams. In the past Saioson, you could get a bit of a feeling for men. I enjoyed it.”
Captain Minge: “It is already tingling”
Janina Minge is also full of anticipation: “These games – especially under floodlights – have a particularly flair. It is already tingling. You play football for such games.” The aim of the VfL is clearly the reaching of the KO phase, even if that won’t be easy given the well-known opponents. But: “We don’t have to talk small either. We can beat everyone, with the knowledge we also go into this game.”
In a duel with Paris, the VfL captain expects a “Fifty-Fifty game”: “It will be” extremely disgusting and extremely physical “:” We have to be wide awake from the start and then use our opportunities. “
