From Klara Bühl to Jule Brand, from Giulia Gwinn to Alex Popp: Well-known players meet on Friday afternoon (4:55 p.m., live on ZDF) in the top game of the women’s Bundesliga between FC Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg. Sportschau.de looks at players before the game who can make the difference.
The Top scorers: Netherlands against Denmark
With eleven goals, Lineth Beerensteyn is in second place in the list of strikers. She came at the beginning of the season to replace goal scorer Ewa Pajor at VfL Wolfsburg and soon developed into a top scorer. “Lineth is currently injury -free and now has the rhythm she needs to get into her actions“, said head coach Tommy Stroot at the press conference before the game. With a hit rate of almost 50 percent, she is the most dangerous Wolfsburg native and finally showed that she can also hit her head.
To get into these actions in general testifies to an insane quality. Lineth gives joy.
No surprise for Stroot, even if some have seen the striker critically because she has not always performed in the past. The Dutchman already made the winning goal in the first leg against her ex-club Bayern Munich and will go into the game with great ambitions again.
The strikers from Munich can show an even better quota, especially top scorer Pernille Harder. The Danish already comes to eight goals this season and has become an integral part of her role as a hanging tip from the Munich offensive game. “I scan my surroundings a lot that I always know where my opponents are and where the ball has to go next “, said the 32-year-old, who again played for VfL for a few years.
Pernille Harder from FC Bayern Munich cheers after a goal against 1. FC Köln
The Strib pullers midfield
The midfield of Munich women is strongly occupied despite the failures of Georgia Stanway and Lena Oberdorf. So strong that players like Sydney Lohmann are not always able to play. Finally, the 24-year-old, who can be used flexibly in different positions, showed a strong performance and, with her creative, but also physical game, was not only able to stage the teammates well, but also convince himself before the goal.
I started the second half of the season well and want to continue.
Head coach Straus thinks a lot of Lohmann’s qualities and notices that a lot has recently come loose in their game. “It can run, covers a lot of space and also has the speed with the ball “, he calls some of her strengths.
Janina Minge has developed into an important string puller in the Wolfsburg midfield, who had only come from Freiburg last summer and has now extended until 2028. With a pass rate of 87.6 percent, numerous goal shots and a good duel rate in Wolfsburg, Mening is an important top performer who quickly got a regular place in the starting eleven from head coach Tommy Stroot.
Defense: Experience meets even more experience
With Carolin Simon, FC Bayern has one of the best defenders in the league in the ranks, even if the 32-year-old needed something after her cruciate ligament tear to find your way back to old strength. There, however, she has reached a few games and impresses with calm and game intelligence on the ball. Her passports are precisely and Simon wins many of her duels. With her early goal against the 1st FC Köln, the left -back recently introduced the victory of the Munich women against a big backdrop.
A lot of experience is also available on the Wolfsburg side. Kathrin Hendrich and Camilla Küver fail, but with Marina Hegering and Co. the VfL defense is well prepared for the Munich offensive. Although Hegering has already thought about a career end, she has once again become an important force in the game of the “wolf” this season. She seems to be strong in a duel and gets a lot of playing time.
The great experience of Wolfsburg: Alexandra Popp and Marina Hegering.
The joker: Game decision -makers from the bank
It is not always the starting eleven players who decide a game. Most recently, the Momoko Tanikawa newcomer was the match winner in the cup game against Frankfurt. In the 85th minute, she only ensured the perfect template for Glodis Vigosdottir and a few minutes later the 19-year-old even scored worth seeing.
But there is also potential on Wolfsburger Bank. The Dutch junior national player Ella Pedemors came back to VfL for FC Twente early in winter after her loan. And against RB Leipzig, she finally scored the first goal. In the 85th minute, the 22-year-old was substituted and met after a cross of Vivian Endemann, who was also substituted.