Led by national team captain Alexandra Popp with a green and white turban, the VfL Wolfsburg footballers stormed to their seventh German championship title.
With a 10: 1 (5: 0) at relegated FC Carl Zeiss Jena, the Lower Saxony made everything clear as expected. Last year’s title winner FC Bayern Munich can no longer catch up with their rivals on the final day of the game. Popp and Co. celebrated exuberantly with a cardboard championship bowl – the real one will be available next Sunday.
“I really like the way today again,” said trainer Tommy Stroot at MagentaSport about a team. “I’m looking forward to the return trip.” In front of just 760 spectators, Wolfsburg quickly made things clear. Ewa Pajor (8th minute), Sveindis Jonsdottir (10th), Felicitas Rauch (25th) and Lena Lattwein (38th) as well as Tina Kremlitschka (18th) with an own goal ensured a 5-0 break.
Striker Popp plays through despite a laceration on her head
After the restart, Jill Roord (46′), Popp (57′), Tabea Waßmuth (81′), Pauline Bremer (83′) and Svenja Huth (85′) scored the highest win of the season. Jena captain Julia Arnold reduced the gap to 1:7 (79th). “We played great and scored ten goals – amazing!” said Pajor. International striker Popp had to have his head bandaged after just a few minutes due to a laceration, but played through.
For coach Tommy Stroot (33) it is the first triumph in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg had even won the title four times in a row between 2017 and 2020 and has now drawn level with 1. FFC Frankfurt with a total of seven wins.