Duel for the cup final
Lively target shooting: FC Bayern dismantles outsiders
Updated April 6, 2026 – 4:50 p.mReading time: 5 minutes
VfL Wolfsburg has already presented in the women’s DFB Cup and secured a ticket to the final. Can FC Bayern follow suit? The live ticker.
FC Bayern Munich will host SGS Essen in the semi-finals of the women’s DFB Cup. The Munich team goes into the game as heavy favorites, but Essen has already surprised several times in the competition and wants to set an exclamation mark again.
59th minute: Triple substitution for Bayern. Stanway, Harder and Kett leave the field. New are Dunst, Amani and Simon.
57th minute: Harder tries it again from the second row. However, there is an Essen leg in between.
54th minute: Now let’s eat. Touon asserts himself well on the left and hits a sharp cross in front of Mahmutovic. In the middle, Platner can’t get to the ball in a duel with two Bayern players. But it could be something for the visitors if they score a goal.
51st minute: The game plods along a bit in the opening minutes of the second half. Bayern have taken control again. Food hardly gets to the ball.
46th minute: We continue in Munich. Food changed once. Van Belle is now in the game for Kowalski.
Half-time conclusion: Clear conditions in Munich. After initial difficulties, FC Bayern now has SGS Essen completely under control in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup. The Munich team was already leading 3-0 at the break. The final can hardly be taken away from the team around DFB captain Giulia Gwinn. Essen would need a miracle to make Bayern sweat again here.
45.+4 minutes: Immediately after the goal, referee Michel blows her whistle for half-time.
45.+4 minutes: Shortly before the half-time whistle, Bayern went one better and made it 3-0. First, Dallmann finishes on the edge of the penalty area. However, this is blocked by SGS captain Ostermeier. The ball flies high into the air. Ostermeier loses his bearings and involuntarily passes the ball Imadewho tried it via direct purchase. This shot is also blocked, but Imade converts the rebound with a precise header. The decision.
45.+1 minute: There are three minutes of added time. Meanwhile, Caruso receives a yellow card because she prevents Essen from taking a free kick.
45th minute: Imade passes it back to Harder, who tries a powerful shot from distance. However, Palmen holds on to the ball.
44th minute: It’s now a game of cat and mouse. Bayern play the ball calmly around the penalty area, Essen can no longer provide relief at all.
40th minute: And that’s what happened. Bayern increase to 2-0. Tanikawa is released on the left side and has all the time in the world to get the ball in front of the Essen goal. Rises in the middle Harder highest in the crowd and sends the game equipment into the goal with a powerful header. That was way too easy. Now the task is becoming almost impossible for Essen women.
