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19:17
The wolves press early, but Essen manages to free itself playfully.
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19:15
The ball rolls, the women from Essen kick off.
19:11
The teams come to the stadium on Hafenstrasse. Referee Kathrin Heimann chooses sides. It’s about to start here.
18:53
The Essen women’s last game actually took place at the beginning of April because of the international games and the international break. Coach Markus Högner changes only once after the 1-1 draw against SC Sand. Kockmann takes a seat on the bench, Baijings begins for her.
18:49
On the staff: Compared to the, as I said, very convincing performance against FC Barcelona, coach Tommy Stroot changes only twice today. Wedemeyer and Popp start for Wilms and Jonsdottir (both bench).
18:30
Let’s take a look back at Saturday. The Wolves went into the second leg in their home arena with a 5-1 mortgage from the first leg. Although they were eliminated, they defeated the unbeaten women of FC Barcelona 2-0 in front of a record crowd of over 20,000 spectators and gained plenty of self-confidence for the final spurt of the season with the last league games and the cup final in Cologne at the end of May .
18:26
To do that, however, you have to win here in Essen today. For the hosts, who are in tenth place, today it’s about making the almost certain relegation also mathematically perfect. But even in the event of a defeat, it would have to be hell for SC Sand to catch up on the five-point deficit in two remaining games.
18:14
Because the Wolves played the Champions League semi-final against FC Barcelona last weekend, the game against SGS Essen was postponed to this Wednesday. With a win, the VFL women would increase their lead over second-placed FC Bayern Munich, with only two games left, to four points and be close to winning the league.
18:09
Good evening and welcome to the conclusion of match day 20 in the women’s Bundesliga. The game between SGS Essen and VFL Wolfsburg kicks off at 7:15 p.m.!