BVB women suffer first competitive defeat

Match Report

BVB women suffer first competitive defeat

Despite taking the lead, the BVB women's team fell to a 3-1 (1-0) defeat away to FC Iserlohn in their opening Westfalenliga match on Sunday afternoon. 

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Despite taking the lead, the BVB women's team fell to a 3-1 (1-0) defeat away to FC Iserlohn in their opening Westfalenliga match on Sunday afternoon.

It was a start that the BVB women's footballers had imagined differently. Coach Thomas Sulewski's team kicked off their Westfalenliga campaign against last year's runners-up. And FC Iserlohn's experience paid off in the end. \"We knew what to expect and we were well prepared,\" said Sulewski, who felt his team were well equipped to deal with the step up.

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But it took them a long time to get into the game. Not much happened in the opening stages. The only real sights on goal came from long-range shots from the home team. And yet it was the Black & Yellows who took the lead: a free-kick from near the halfway line was floated onto the head of a Dortmund player at the far post. The ball was neatly placed in the centre, where Paula Reimann was on hand to finish on the slide and give BVB a 1-0 lead. 

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Borussia then missed two good chances to increase their advantage. All in all, the team did not show enough aggression in the tackles and became too passive. As a result, it was again two crosses, but this time both for the hosts, that led to two goals.

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Firstly, a set-piece from near halfway flew into Dortmund's penalty area and ended up in the back of the net following a goalmouth scramble (66). Four minutes later, it was a cross from the right that caused chaos in the centre and was punished by Iserlohn. \"That's when we realised that you have to keep working at football and can't rest on your laurels,\" said a frustrated Sulewski. Paula Weber then scored the final goal of the game for Iserlohn, running onto a cross and slotting the ball past Sandra Schröer.

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Next week, Borussia will play their first home game in the Westfalenliga, when Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal will be the guests at the Rote Erde on Sunday (kick-off 15:00 CEST). .

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Thomas Sulewski: \"I'm not at all satisfied with our first appearance in the Westfalenliga. We wanted more from the game and there was more in it for us. It must open our eyes to the fact that a 1-0 is not enough. It's good that this happened on the first matchday. We can't let it happen again, otherwise it could cost us an entire season.\"

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BVB women: Schröer - Wahle, Tayeh, Giebels (78, Willeke), Reimann, Gomulka (83, Reinhardt), Jung, Grothe, Vogel, Geldschläger (71, Böger), Naceva

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Goals: 0-1 Reimann (36), 1-1 Benninghoff (66), 2-1 Hammerschmidt (70), 3-1 Weber (79)

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It was a start that the BVB women's footballers had imagined differently. Coach Thomas Sulewski's team kicked off their Westfalenliga campaign against last year's runners-up. And FC Iserlohn's experience paid off in the end. "We knew what to expect and we were well prepared," said Sulewski, who felt his team were well equipped to deal with the step up.

But it took them a long time to get into the game. Not much happened in the opening stages. The only real sights on goal came from long-range shots from the home team. And yet it was the Black & Yellows who took the lead: a free-kick from near the halfway line was floated onto the head of a Dortmund player at the far post. The ball was neatly placed in the centre, where Paula Reimann was on hand to finish on the slide and give BVB a 1-0 lead.

Borussia then missed two good chances to increase their advantage. All in all, the team did not show enough aggression in the tackles and became too passive. As a result, it was again two crosses, but this time both for the hosts, that led to two goals.

Firstly, a set-piece from near halfway flew into Dortmund's penalty area and ended up in the back of the net following a goalmouth scramble (66). Four minutes later, it was a cross from the right that caused chaos in the centre and was punished by Iserlohn. "That's when we realised that you have to keep working at football and can't rest on your laurels," said a frustrated Sulewski. Paula Weber then scored the final goal of the game for Iserlohn, running onto a cross and slotting the ball past Sandra Schröer.

Next week, Borussia will play their first home game in the Westfalenliga, when Herforder SV Borussia Friedenstal will be the guests at the Rote Erde on Sunday (kick-off 15:00 CEST). .

Thomas Sulewski: "I'm not at all satisfied with our first appearance in the Westfalenliga. We wanted more from the game and there was more in it for us. It must open our eyes to the fact that a 1-0 is not enough. It's good that this happened on the first matchday. We can't let it happen again, otherwise it could cost us an entire season."

BVB women: Schröer - Wahle, Tayeh, Giebels (78, Willeke), Reimann, Gomulka (83, Reinhardt), Jung, Grothe, Vogel, Geldschläger (71, Böger), Naceva

Goals: 0-1 Reimann (36), 1-1 Benninghoff (66), 2-1 Hammerschmidt (70), 3-1 Weber (79)