Frauen Bundesliga Spieltag 10 Review

Brief Frauen Bundesliga Spieltag 10 review:

Spieltag 10 provided the rare opportunity of matches between 1-2; 3-4; 5-6; 7-8; 9-10; 11-12 place teams in the Frauen Bundesliga. What resulted was an entertaining Sunday of matches that enabled some teams to move up on the table.

 FFC Frankfurt 0—VfL Wolfsburg 1

Connie Pohlers goal in the 15^th minute against her former team secured Wolfsburg’s victory against Frankfurt.  The match consisted of both teams being cautious and respecting each other’s ability. Ralph Kellerman has successfully tweaked Wolfsburg’s defense and has not lost since doing so. Sven Kahlert’s team, perhaps the victim of too much tweaking, continues to struggle despite the numerous amount of talent on Frankfurt’s squad. Wolfsburg replaced Frankfurt in the third spot of the Frauen Bundesliga table—knocking Frankfurt down to fourth.

USV Jena 2—Bayer Leverkusen  1

Only two points separated USV Jena and Bayer Leverkusen prior to Spieltag 10. USV Jena’s victory over Bayer Leverkusen was only their second of the season.  Amber Hearn scored from Julia Arnold’s free kick into the box during the first half for Jena. Arnold continued to be instrumental for Jena. Superb passing by Arnold led to Schmutzler delivering a perfect ball for Schiewe to score Jena’s second goal. Substitute Isabelle Linden spoiled Schroffeneger’s clean sheet in 83^rd minute.  Leverkusen remains in the bottom position with a mere three points. Jena moves to 10^th place, just one point ahead of Bayern München.

1 FFC Turbine Potsdam 2  --FCR 2001 Duisburg 3

Turbine Potsdam suffered their first loss of the season yet remain in first place in the Frauen Bundesliga. Despite Potsdam only allowing two goals during the first nine matches of the season, Duisburg managed to score three against Potsdam all within the second half. Potsdam initially took the lead by successfully working the ball from deep in the box to the unmarked weak-side allowing Hanebeck to have a clear shot on goal. Potsdam’s second goal came just before half when Duisburg’s Bresonik attempted to clear a floating free kick. Bresonik’s backward header failed to clear over the goal and landed far from the reach of goal keeper, Bellinghoven, and into the goal. Bresonik’s streak of misfortune continued, missing a penalty kick (hand ball). Although Alyssa Naeher made the save, Bresonik’s kick was struck poorly—without pace and low towards the left post

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Bresonik’s atonement for her mistakes began immediately at the start of the second half.  While taking on her defender towards the goal, Bresonik’s shot managed to pull Naeher out of the goal. Although her shot seemed to be slightly deflected by Naeher, Ando was waiting at the far post to make a diving finish. Ando quickly retrieved the ball from the back of the net and ran it back to the center of the pitch. Duisburg stayed calm and determined. Alexandra Popp scored by powering in a diving header after a weak Ando header ricocheted off the crossbar. Duisburg’s go-ahead-goal was the result of Laudehr schooling Potsdam’s defense. Using quick 1v1 skills on the right side of the box, Laudehr was able to free herself and deliver a perfectly timed ball to the left side. Bresonik precise timing allowed her to rocket the ball into the net and be swarmed with her teammate's tackling celebrations.

Turbine Potsdam’s offense was shut down by a stellar performance defensively by Duisburg. Anonma and Nagasato had few free moments away from tight pressure. Potsdam was unable to patiently establish any offensive movement during the second half and began to send in long balls to the well-marked strikers.

The win closes the gap between Duisburg and Potsdam. Potsdam’s lead is now only two points.

DFBtv Highlights:

FC Bayern München 1 Lok Leipzig 2

Despite equalizing in the 49^th minute, Bayern München gave up the game winning goal just a minute later. Lok Leipzig takes advantage of the win by moving from tenth place to eighth. Bayern München drops to the relegation zone in 11^th place.

SC Bad Neuenahr  1  Hamburger SV 0

Germany’s young star, Okoyino da Mbabi, continues to dominate and impress. Scoring the lone goal for Bad Neuenahr, Okoyino da Mbabi has strengthened Bad Neuenahr's position in the Bundesliga table. Although they remain in 7^th place, Bad Neuenahr is now two points ahead of Lok Leipzig and three points ahead of Hamburger in the standings.

SG Essen-Schönebeck 0 –SC Freiburg 2

SC Freiburg gained ground on Essen-Schönebeck with their 2-0 shutout against the home team. Sainio and Kayikci both scored in the first half.

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What is going on with Frankfurt?

Frauen Bundesliga Spieltag 8 Pre-Match notes

Frauen Bundesliga Spieltag 8

6 November 2011

All start times listed as local German times.

Uhr:                       Home       --   Visitor

11:00                       SC Freiburg   -- FFC Frankfurt  (Live on DFB TV)

13:30                     USV Jena – Lok Leipzig

14:00                     VfL Wolfsburg – Bayer 04 Leverkusen

14:00                     Bayern Munchen – Turbine Potsdam

14:00                    Bad Neuenahr –FCR 2001 Duisburg

14:00                     Essen-Schonebeck –Hamburger SV

Pre-Match notes:

• 9th place USV Jena battles 10^th place Lok Leipzig. Both teams have only one match—Jena higher in standings because of one draw.  Leipzig has scored 5 goals this season compared to Jena’s miserable two. However, Jena has not conceded as many goals (3 less; 18—21)
•   Essen-Schonebeck could have a difficult time against Hamburger SV.  Just how good is Essen?
•   Bottom teams, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Bad Neuenahr will probably remain as the bottom two teams after this week.  Will be interesting to see if Okoyino da Mbabi can be effective against Duisburg.  Although this young star has only scored one goal this season in the Bundesliga, last weekend she scored three during Bad Neuenahr’s DFB Pokal match
•   What will attendance number’s look like? Difficult to compare numbers due to numerous free tickets given in the regular NCAA Women’s Soccer home games—but my question for the weekend is if the NCAA women’s Soccer conference tournament matches will have a higher attendance than the Frauen Bundesliga. 

Frauen DFB Pokal Cup Round of 16 Review (30-10-11)

Frauen DFB Pokal Round of 16:

Frankfurt 1 Wolfsburg 0

Wolfsburg’s dream of winning the DFB Pokal cup was disrupted by last year’s champions, FFC Frankfurt. According to VfL Wolfsburg’s website, Wolfsburg had early scoring chances but failed to convert. Frankfurt’s goal keeper, Angerer, made a few key saves to secure the clean sheet. (In this season’s Bundesliga action, Angerer has only given up one goal) 

Wolfsburg’s folly occurred during the second half. Playing an offside trap (which is risky against any team and perhaps not wise against Frankfurt), Wolfsburg’s Verena Faißt tried to push away a dangerous pass with Frankfurt’s Garefrekes approaching. Unfortunately for Faißt and Wolfsburg, the ball was pushed into the goal, giving Frankfurt a 1-0 lead due to an own goal. (KICKER has an excellent photo of the own goal) 

To make matters worse for Wolfsburg, Goeßling picked up her second yellow of the match. Although playing down a player, Wolfsburg still battled offensively for the elusive tying goal. Despite throwing numbers forward into the offensive attack, Wolfsburg  could not score and was eliminated from the DFB Pokal Cup.

Lok Leipzig 6 FV Löchgau 1

Lok Leipzig had few problems against 2 Bundesliga South team, FV Löchgau.  Six different players scored for Leipzig. FV Löchgau’s goal was a penalty kick by Van Bonn in the 20^th minute.

Lok Leipzig’s goals:

Klotz (11), Toth (35), Ebermann (39), Lübcke (63), Heller (70), M. Hermann (81)  M. Herrmann (81)

Hamburger SV 2 SC Freiburg 0

Hamburger SV secured their advanvement into the next round by scoring two goals in the second half against another top flight Bundesliga team, SC Freiburg.  Hamburger had previously defeated Freiburg 2-3 during the Frauen Bundesliga 6^th round match. Kameraj scored twice for Hamburger during that match and scored Hamburger’s second goal to ensure Hamburger’s advancement into the next round during today's DFB Pokal Cup.

Goals: Timmerman (48), Kameraj (86)

Turbine Potsdam 4 VFL Sindefingen 1

Nagasato scored twice, leading Turbine Potsdam to a comfortable victory over VFL Sindefingen. Berger started in goal for Turbine Potsdam.

Bayern Munchen 2 USV Jena 0

Bayern Munchen and USV Jena were scoreless at the end of regulations and needed extra time to proclaim a winner.  Bayern Munchen scored early in over time, with a goal by Lotzen in the 94^th minute. Bachor’s goal in the 110^th minute secured Bayern’s victory. USV Jena’s coach, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg seemed to have unsuccessfully altered her formation/starting line-up that was showing progress during the last few weeks.

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 3 1899 Hoffenheim 1

Celia Okoyino da Mbabi dominated this match for Bad Neuenahr. Okoyino da Mbabi secured her hat-trick in the 69^th minute due to a penalty kick.  C. Schneider scored for Hoffenheim in the 76th minute to deny Bad Neuenahr’s Schult a clean sheet.

FSV Gütersloh 2 Werder Bremen 1

FSV Gütersloh needed over time to defeat Werder Bremen. Widoswki opened the scoring for Gütersloh in the 22^nd minute. Werder Bremen was able to level it up just before half time with a goal by Wallenhorst. The winning goal was scored in the 106^th minute by Anabel Jāger, who according to KICKER, is only 17 years old!

Duisburg 10 Herforder 0

Duisburg had little trouble piling on the goals against Herforder. Popp achieved an impressive “double” hat-trick, scoring six goals—including the four final goals. For a more detailed look at Popp’s achievement, please go here.

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FFC Frankfurt versus FC Bayern München

Final score: 7-1

Goals: Bajramaj (10) Garefrekes (14) Smisek (29) Smisek (32) Smisek (35) Feiersinger (41) Garefrekes (75) Landstrӧm (85)

Starters:

Frankfurt: 

Angerer

Percival     Krieger     Kumagai    Bartusiak

Huth   Behringer    Garefrekes   M. Weber

Smisek   Bajramaj

Subs: Lewandoski for Kumagai (46); Maroszan for Bartusiak (68); Landstrӧm for Krieger (77)

Bayern München

Längert

Schöne   B. Eder   De Pol  Bachor  Wenninger

Hartmannsegger   Schnaderbeck   Wimbersky

Bürki     Feiersinger

Subs:  Paukner for Bachor (46); Rudelic for Hartmannsegger (61)  Prohaska for Wimbersky (77)

Watch video highlights on DFB TV http://tv.dfb.de/index.php?view=3814

Frankfurt needed only 10 minutes to score against Bayern München in front of their largest crowd of the season (3230).  Bajramaj ignited Frankfurt’s offensive dominance with her fifth goal of the season.  Garefrekes continued the scoring four minutes later by just managing to loft the ball over a diving Bayern goal keeper, Längert. Sandra Smisek’s hat trick was achieved in just six minutes, scoring at the 29^th, 32^nd, and 35^th minute. Smisek’s second goal actually hit a Bayern München defender’s hand. The league has not changed the official stat as an “own goal” and most likely will not. 

Frankfurt conceded its first goal of the season just prior to the end of the first half. Frankfurt’s defense was pushed up and Feiersinger was able to reach the ball before Angerer could make any contact at the top right hand corner of the box. Angerer acknowledged jokingly after the match that she was “caught playing out in the field.” Regardless of Frankfurt’s momentarily lapse of defensive superiority and Angerer’s mistake, Feiersinger’s spin placed on the ball was something to see.  The ball shot from the top corner of the box mysteriously spins into the goal as if attached to a string.

Garefrekes and Landstöm added to Frankfurt’s goal total in the second half. The seven goals scored assured Frankfurt a first place standing in the Bundesliga over other undefeated team, Turbine Potsdam, based on goal differential. 

Bayer 04 Leverkusen versus SC Freiburg

Final Score 1-5

Goals:  Boschert (5 PK); Kayikci (10); Sainio (40); Dej (59); Makanza (80); Zirnstein (90)

Starters:

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Klink

Kasperczyk   Elsig   Knoop   Priessen

                 F. Weber

Hendrich    Barth     Dej

Schwab   Knaak

Subs:  Beckmann for Barth( 46); Bakir for Kasperczyk (53); Knopf for Dej (70)

SC Freiburg:

Benkarth

Boschert     Abbe   Wendlinger

Sainio   Miraoui    Leupolz   I. Meyer   Hegenauer

Kayikci   Lohmann

Subs:  Makanza for Kayikci (22); Igwe for Hegenauer (83); Zirnstein for I. Meyer (86)

Bayer Leverkusen's only change from last week’s starting line-up was Prießen for injured Götte. Unfortunately for Leverkusen, the result against Freiburg was similar to last week’s result against Frankfurt.  Trouble started early for Leverkusen—defender Elsing took down Sainio in the box. Boschert converted the awarded penalty kick giving Freiburg the early lead.  Kayicki added to Leverkusen’s woes, scoring in the 10^th minute.Kayicki left the game in the 22^nd minute with a possible broken arm.  

Leverkusen suffered mentally and could not hold possession. Dej did manage to score for Leverkusen, disrupting Benkarth’s shoutout. SC Freiburg has always proven to be a dangerous offensive team.  With this victory, Freiburg is now in sixth place with ten points. Bayern Leverkusen, continues to struggle. The loss puts them in the relegation zone only one point ahead of last place Bad Neuenahr.

FCR 2001 Duisburg versus USV Jena

Final Score: 3-0

Starters:

Duisburg:

Bellinghoven

Wensing   Krahn   Neboli  Himmighofen

Bresonik

Ando    Laudehr    Oster  

Popp    Islacker

Subs:  Cengiz for Oster (20)   Groenen for Ando (52) Müller for Islacker (77)

USV Jena:

Schroffenegger

Roelvink  Radtke  Löser  Brosius

Milde   Schiewe    J. Arnold    Seiler

Hearn    S. Arnold

Subs: Salkunic for Milde (63) Schmutzler for Seiler (75)  Beil for J. Arnold (84)

The return to Duisburg for coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg failed to produce any magical upsets for USV Jena.  Duisburg had to play without Stefanie Weichelt due to the flu.  USV stubbornly defended Duisburg for much of the first half. Duisburg finally scored in the 57^th minute after Popp headed a Wensing kick to Mandy Islacker who successfully finished for Duisburg’s first goal.  Bresonik and Müller scored to provide Duisburg with a confident victory.  With the victory, Duisburg is in third place with 19 points. USV is dangerously lingering above the relegation zone in 9^th place—ahead of Lok Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen, and Bad Neuenahr.

 Watch the post match press conference (in German from XtranewsTV) here:

Turbine Potsdam versus SC 07 Bad Neuenahr

Final score 1-0

Goals: Cramer (70)

Starters:

Potsdam:

Naeher

B. Schmidt   Peter  Kemme

Zeitz   Odebrecht  Hanebeck  Cramer

Nagasato   Mittag   Anonma

Subs: I. Kerschowski for B. Schmidt (61)  Göransson for Mittag (75) De Ridder for Nagasato (86)

Bad Neuenahr:

Schult

Störzel   C. Schröder   L. Maier  Hoyle

Kuznik  

Pyko  Petzelberger   Doorsoun-Khajeh

Okoyino da Mbabi   Gregorius

Subs: Rosler for Okoyino da Mbabi (38)

Few would have expected last place Bad Neuenahr to hold Turbine Potsdam scoreless until the 70^th minute. Nor would many have expected Bad Neuenahr to prevent Anonma and Nagasato from scoring—but that is exactly what Bad Neuenahr did.  Although Turbine Potsdam dominated the match, the final score reflects an uninspiring performance.  Bad Neuenahr’s Okoyino da Mbabi once again suffered with an injury and had to leave the match in the 38^th minute. It was reported that she suffered a shoulder injury.  Potsdam’s only goal came as a result of an Odebrecht cross that was headed in by Cramer.  The result finds Potsdam in second place behind Frankfurt due to goal differential.

FC Lok Leipzig versus SG Essen-Schönebeck

Final Score: 0-4

Goals: C. Hartmann (8); Dallmann (75); Bade (86); Bemmelen (88)

Starters:

Lok Leipzig

Härling

Van Bonn  Freitag   Lahr

Schinkel   Heller

L.  Schneider  Lübcke  Szuh

Patzke   L. Meyer

Subs: Ebermann for Patzke (58) M. Herrmann for Heller (71) Krengel for Freitag (80)

Essen-Schōnebeck:

Holl

Dōrpinghaus   da Silva Costa   Klasen

Martini

Hamann   C. Hartmann   Wolf

Subs: Freutel for Hamann (51) Bemmelen for Wolf (63)  Leiding for Klasen (72)

Ursula Holl achieved her second shut-out of the season as Essen-Schönebeck defeated Lok Leipzig 4-0. Lok Leipzig managed to hold fifth place Essen to only one early goal during the first half. However, Essen overpowered Leipzig the second half with three additional goals.

Hamburger SV versus VfL Wolfsburg

Final Score: 3-1

Goals: Müller (6), J. Wich (56), Goeßling (57), Smith (90+)

Starters:

Hamburger:

B. Weech

Hepfer  Haye  Meiforth

Saländer   Kameraj

F. Engel  Ewers

Bagehorn   J. Wich  Timmermann 

Subs: Brūggemann for F. Engel (80) Schoknecht for Hepfer (83)

Wolfsburg:

Vetterlein

Faißt  Tetzlaff   Henning   Smith

Keßller  Goeßling   Jakabfi 

M. Müller   Pohlers  Moser

Subs:  Blässe for Moser (59); I. Hartmann for Müller (75); Bunte for Jakabfi for (90)

Hamburger has shown that little in regards to home field advantage. Their loss to Wolfsburg  at home brought their record at home to 0-4. Müller scored the only goal for either side in the first half for Wolfsburg. Jessica Wich allowed Hamburger to stay competitive in the derby, scoring in the 56^th minute.  Goeßling gave Wolfsburg the lead in the 57^th minute and New Zealand international Rebecca Smith scored her first goal in extra time.  The win secured 4^th place for Wolfsburg while Hamburger drops to 8^th.

For current Frauen Bundesliga Stats: http://krocsports.blogspot.com/2011/10/frauen-bundesliga-stats-after-spieltag_16.html

Results of my Week 2 predictions

Montag/Monday’s “How did Kroc Do” report:

Here is a fun look at my previous weeks Frauen Bundesliga’s predictions

My Prediction: Bayer Leverkusen 0  Turbine Potsdam 5

Actual score: Bayer Leverkusen 0  Turbine Potsdam 3

I probably jumped on the “nobody can beat Turbine Potsdam” wagon just a little too early.  History was made. Anonma scored Turbine Potsdam’s 1000^th goal. Congratulations on the milestone! Now, can I have a free jersey? A poster? Something?

My Prediction: Hamburg 0 Duisburg 2

Actual Score: Hamburg 0 Duisburg 2

Thank you Duisburg!  (Duisburg has yet to play a consistent 90 minute match)

My Prediction: Lok Leipzig 0 Frankfurt 3

Actual score: Lok Leipzig 0 Frankfurt 4

With American Ali Krieger scoring—I’ll accept that Frankfurt scored one more goal than I had predicted.  How awesome was it that Lok Leipzig had 1,692 fans at their match? I hope that they will have large crowds the entire season!

My Prediction: Wolfsburg  2 Bad Neuenahr 0

Actual Score: Wolfsburg 1 Bad Neuenahr 1

Wolfsburg was lucky to escape with one point. Bad news (did I just write “Bad” for “Bad Neuenahr”? I did.) Disturbing news for Bad Neuenahr--  Young forward, Celina Okiyono da Mbabi is out for at least four weeks with a high ankle sprain (syndesmosis for all of the ankle injury geeks out there). Bad Neuenahr now has most of the team’s strikers injured.  Their coach has stated that Okiyono da Mbabi has probably had this injury since the France World Cup game.  Prior to the match,  Bad Neuenahr’s coach stated that Okiyono da Mbabi was only playing at about 60-70%--yet she played the entire match against Wolfsburg. Hmmmmm.

My Prediction: Freiburg 1 Bayern Munchen 2

Actual: Freiburg 3 Bayern Munchen 1

Last week I did not pick Bayern despite believing that they are a solid team. This week I picked them knowing that Freiburg could easily upset them. Should have gone with my hunch. Freiburg’s Leupolz is the real deal. Bayern needs extra practice with finishing drills.

My Prediction: Essen-Schonebeck 0 USV Jena 1

Actual Score: Essen-Schonebeck 1 USV Jena 0

Perhaps Martina Voss-Tecklenburg will have better luck after the winter break.

 For a serious more in depth review of Spieltag 2, Click HERE