Hard times lie behind the Göttingen professional footballer and national player Pauline Bremer, but now she can laugh again: With her club, the German Cup winner VfL Wolfsburg, she not only has all the trumps in the Bundesliga, the “Wolves” also have in the Champions League reached the quarter-finals with a win against Chelsea and above all: Bremer is back in the thick of it instead of just being there after long months of injury.
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As soon as she moved from Manchester City to Wolfsburg in 2020, what was not allowed to happen happened: Bremer not only tore a cruciate ligament, other ligaments were also affected – for the woman from Göttingen the serious injury meant after a double broken leg in hers Time in England another setback. She could only celebrate the DFB Cup victory with Wolfsburg as a spectator.
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The knee has healed well
In the meantime, however, the 25-year-old exudes a lot of confidence again. “I am very satisfied with the regeneration of my knee,” she says. It was clear that the joint had to get used to the strain again. Sometimes the knee still reacted a little after a high strain, “but then it was mostly everything is fine again the next day “. The healing process went so well “that I actually don’t notice anything in the game or during training,” says Bremer.
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The striker has already made her first appearances for Wolfsburg, including in the Champions League match against Chelsea. “I’m just very happy to be introduced to the team again. There have already been a few games that I was allowed to play or in which I was substituted on “- for the girl from Göttingen it was an important sign” that in a time when we simply had a lot of games and did not train much, I did I got missions to get the rhythm back ”.
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The people in charge at VfL are very careful to ensure that the load is properly controlled, “that I don’t play three games for 90 minutes within seven days. It just doesn’t work that way at the moment, but the coaches also have a keen eye for it. “Of course, it is important to her to get a regular place,” and I would like to play every game, but I know that it is a process “. She thinks it’s very good that “the coaches don’t take any chances and don’t burn me straight away”. On the contrary, it builds up slowly, but therefore also has the certainty “that I can give full throttle when I’m on the pitch”.
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Bremer still has big plans for Wolfsburg this season. “We made it into the next round of the Champions League with a really good game against Chelsea, so a very interesting lot is waiting for Arsenal. Of course we want to go as far as possible, ”she says. VfL is also doing well in the league, “you just have to stick with it. This season you have already seen that a lot can happen. The teams are very close together, which is of course very nice for the tension in the league. We just want to consistently win our games and play for the championship, ”explains the 25-year-old. And the DFB Cup? “Of course we want to defend that too”.
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Visit from Göttingen at the game against Chelsea London
The girl from Göttingen was particularly pleased recently that she was cheered on by Göttingen companions of her old club SVG 07 in the Champions League game against Chelsea London in Wolfsburg. At the end there was even a group picture with a poster brought from Göttingen. “It was really nice that the SVGers were there,” says Bremer. “I knew that they wanted to come, but not that they would paint such a beautiful poster.” It is simply nice when they feel the support from home in this way and their old friends are so present. “Wolfsburg can be done from a distance so that a lot of people can watch. I’m happy about that, and it was much less possible in the years that I played abroad. “
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Pauline Bremer is fully back, she is right in the middle of it, instead of just being there, but the time of suffering has not been forgotten. “Above all, I wish for good health in the coming year,” she says. In sporting and personal terms, she naturally strives for “maximum success” and says about herself and VfL Wolfsburg: “We have a lot in our own hands and want to be part of all competitions. And of course health is very important for this. “
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