Trainer Markus Högner spoke after the game against Meppen of a “brutally difficult week” that his team had put behind them. Being eliminated from the cup took a lot of strength. And just four days later, the hardworking women had to flip the switch again and fight for important points for the women’s Bundesliga in Emsland. In the end, after an increase in performance in the second half, there was an important point that can still be worth its weight in gold at the back. Now the teams in third to fifth place are waiting for our girls, two of them away.
It starts with the home game against the SC Freiburgfor by losing at competitor Eintracht Frankfurt the gap to the international places has grown to seven points. Frankfurt has to work with Bremen women who have strengthened. In order not to lose the connection completely at an early stage, the Breisgau women have to take part in the Hafenstrasse So it’s best to score three times. This also applies – with the opposite sign – to our team. If we win, the distance to the teams behind us will at least be maintained. So we have an important game ahead of us. And a heavy one, like trainers Markus Högner says: “Freiburg are a really good team that has developed really well in recent years. We had to experience that painfully in the first leg. They have a great transition game at high speed.”
Both teams need the points
Points would be extremely important for both teams. Especially in the bottom half of the table, Bremen’s intermediate spurt with two wins in Leverkusen and Potsdam led to a significant narrowing of the lead over the relegation zone. The girls from Schönebeck were able to take their good run from autumn into the new year and beat it 1. FC Cologne 4-0 and showed a courageous performance over two thirds of the game against Wolfsburg. And on Sunday they proved that they can now deal well with setbacks SV Meppenwhen they took on the fight just four days after the cup break with heavy legs and defeat in their heads and had earned a point on the way back to Essen
Högner relies on the fans against a “well-established team”.
So now Freiburg. Many players who came to Breisgau young have developed very well in the meantime. There would be for example Janina Minge to name that meanwhile also in the National team was appointed. And of course Hasret Kayikci as the linchpin in the Freiburg game: “Freiburg follows a similar concept to ours, but can fall back on more experience. They’re a very well-established team at the top Bundesliga level,” said the coach. And pushes afterwards: “We want to build on our performances from the home games against Cologne and Wolfsburg, be handy and be compact. We then want to find our way into the game with a stable defense.” Markus Högner is also aware that this will not be an easy task: “It will be difficult, but I hope for our spectators and fans again.” The coaching team can draw on an abundance of personnel . Kick-off in the stadium on Hafenstrasse is on Sunday at 4 p.m.
