“We just have to be there from the first minute to have a chance in a game like this,” said Bötel angrily. Afterwards he saw how his team found their way a little better – and shortened. After Toni Reinemann’s goal to make it 7:9 (15th minute), the Oldenburg women seemed to have finally arrived and kept up. And: After 25 minutes there was even a chance to reduce the score to 12:13 after a blocked ball. But BVB keeper Tess Lieder parried – and thus initiated the next strong phase for the Dortmund team, who coldly punished the hosts’ mistakes with quick counterattacks. “Even though you had the chance to get a little closer, Dortmund took advantage of the experience they have in the team,” said Bötel. After 30 minutes, Oldenburg was back from a five-goal deficit and Dortmund went into the half-time break with a 17:12 lead. “That’s a mortgage then.”
The guests didn’t give up their lead as the game progressed. After the break, VfL appeared to be much more energetic in defense, with Sophie Fasold making a few saves to create the opportunity to shorten the gap again. But Oldenburg was too often flawed on offense and did not find the necessary pace to pose problems for the BVB defense, which was also well positioned. Rather, the guests presented themselves extremely concentrated, played tactically disciplined and were hardly disturbed in their attacks. This meant that they hardly made it clear that they had only started the journey to Lower Saxony with a small squad. The Huntestadt team reduced the score to three goals in the final phase, but more was not possible. Bötel: “Dortmund is making it difficult for us to get back into the game. They did well and deserved to win.”
VfL Oldenburg – Borussia Dortmund 23:26 (12:17)
VfL: Kohorst, Fasold, Humpert – Borutta, Teiken, Reinemann (12/5), Martens (1), Steffen, Carstensen (1), Feiniler (1), Pfundstein (2), Röpcke (1), Knippert (2) , Korsten, Golla (3), Ronge
2024-01-31 22:02:10
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