Women’s Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg presented four newcomers ahead of the new season, with Pauline Bremer, Lena Oberdorf and Kathrin Hendrich already making their debut at the Champions League final in Spain at the end of August. Katarzyna Kiedrzynek, who came from Paris-Saint Germain on a free transfer, had to be patient. On Friday, in the 3-0 win at the Bundesliga opener against SGS Essen, she was given preference over Friederike Abt for the first time, who ousted Hedvig Lindahl (Atletico Madrid) who had migrated after the Corona break and became number 1. At the start of the league, the Polish national goalkeeper was self-confident, whipped her team loudly from the line and parried strongly in the 70th minute in a one-on-one against Nicole Anyomi. “I was really happy to finally be able to play. And the fact that zero is behind is always the most important thing for a goalkeeper,” said the 29-year-old.
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VfL women against Essen – The pictures of the game
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On the first day of the women’s Bundesliga in the 2020/21 season, VfL Wolfsburg met SGS Essen
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After seven seasons in Paris, the Pole recently had difficult years with the French. After being a top performer and a big fan favorite for years, PSG brought Chilean Christiane Endler in 2017. First there was an interplay in the Paris goal, then Endler (after a top World Cup in 2019) was preferred, and Kiedrzynek sat more on the bench. At VfL she now wants to establish herself in the goal – and has the opportunity to do so. Trainer Stephan Lerch: “Kasia will be between the posts for now.”
Even at the Champions League tournament, it was a close decision between Abt and Kiedrzynek, said Lerch. “One percent” made the difference. In the CL final against Lyon, Abt did not look good with the first and third goals conceded, the race for the place in the VfL goal (which Almuth Schult wants to intervene again during the season) was open again.
Now the Polish woman is playing. “I always see what is good for the team and the overall success – and so I have now decided on Kasia,” said Lerch. “She was able to excel in one situation or another. But even with high balls she has shown a good presence and has always offered herself to relocate the game. The communication is also getting better and better, it is on a very good path and has made a confident appearance! “
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Kiedrzynek himself was also satisfied. “Of course there is always room for improvement. I can get better and so can the team. But it was a great start to the new season and a strong performance by the team“, she said after the Essen game.” We are fully focused on winning titles again this season. “Winning titles, she hadn’t succeeded in Paris – the top club always had to line up behind Olympique Lyon in the competitions , was also defeated in the final of the premier class against Frankfurt in 2015.
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The remaining games of the first match day were tough: permanent rivals FC Bayern Munich sat down with 6: 0 clearly against SC Sand through, with Marina Hegering, Sarah Zadrazil, Lea Schüller and Viviane Asseyi, four newcomers met directly. However, things didn’t go so well for the Hoffenheim team, who had to admit defeat 1: 3 at Turbine Potsdam. Bayer Leverkusen surprisingly defeated SC Freiburg (2-1), while there was no winner in the duel between MSV Duisburg and newly promoted SV Meppen (0-0). Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated a successful Bundesliga premiere with a 5-1 win against promoted Werder Bremen.
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