Bayern Munich Frauen romp to 5-0 victory over SGS Essen
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Bayern Munich’s women’s team is cruising, to say the least, and got their most recent victory with a 5-0 rout against SGS Essen on Friday.
It did not take long at all for the Bavarians to get things going, with only three and a half minutes gone when Giulia Gwinn whipped in a cross for Pernille Harder to score.
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Things went from bad to worse for Essen when captain Jaqueline Meißner got sent off for a last-ditch challenge on Franziska Kett. The resulting free kick saw Linda Dallmann score a header from close range. Dallmann thus celebrated her recent contract extension. All of the above happened in the opening nine minutes of the game.
However, despite being a player up early on, Bayern did not immediately put Essen to the sword. Rather, they took a more reserved approach, possibly looking ahead to their midweek Champions League clash against Manchester United. Halftime came and Bayern were only(?) two goals to the good.
But a player disadvantage will cost a team dearly against the current Bayern side, and it was only a matter of time before the visitors started scoring again. Harder earned a penalty in the 67th minute, which she converted herself.
Barely four minutes later, Bernadette Amani delivered an outstanding pass with the outside of her boot, and Carolin Simon found it to cross to Natalia Padilla-Bidas for the fourth goal of the evening. Finally, Edna Imade continued her good form since her Bayern debut by adding the finishing touches on another statement win in the 88th minute.
Bayern thus collected their seventeenth consecutive league win of the season, and maintained their 11-point gap over VfL Wolfsburg with six games of the Bundesliga season remaining. Three more wins will clinch a fourth consecutive Meisterschale for the German champions. As aforementioned, Bayern’s next outing will be in the red side of Manchester as they look to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2021.