Eintracht women win 2:1 at FC Rosengard
Eintracht Frankfurt's women's soccer team have started the group stage of the Champions League with a sense of achievement. The team coached by Niko Arnautis won 2:1 (1:0) at Swedish record champions FC Rosengard on Tuesday evening. Captain Tanja Pawollek (25th minute) and Barbara Dunst (84th minute) scored for the Bundesliga side in front of almost 1,000 spectators on the artificial pitch of the Idrottsplats stadium in Malmö after strong work from Nicole Anyomi.
Frankfurt dominated the game in the first half and could have extended their lead through Anyomi and Lara Prasnikar shortly before the break and after just under an hour. However, Hanna Andersson then hit the crossbar for Rosengard (78') as the visitors began to ease off. Dunst put an end to the trembling with her goal, even though Olivia Schough reduced the deficit to 1-2 in stoppage time. Just over three years after taking over former European Cup winners 1. FFC Frankfurt, this was Eintracht's debut in the group stage.
On November 22, the Frankfurt women will welcome defending champions FC Barcelona, featuring Spanish world champions such as Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati and Salma Paralluelo, to Deutsche Bank Park for their first home game. Their third group opponent is Benfica Lisbon.
The German champions FC Bayern Munich will face AS Roma this Wednesday (18:45/DAZN and DAZN YouTube channel). This year's Champions League finalists VfL Wolfsburg were eliminated by Paris FC before the group matches.
The Champions League victory over FC Rosengard marks Eintracht Frankfurt's women's team's debut in the group stage, following their takeover three years ago. In the upcoming group stage match at Deutsche Bank Park, they will face defending champions FC Barcelona, boasting Spanish World Cup winners like Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmati.
Source: www.dpa.com
