Bundesliga 2018-19, Bayern Munich or bust!

I think Essen will score at least one goal today, but their defense still isn't strong enough to stop Wolfsburg from scoring 3, 4, or 5.

So I'll mainly be watching this match to see how Oberdorf looks in her new CM role, facing an opponent who'll test her tactical maturity; but will also want to see if Essen's coach actually brave enough to use Dallmann in a role she can positively effect the match too.

EDIT: lol and now I see Oberdorf's not playing...

 

Forget what I said lol... this is going to be a very easy victory for Wolfsburg. Other than the weak defense, Essen's attack options aren't anything like I thought they would be.

 

I'll give Essen one thing; they are brave, so creds for that

Alexandra Popp should've had two assists, and once again she's showing why I much more prefer her in a midfield role than as a forward with Schüller. I don't think Doorsoun has impressed at all, I hope for more good balls from her in the second half.

Babett Peter should've had a goal though as this is what everyone dreams off: being in the box of the opposition completely unmarked, then to receive a flawless ball with no bounce just a normal pass and then shoot... unfortunately for her she couldn't get it on goal

I hope Essen can tie though so Bayern can build up a lead...
I notice though that Magull scored two goals and Leupolz didn't even play...

 

And yes, I was really excited to see Oberdorf as well so shame that she's not playing... I wonder why?

 

Poor coaching...? As Essen seem to do this EVERY time they face Wolfsburg.

Klasen might be one of the best attacking, but defensively mindless FB's I've seen in this league too lol, only being saved by the good work of Brüggemann, Knaak, and Wolfsburg's awful finishing.

Plus with Wu not being offensively competent, I don't honestly understand what the coaching is thinking to start her ahead of somebody like Anyomi, in a match Wolfsburg's RB is Peter, a defender known to struggle with 1v1 duels.

 

Well why not give her some time against top opposition except from Peter to give her a taste of where the level is

ohh Wolfsburg scored... Harder

 

When she was substituted on her league debut away from home, it came with her being applauded off the field due to how impressive her overall performance was.

That's not happening because Oberdorf's just another impressive young player, and that's why people wanted to see what she can do versus the league toughest opposition.

LOL, your blaming Popp for providing perfect assists, only to see various players on her team miss them...?

 

Alex Popp got her assist

 

wow... I think Johannes just suffered the exact same type of non contact ankle break Wensing went through.

 

So everyone who does assist for Wolfsburg shouldn't get credit for it because they're playing for Wolfsburg...?

I think Popp's Germany's best player atm, and she has everything to be a really strong box to box midfielder instead of wasting her on top for Germany

 

Wolfsburg aren't that good... but Essen's defense is 100% as bad as I thought it was prior to the match starting.

But if it was so easy to create chances, why is it consistently Popp and not her more celebrated attack minded peers...?

 

Commentator said she's probably broken her foot
Going to the hospital to check it

 

Even with the inferior quality within his squad, I always feel like Essen's coach incapable of selecting a team to take advantage of his players best attributes.

Like never recruiting any defenders, means his best mid-field options continue to be exposed for their weak defensive attributes.

And with a decent amount of strength in attacking areas, I still don't understand how every match versus Wolfsburg ends the same way; this with Essen looking like a bottom 3 club.

 

Probably...?

She 100% snapped her ankle trying to block Popp's pass. Her foot taking all her body weight, making it shift perpendicular to the rest of her leg, just like the injury Wensing suffered.

You can see on the replay where her right foot gets stuck in the turf, and turns back on it's self to the point of breaking.

 

Let's hope Johannes's career ends like Wensing's... Yeah she's playing but her career should've become much more than playing for Werder Bremen...

 

I hope they don't show Essen vs Wolfsburg matches anymore. Essen's coach never wants to attack Wolfsburg's weakness with his best players, and Wolfsburg have easy matches carving through Essen's awful defensive shape, highlighted by Klasen's constant inability to accomplish the basics of whats required as a modern FB.

 

Wensing's story isn't over yet, but somebody like Marina Hegering is real example of what can happen when persistent long term injuries continue to stifle the development of a promising youth international.

So it's going to take a few years to know if Johannes will ever return to playing football at the same standard she's at right now, but as long as there's no major complications with rehabilitation, I think ankle breaks are injuries young players can overcome.