After a 1: 6 (0: 3) at the clearly superior FC Barcelona, VfL Wolfsburg is eliminated in the quarter -finals of the Champions League. Already the first leg had lost 1: 4 against the defending champion. The semi -finals without a German team takes place. FC Bayern Munich failed on Wednesday at Olympique Lyon.
Salma Paralluelo (10th and 20th minute), Esmee Brugts (41.), Clàudia Pina (62nd and 77th) and María León (90th+1) scored a little more than 4,600 fans in Estati Johan Cruyff for the enthusiastic catalans. The substitute Lineth Beerensteyn (72nd) achieved the Wolfsburg honorary gate.
“We know how difficult the task will be today,” said VfL coach Tommy Stroot before the game at DAZN, “but a lot can happen in football.” However, the Wolfsburg women only ran after the action, and the starting eleven comeback from defense chief Marina Hegering also changed little. Barcelona’s leadership favored VfL captain Alexandra Popp with a bad pass in the building game, in the 2: 0 Barça combined over several stations. Brugs with a violence and pina increased shortly before and after the break.
Beerensteyn, who met just 87 seconds after her substitution, saw shortly after her goal how Pina restored the old distance with a dream free kick. Léon also scored almost even more worth seeing in added time to the final score deserved at this height.
According to the Champions League, VfL is heading for its first Titellose season since 2012. The chances of the German championship are very low at six points behind FC Bayern. In the DFB Cup, the Tommy Stroot team resigned after ten successes in series against 1899 Hoffenheim.