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Wolfsburg (AP) - Defending champion VfL Wolfsburg is in the women's Bundesliga connection with front-runner Bayern Munich.
At the start of the 19th matchday on Friday evening, the team from Lower Saxony defeated fourth-placed Turbine Potsdam 3-2 (2-1) and reduced the gap to first place to two points for the time being.
On the thick blanket of snow in the Wolfsburg AOK stadium, the hosts needed some time to get into the game against the courageous Potsdam women.
The VfL lead by new signing Rebecka Blomqvist (23rd minute) was initially compensated for by Selina Cerci (30th).
But in return, Wolfsburg again made it 2-1 through national player Kathrin Hendrich (31st).
Shortly before the break, Lea Bahnemann from Potsdam, who had already been cautioned with yellow, saw yellow-red after a hard attack against Lena Oberdorf (42.)
Despite being outnumbered, the guests came after the break, initially by Nina Ehegötz to 2-2 (51st).
But a mistake by Turbine's new goalkeeper Emma Lind made the Wolfsburg winning goal possible by Zsanett Jakabfi (57th).
The decimated Potsdam women then lacked the strength to endanger VfL's victory.
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Matchday women's Bundesliga