The euphoria at the European Championships in England is having an effect in the league: More than 23,000 spectators come to the big Frankfurt stadium to start. The Eintracht coach speaks of a “historic day”.
After the record crowd at the start of the women’s Bundesliga, the protagonists are hoping for more highlight games in front of a large crowd.
“It’s just great and beautiful. A lot of work was done behind the scenes to make it possible. I’m super grateful for that,” said international striker Laura Freigang after the 0-0 draw between her club Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern Munich in front of 23,200 spectators .
47 days after the European Championship final in England, there was the hoped-for first signal effect in everyday league life for the German runners-up European champions. The response at Deutsche Bank Park, normally home to the Eintracht men, was well above the previous league record set in 2014 when VfL Wolfsburg played 1. FFC Frankfurt in front of 12,464 fans.
“It’s a backdrop that women’s football wants. We felt that at the European Championships, but we wanted to take that into everyday life in the league. It’s super nice that so many people came to see us support,” said Bavaria’s national player Giulia Gwinn on the TV channel Eurosport.
In any case, runners-up FC Bayern under their new coach Alexander Straus initially suffered, especially since the Frankfurt women had a very strong performance. “It was a historic day. I felt like I was at an international match,” said Eintracht coach Niko Arnautis.
Defending champion VfL Wolfsburg around DFB captain Alexandra Popp plays against SGS Essen this Saturday (1 p.m. / MagentaSport) and has a game in a large stadium on the second matchday of the week: In Sinsheim it’s then against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Source: Stern
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