19-year-old Bender provided the assist for Sophie Nachtigall to score with a header at 2-0 with a wonderful cross from the right. Two minutes later, she was unmarked in front of the Argentina keeper Paulina Aprile and was able to score herself with a volley to make it 3-0. The other goals for the Germany U20 team at the El Techo Stadium in the Colombian capital Bogota were scored by Matilda Janzen (6’), Sophie Nachtigall (37’) and Cora Zicai (69’). The consolation goal for Argentina was scored by Delfina Lombardi.
Progress to the quarter-finals rules out Bender and Zdebel for the first home fixture for the Bayer 04 Women in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga against Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday, 15 September (kick-off: 15.00 CEST) at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium.
Germany face the USA on Monday night, 16 September (kick-off: 01.00 CEST) at the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali. The semi-finals are on 18/19 September and the final on Sunday, 22 September (kick-off: 23.00 CEST). All the matches are broadcast live via a free streaming service at FIFA+.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without centre-back Edmond Tapsoba in the coming weeks. The Burkina Faso international returned to the Werkself from the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco with a muscle injury.
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Bayer 04 face Hamburger SV for the first time in almost eight years. Although the Hanseatic city team are often below par on the road, they are regularly in top form in front of their own fans. In particular, 18-year-old shooting star Luka Vuskovic is proving to be a real bonus for Merlin Polzin's team, both in attack and defence. However, that should not scare the Werkself: Not only was the last defeat against the newly promoted team 17 games ago, but Kasper Hjulmand's players are in with a chance of securing their fifth win in six games against HSV. Today’s matchday news.
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Hamburger SV and Bayer 04 meet again in the Bundesliga for the first time in almost eight years. This Tuesday evening, 13 January (kick-off: 20:30 CET), the promoted team with impressive home form welcome the Werkself to the Volksparkstadion to round off the Hinrunde. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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The Werkself are away to Hamburg SV at the end of the Hinrunde in the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign. The match at the newly promoted club is on Tuesday night, 13 January (kick-off: 20:30 CET). Ahead of the first encounter with HSV since 2018, Kasper Hjulmand spoke about the strengths of the opponents, lessons learnt from the home defeat against VfB Stuttgart and provided a squad update.
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