FC Bayern Women make it two wins from two in Champions League with 2-0 victory at Juventus

FC Bayern Women made it two wins from two in the UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage with a 2-0 victory away at Juventus on Wednesday. Linda Dallmann opened the scoring in the first half amidst pouring rain in Turin, before Pernille Harder got the second after the restart in front of a crowd of 890 at the Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo Lamarmora. The result puts Bayern top of Group C with six points after two rounds of fixtures.

Dallmann, Lohmann and Simon back in

Head coach Alexander Straus made three changes to the team that started the weekend’s 2-0 loss away at Wolfsburg in the Google Pixel Bundesliga. Carolin Simon came in for Linda Sembrant in defence, while Sydney Lohmann and Dallmann got the nod over Lea Schüller and Jovana Damnjanovic in attack.

Narrow half-time lead

The Munich Frauen quickly found their feet in Italy and put Juventus under pressure early on. A corner in the third minute almost produced an immediate breakthrough when Giulia Gwinn flicked on the delivery from the left. It fell to Georgia Stanway at the far post, but her shot was blocked from close range. Bayern finally made their dominance tell in the 17th minute, with a corner again providing the opportunity. As Juve failed to clear the danger, the ball eventually sat up for Gwinn, who headed towards goal for Dallmann to knock in from a couple of yards out. The hosts started to get forward more after the opening goal and were denied just after the half-hour mark when Lisa Boattin struck the post from distance as it remained 1-0 at the break.

Tight second period

Amalie Vangsgaard fired wide from a promising position shortly after the restart before Bayern retook control of proceedings. However, there was a lack of notable chances for a long time until Lohmann had a long-range effort tipped over the bar by Pauline Peyraud-Magnin. The Bundesliga champions then got their second goal from the resulting corner. Harder saw her first effort blocked by the crowd of players in the box but wasn’t to be denied again as she squeezed in the rebound for her fourth goal of the European campaign. Weronika Zawistowska was then given her Champions League debut in the closing minutes as Bayern took all three points back to Munich.

To Leverkusen then international break

Bayern close out this busy spell with a trip to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Sunday (6.30pm CEST). Players will then head off to join their national teams for the October international break.