The narrow advantage won’t lead to SCF taking a completely different approach to this game, as Christian Streich emphasised at a press conference the evening before the game. “At 1-0, the situation isn’t much different. It’s all about what we put into practice on the pitch, how brave we are and what options we give our players with the ball at their feet.” It will also be important to prepare the team for all possibilities depending on the opponent’s set-up.

For Hertha BSC, Sunday’s match is not only the first derby in the club’s history, but also the first women’s football match in over 30 years. Having had one for around a decade from 1978, it is now 35 years since the club were represented by a women’s team. Hertha previously have cooperated with 1. FC Lübars, 2. Liga champions in 2015, from 2009 to 2016 and with 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam from 2020 to 2022.

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The 31-year-old Volland’s father, former international ice hockey player Andreas Volland, watched Kevin step onto the pitch for the first time at only three years old, just an hour away from his birthplace in Marktoberdorf. But after ten years at FC Thalhofen and one season each at FC Memmingen and TSG Thannhausen, the 14-year-old was drawn to TSV 1860 München’s academy in 2007. It was there, having passed through both the U17s, and the U19s, the left-footer finally made his debut in German professional football in August 2010.

Niclas Füllkrug: “It was a tough game – it needed an early 1-0. Bremen, who usually press early, sat deep and made the spaces compact. After the goal for 1-0, you could see that we had many more opportunities. I kept getting good through-balls into me. For me, it was largely about tying up the opposing players. I had to be available for a pass. Jule did a super job with the goal, showed super timing and finished it off perfectly.”

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A sliding tackle, a scream, a face contorted in pain; Mandana Scharei is ready to jump up and rush onto the pitch. She has the impulse to help immediately. But she has to wait. Only when the TSG player can’t get to his feet on his own and she is asked to act is Scharei allowed to step onto the pitch together with the team doctor. Receive the all-clear, sprint onto the pitch, provide first aid: this has long been part of everyday life for the 46-year-old, even if she is used to faster procedures from her previous work. “I used to work in rugby, where the physiotherapists run along the sidelines and are allowed straight onto the pitch if something happens.” But the important thing in both sports is to “look closely at the situation. Of course, if something happens, I want to have seen it live so that I can assess whether it’s serious or just a minor injury.” Scharei has developed a good eye for this – not only for injuries in matches, but also on the training pitch.

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