New signings Hannah Geldschläger, Lisa Gomulka and Merle Greulich started against the higher-division Borussia Mönchengladbach reserves. In an even first period, Gomulka and Mandy Reinhardt spurned opportunities to put the Black & Yellows ahead with a long-range shot (11) and a volley (19) respectively. The post and a spectacular save from Sandra Schröer then stopped them falling behind (28). But the opener did come shortly before the break when Emily-Marie Guyens capitalised on an error in Dortmund’s build-up play to put the visitors ahead.

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The short winter break is now over, with Sebastian Hoeneß beginning mid-season preparations with his team.

And after they started off pretty healthily, a commanding 9-1 victory in the first round of the cup against SV Oberarchern of the Baden-Wurtenburg Oberliga was followed by the taking of eight points from their first four league games, including a 1-1 draw in Munich and impressive wins against both Hertha and Leipzig. Since then, however, things have fallen away and it’s taken them another seven games to make up their next eight.

Mark Chapman is due to host the Match of the Day highlights show later on Saturday night, the BBC said.

The journey had started with a bus trip from the training ground in Dortmund-Brackel to Düsseldorf Airport, where the travelling party had to wait for a while. Due to poor weather, the plane carrying Borussia took off with a delay of over three hours. The team then flew for more than 11 hours to California. 30 players have made the trip.

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