With five wins in five matches, Bayern Munich have made the best possible start to the women’s Bundesliga season . This is also due to the in-form striker Lea Schüller.
Lea Schüller made her 150th appearance in the Women’s Bundesliga on Saturday against TSG Hoffenheim. After a brace against TSG, she now has an impressive 84 goals in those appearances. A statistic Schüller was not even aware of herself, as she admitted in a recent interview on the DFB website. She had neither the games nor the goals in mind. However, Schüller does not attribute her outstanding form to herself alone: “I play in teams that make it easy for me to score goals. But basically, of course, I feel really good at the moment. I’m at an optimal fitness level. It’s great fun. “
“We don’t put a lot of pressure on ourselves. “
LEA SCHÜLLER ON THE UPCOMING CL GAME AGAINST BK HÄCKEN
The 23-year-old’s strength of form reflects FC Bayern’s current situation in the league. 15 points from five games, “it doesn’t get any better than that,” Schüller states soberly. After the 3:1 win against Hoffenheim, the competition in the Champions League now awaits: On Thursday, Bayern hosts the Swedish club BK Häcken for the second CL matchday. At the start of the Champions League, the Munich side only managed a 0-0 draw against Benfica Lisbon. Is there already pressure at FC Bayern? “No, we’re not going into the match like that. It’s logical that we want to get three points to improve our starting position. But we’re not putting ourselves under a lot of pressure. We want to progress and that is still possible for us.”
Focus so far on Hoffenheim
The Swedish opponents have not yet been given much thought, Schüller said, adding that they have “put all their focus on Hoffenheim so far”. Häcken started the CL season with a 3-0 defeat, but against Lyon, who have won ten of their last ten games. So the significance of this result about the Swedes’ abilities should be taken with a pinch of salt.
And even if there is no pressure, three points in this second Champions League match would be important for the FC Bayern women; if Portugal lose a point and Lyon win, a place in the knockout phase would be at least doubtful. The Munich women will hope that Lea Schüller is in top form again on Thursday.