Wolfsburg got their Champions League group stage campaign off to the perfect start, as a first half Ewa Pajor brace saw them to a 4-0 victory over St Polten at the AOK Stadion on Thursday evening.
Lara Lattwein and Jill Roord were on the scoresheet in the second half as the two-time European champions secured a comfortable victory over the group stage debutants.
Wolfsburg took the lead after just eight minutes. Roord’s effort from the edge of the area fortuitously fell into the path of Pajor, who calmly found the bottom corner.
The Poland international had her second before the 15 minute mark, latching onto Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir’s flick on, holding off the St Polten defender and calmly lifting the ball over Carina Schlüter.
Pajor and Jónsdóttir both came close to adding a third before the first half was out, the former seeing an effort held by Schlüter and the latter flashing narrowly wide.
Wolfsburg did make it three 10 minutes into the second half as Lattwein poked home the rebound after Pajor’s header had been palmed away.
Roord wrapped up the victory on the stroke of full time with a low strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the area.
GK: Merle Frohms – 6/10 – Not called into action until the 75th minute, comfortably holding onto Claudia Wenger’s effort from the edge of the area.
RB: Lynn Wilms (67′ for Wolter) – 7/10 – Provided the teasing cross first time onto the head of Pajor for Wolfsburg’s third.
CB: Kathrin Hendrich – 7/10 – Sprayed the play to Wilms in acres of space for Wolfsburg’s first after bringing the ball confidently out from the back. Solid defensively, sniffing out any hope whenever St Polten ventured forward.
CB: Dominique Janssen – 7/10 – Solid and dependable, with the partnership of Janssen and Hendrich pivotal to hardly giving St Polten an inch in the final third.
LB: Sara Agrez (81′ for Wedemeyer) – 7/10 – A key part of the impenetrable Wolfsburg backline. Combined well with Jonsdottir, with Wolfsburg’s left flank particularly lively in the first half.
CM: Lena Lattwein – 7/10 – Timed her arrival into the box to perfection to gobble up the rebound from Pajor’s header and net her side’s third.
CM Alexandra Popp (61′ for Demann) – 6/10 – Cool and collected in possession without having huge attacking impact on proceedings. Replaced just after the hour mark.
CM: Jill Roord – 8/10 – Had a hand in the opener as her effort was deflected into Pajor’s…
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