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04/22 13:29 CDT Bayern Munich wins Women's Bundesliga for fourth straight year
Bayern Munich wins Women's Bundesliga for fourth straight year
By CIARAN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) --- Bayern Munich won the Women's Bundesliga for the fourth
straight year on Wednesday with a 3-2 victory at league newcomer Union Berlin.
Klara Bhl set up fellow substitute Giulia Gwinn for a late winner after Union
twice fought back to equalize.
The Bavarian powerhouse next turns its attention to Barcelona's visit on
Saturday for the first leg of their Champions League semifinal. Bayern is
bidding to reach the final for the first time while mindful of Bara's 7-1 rout
when they met for their opening game in the league phase.
Bayern encountered no such issues in the Bundesliga, winning every game with
the exception of a draw at home to Carl Zeiss Jena in September. Jena is now
bottom of the table, fighting for survival.
Bayern coach Jos Barcala rested a host of regulars against Union with the
likes of Gwinn, Bhl and Pernille Harder starting on the substitutes' bench.
It seemed not to matter with Edna Imade scoring after a corner in the eighth
minute.
But Sophie Weidauer delighted the large crowd in Union's 22,000 capacity
Stadion An der Alten Frsterei -- where the men's team also plays -- when she
capitalized on a defensive error and set off on a run before beating Bayern
goalkeeper Cara Bsl in the 11th.
Bayern had to wait till the 50th for Barbara Dunst to respond with a long-range
shot that squeezed inside the left post.
Lia Kamber pulled Union level again after a well-worked move in the 77th, but
Bayern's perseverance paid off through Gwinn's winner in the 84th.
The team moved an unassailable 15 points clear of Wolfsburg -- the last side
other than Bayern to win the title in 2022 -- with three rounds to play.
Wolfsburg drew 0-0 at Werder Bremen.
Bayern, the defending champion, also faces Wolfsburg in the Women's German Cup
final on May 14 in Cologne.
Bayern's men clinched their Bundesliga title on Saturday.
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