The task remains extremely difficult for the players of Turbine Potsdam in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga, but at least a first step has been taken. The women from Potsdam had to wait until the 16th matchday for their first win of the season. It was hard fought. "No one put a damn on us. Especially not after we were behind," said coach Dirk Heinrichs after the 3-1 (1-1) win against SV Meppen on Sunday at MagentaSport. "We didn't get into the game at all. And then the girls simply brought the virtues onto the pitch, got on their knees and went into duels."

In addition, unlike so often this season, luck was also on the side of the Brandenburg women. "I'm incredibly proud that the girls showed character and bent the thing," said the coach. Double goalscorer Jessica De Filippo saw it similarly: "We worked hard for it. It was a team effort." After the game, the coaching staff and the team formed a large circle. There were smiling faces.

But no one closes their eyes to how difficult it will be to stay up. Because the gap to the non-relegation places is still eight points - with only six games to be played. To do this, the turbine still has to play against the top teams from Hoffenheim, Frankfurt and Munich.

"I've always said: We'll try to fight until the bottom line is that we won't make it," said Heinrichs. And the players are also combative. "Now we want to take the momentum into the rest of the season. We're happy but we're not done yet," said De Filippo. Next Sunday (1.00 p.m. / MagentaSport) Turbine will compete with SC Freiburg, fifth in the table.

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