Overview
- The turnout set a new German record for a club match between two women’s teams, edging past the 57,000 set at March’s DFB-Pokal semifinal and eclipsing the league’s prior best of 38,365.
- Vanessa Gilles headed Bayern in front in the 76th minute from a Klara Bühl corner before Bühl made it 2-0 a minute later in the official league opener against Bayer Leverkusen.
- The team typically plays at the 2,500-capacity Bayern-Campus, and director Bianca Rech said staging this arena date followed about six months of preparation.
- Rech cautioned that operating the Allianz Arena for more fixtures poses financial and logistical hurdles, with a stated break-even threshold of roughly 25,000 spectators per game.
- Players described early nerves in the huge setting as Leverkusen pressed aggressively, and Bayern’s play sharpened after Bühl came on at halftime.