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The colts and wolves were separated in a draw in Saturday night’s Bundesliga game. A strong first part from the hosts was followed by a good second 45 minutes by VfL. In the end, the forwards decided the match.
Borussia Mönchengladbach missed the successful Champions League dress rehearsal. Four days before the start of the premier class at Inter Milan on Wednesday (9pm / in the live ticker on t-online), the Gladbachers did not go more than 1: 1 despite leading against VfL Wolfsburg. Jonas Hofmann (78th) scored on Saturday night with a penalty to give the hosts the lead in front of 300 spectators, but Wout Weghorst (85th) scored the equalizer. Wolfsburg’s guests played just one draw in their fourth game for the fourth time.
“I think we had good chances in the first half. Wolfsburg had better chances in the second half. 1-1 is good, but we are not satisfied with the point,” Gladbach’s defense chief Matthias Ginter told DAZN. . VfL rookie Ridle Baku said: “We decided to score three points. We didn’t make it. It was a super intense game. We can be satisfied with the point.”
After a 3-1 derby win over 1. FC Köln two weeks ago, the Gladbachers managed without their recently regained forward Alassane Plea, who became a father on Saturday night. “There are things more important than football,” said coach Marco Rose, explaining the decision on DAZN. Rose certainly would have liked to have her striker on the team against the strong VfL defense.
Baku, new to Wolfe, in the starting eleven for the first time
Because Wolfsburg’s four-man defense chain with the two newcomers Ridle Baku, who was in the starting eleven for the first time, and Maxence Lacroix initially left the Gladbachers’ small space and were very safe. In the first three Bundesliga games, Wolfsburg had to concede a goal, but only scored one.
However, after 20 minutes, the guests were lucky that the Gladbachers, who were better off coming into play and more powerful, couldn’t take their first good chance. After a cross from Hofmann, Florian Neuhaus headed in the post. Hofmann, who often caused danger on the right side, was unlucky in the 35th minute that his shot only missed the goal by a few inches.
Wolfsburg’s offense completely submerged in the first half
In addition to the guest defense working, Lower Saxony was able to put little accents on offense early on. Josip Brekalo managed to prevail in the outside positions time and again, but center forward Weghorst, last season’s top scorer in the VfL with 16 goals, barely got into the game early on. Borussia goalkeeper Yann Sommer had to show his skills for the first time in the 47th minute with a shot from Brekalo.
In Gladbach’s attack, Embolo, who took over from Plea, still lacked vivacity, and Thuram also had few stunts. In return, the significantly more dangerous guests in the second section had good chances through Admir Mehmedi (58th) and Maximilian Arnold (62nd), but Sommer was able to stop each time. Then Hofmann scored from the spot after VfL goalkeeper Koen Casteels Thuram took off. Weghorst responded late for Wolfsburg.
