dVfB Stuttgart is still heading towards the Champions League. The confident Swabians deservedly won 3-2 (1-0) in the Bundesliga on Saturday against VfL Wolfsburg, who have not yet won this year, and are third in the standings, seven points ahead of fifth-placed RB Leipzig. that currently if he were no longer in the premier category he would be classified.
At the same time, VfB even reduced the gap to runners-up FC Bayern Munich to just four points. Two-time striker Serhou Guirassy (14th and 54th penalty) and Josha Vagnoman (78th) scored the goals for the team of Sebastian Hoeneß, Joakim Maehle (50th) and substitute Lukas Nmecha (83rd). ) scored the goals for VfL. “If we defend better, we won't have such a wild final phase. But it was a deserved victory. The mentality was right,” said Stuttgart captain Waldemar Anton after the game.
The 28,917 spectators present at the Wolfsburg Arena witnessed a much more eventful second half. Things got strange in another way in the first half when referee Benjamin Brand gave an unusual instruction. After just over 30 minutes, a VfL employee called over the stadium loudspeakers for the whistle to be stopped at the referee's request, because it was disrupting the progress of the game. Fans of both teams welcomed the announcement with deafening whistles.
VfB coach Hoeneß recently took a break for health reasons. He didn't return to training until Friday after his gastrointestinal upset and saw both teams get off to a good start. The coach could count on goalkeeper Alexander Nübel again. The 27-year-old had recently missed three games due to injury.
The loan didn't have to involve much work. On the other hand, he could enjoy watching his colleague and top striker Guirassy go ahead with a powerful header. VfL defender Moritz Jenz had given the second most dangerous attacker too much space.
Afterwards the guests took things more calmly. VfL won the match, but remained too complicated and slow in attack. The Autostadt club last won on December 16 in Darmstadt (1-0). Coach Niko Kovac's team overcame the second half of the season: VfL achieved six draws in the new year. The tie was not really within Wolfsburg's reach until the break.
The second half started very badly for the Wolves. Only Danish defender Maehle scored the equalizer after a VAR comparison. Just two minutes later he caused the penalty, which Guirassy converted to take the lead again and score his 20th goal of the season.
Vagnoman and Guirassy each scored the supposed 3-1, but both were offside. Vagnoman finally increased the score: the goal by Lukas Nmecha, just returned from a long injury, was reviewed for handball, but counted. VfL reacted again, nothing more than Nmecha's goal.