Next match, next chance for the Green-and-Whites: on Saturday 1 October (kick-off 15:30 CEST), the Wolves – who are still winless at home this season – welcome fellow strugglers VfB Stuttgart to the Volkswagen Arena following the international break. Ahead of the meeting with the Swabians, head coach Niko Kovac spoke to the media at length about…
… his impression of the team: “We know VfB’s strengths, but I hope we can also exploit the weaknesses, which every team have. The focus and concentration were very high on the pitch today. Judging by what I saw in training today, I'm confident we’ll turn in a really good performance tomorrow.”
… team news: “We trained without Lukas Nmecha today, and he won’t be involved tomorrow either. His knee trouble won’t go away at the moment. Patrick Wimmer has made good progress, though. He’ll certainly be able to play. It’s well known that Jonas Wind is still absent. He’ll at least be able to resume some parts of team training next week.”
… the significance of the match: “We know we have an important game tomorrow, just as every game in the Bundesliga has great significance. It’s 17th against 16th here. We’re not taking the situation lightly, but very seriously. We have to make sure we get the three points – that would be immensely important for us.”
