Coaches’ quotes
Niko Kovac: “We put in such a brilliant performance over the 90 minutes, both with and without the ball. Union asked everything of us, but given the chances we had, it was a game we should have won comfortably. We then ended up falling behind to a justifiable penalty. Overall we didn’t give Union anything – they didn’t threaten in front of goal and didn’t have any serious chances. That shows that we played well today, but I’m obviously not happy with the result because – as we did against Frankfurt – we dropped two points that would have been useful in the race for seventh place.”
Urs Fischer: “I’m pleased overall – this is the first time we’ve picked up a point and the first time we’ve scored a goal in Wolfsburg. The team worked really hard, particularly when I think back to Thursday, as they only had three days to prepare for the game. It was a hard-earned point and when you look at the 90 minutes, we were definitely a little fortunate. There were one or two situations where we needed the rub of the green, but when I look at the team’s commitment and passion, the point wasn’t undeserved.”
Line-ups and stats
VfL Wolfsburg: Casteels – Guilavogui, Bornauw, van de Ven – Fischer (81‘ Baku), Otavio (81’ Paredes), Gerhardt (81‘ Wimmer), F. Nmecha, Svanberg (81‘ Kaminski) – Wind (63‘ L. Nmecha), Marmoush
Subs: Pervan (GK) Lacroix, Cozza, Waldschmidt
Union Berlin: Rönnow – Doekhi (62‘ Baumgartl), Knoche, Leite – Juranovic, R. Khedira (62’ Seguin), Gießelmann (62’ Roussillon), – Thorsby, Laidouni (77’ Haberer) – Becker (85’ Behrens), Michel
Subs: Grill (GK), Trimmel, Leweling, Jordan
Goals: 0-1 Juranovic (72‘, pen), 1-1 Wimmer (84‘)
Yellow cards: Bornauw, Marmoush / Khedira, Thorsby, Leite, Behrens
Referee: Robert Schröder (Hannover)
Attendance: 23,554 at Volkswagen Arena
