VfL Wolfsburg and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim played out a 2-2 draw on Friday night. Despite going ahead in the opening minute courtesy of a Leo Östigaard own goal (1’), the Wolves showed little in the way of confidence, conceding the initiative to the visitors whose pressure finally paid off when Pavel Kaderabek levelled the match just after the half-hour mark (34’).
The match went into a holding pattern in the second half until Jonas Wind made it 2-1 to the Green-and-Whites late on (81’). Again however, Wolfsburg failed to hold the lead, with Marius Bülter equalising almost straight away (84’). Neither team really showed enough grit to deserve the three points on the night, although Konstantinos Koulierakis almost stole the win in the dying seconds for VfL, only to be denied by the woodwork.
The final match of the season will see the Green-and-Whites head to Borussia Mönchengladbach (kick-off at 15.30 CEST on Saturday, 17 May).
Goals
1-0 Östigaard (1’): What a start for the Wolves! Mohammed Amoura shoots from close range and Östigaard can only turn the ball into his own net to make it 1-0 for VfL.
1-1 Kaderabek (34’): A cross from Bülter from the left wing finds Kaderabek with far too much space in the Wolfsburg area, and the Czech defender volleys in the equaliser.
2-1 Wind (81’): Wind leaps highest in the area to head home a corner from short range – the Dane’s first goal in over 1,000 minutes of football…
2-2 Bülter (84’): Joakim Maehle slips when trying to clear the ball, and this allows Bülter to be played in at the far post. The forward then unleashes an unstoppable cross-shot to grab a share of the points.
