The Wolfsburg team earned a point in Bielefeld on Saturday, even though more was possible. But the comeback gives them courage for the next task.
“Unfortunately, we only had the intensity in the second half that Bielefeld had the whole game. When you are 2-0 down after 60 minutes, you actually have to be satisfied with a point,” said Wolfsburg coach Florian Kohfeldt after the 2-2 draw at Arminia Bielefeld.
The Wolves did not get into the game at all for an hour at the East Westphalians and were consequently 2-0 down. “In the first half, we didn’t do what we had agreed. We didn’t play well up front, we played more next to each other and not behind each other. We lost too many duels, that’s exactly the game they wanted,” said attacker Wout Weghorst on “Sky”. “We then played a different system, which was good for us. We came back well – unfortunately it wasn’t quite enough.”
With the introduction of Dodi Lukebakio for Kevin Mbabu after an hour, Kohfeldt switched to a four-man backline – and it paid off. Weghorst equalised first and Lukas Nmecha scored a few seconds later to make it 2-2 “The tactical change worked immediately, we had a lot of chances in the last half hour “, said midfielder Maximilian Arnold. Weghorst added: “We definitely played better football in the second half. In the first half we often had few opportunities to play in front, so it was difficult. Then we did that better. “
A point for morale
In the end Wolfsburg could even have won, but Stefan Ortega Moreno made a first-class save from Sebastiaan Bornauw’s header. “That speaks for the mentality when you come back like that. When you still see that we had the winning goal on our head. I don’t think anyone could have complained if we had still got the win,” Arnold summed up.
In the fourth game under Kohfeldt, Wolfsburg have not lost, there have been three victories and the draw in Bielefeld. “We have much more self-confidence from the last three games, telling ourselves we have to keep going. That’s what we did today. With luck, we’ll still win. But the point is very important for morale,” Arnold noted.
The next match for Wolfsburg is the important Champions League match in Sevilla on Tuesday.
