The tense situation at VfL Wolfsburg is coming to a head. After the 1:3 in Salzburg, coach Mark van Bommel’s team has already gone seven games without a win. After the game, Maximilian Arnold said: “I don’t know what to say about that. “
As injury time drew to a close, Salzburg fans chanted, “Oh how beautiful it is!” The Austrians enjoyed a very appealing, at times even rousing performance by their team – the Wolfsburg players, on the other hand, must have been longing for the final whistle at that moment.
It was another used evening for the VfL on Wednesday. A poor opening quarter of an hour, then a good phase until half-time – and after the change of ends, two standard goals that ultimately cost the points: That’s how Wolfsburg’s performance in Salzburg can be briefly outlined. Ridle Baku kept it a bit more general when he stood at the DAZN microphone after the game and said: “We create few chances up front and we have extreme gaps at the back.”
Things are no longer going VfL’s way. The dream start with four Bundesliga victories in a row has long since faded into the background, and now the current series is giving food for thought: seven games, three draws and four defeats.
Baku: “We have the quality in the squad “
“We have to look to get back on track and put what made us strong last season back on the pitch,” Baku stressed, then underlined: “We have the quality in the squad.” Wolfsburg have already shown that this season, but at the moment the team is out of step.
“You can’t compete like that,” said Maximilian Arnold after the defeat in Salzburg, calling the two goals conceded from stationary balls “cheap goals”. In fact, VfL had made it pretty easy for their opponents when it came to standards. In the end, they deprived themselves of the chance to score. Afterwards, Arnold could not think of too many things to say. The midfielder only said: “I don’t know what to say about that. “
