Once again, VfL Wolfsburg find themselves in a downward trend. Deputy captain Maximilian Arnold wants to turn the tide with VfL against Lille and spend the winter in the Champions League
He has worn the kit of VfL Wolfsburg since 2009, and since this season Maximilian Arnold has also been the Wölfe’s Bundesliga record player. But his 265th game on Saturday was anything but what he had hoped for. The Lower Saxons lost 3-0 in Mainz and Arnold himself was substituted at half-time. 8th place in the table is the next bitter setback in the fight for the European Cup places.
Nothing is lost yet. We need a win against Lille.
Wolfsburg are currently fighting for a place in the Champions League, with Group G leaders Lille OSC at the bottom of the table this Wednesday. “Of course it didn’t go optimally,”but nothing is lost yet. We need a win against Lille and we will give everything for that. “
Under van Bommel there was an unprecedented “carefree attitude “
In April, the midfielder answered the question about his best coach with Oliver Glasner He is now in Frankfurt, and his successor Mark van Bommel is also no longer there. “First of all: I got on very well with him. But even if you shouldn’t do it, you compare as a player. And although we won the first four games of the season, we still lacked the intensity that had distinguished us last season,” says Arnold. He added: “At times, we played with a carelessness that had not existed in the previous season. You had to work your butt off, we always played at full throttle,” said Arnold.
In the meantime, Florian Kohfeldt is wielding the sceptre at the Aller. Despite the recent setbacks, Arnold is convinced that things are heading in the right direction with the new coach. “He is putting his finger in the wound, yes. But of course it takes a bit of time for us to internalise his philosophy.”
This should not take too long – otherwise Wolfsburg’s time will run out at least on Wednesday in the top flight.
