Ex-Unioner forgives the last chance
Union Berlin shoots Wolfsburg into the crisis
Union Berlin shoots Wolfsburg into the crisis
04/06/2025, 7:37 p.m.
At the end of the 28th match day of the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg is finally saying goodbye to the race for international starting places. Union Berlin, on the other hand, is finally buried in a game of a clear attractiveness of very last relegation.
Union Berlin continued his high flight and finally shot VfL Wolfsburg into the crisis. The team of coach Steffen Baumgart won 1-0 (0-0) on Sunday in a mew game against the Wolfsburgers on Sunday. After four games without defeat in a series and in view of eleven points ahead of the relegation place, Union should be rid of any relegation worries.
For the Berliners, Benedikt Hollerbach (63rd) scored for the eighth time this season, the victory is a further identification of a strong phase. Wolfsburg slipped to 12th place in the Bundesliga and extended the negative series to four games without victory – the past three games lost VfL. Seven points behind the European Cup places.
The first major chance of the game belonged to the hosts. In the 2nd minute, a header from Leopold landed across a corner on the post, the margin went just over the goal – Wolfsburg got away with a blue eye. So right from the start, the wolves were noted the defensive, which was thinned out due to injuries: coach Ralph Hasenhüttl had to do without his regulars Denis Vavro, Konstantinos Koulierakis and Sebastiaan Bornauw. 18-year-old David Odogu gave his Bundesliga debut in midfield, but was not yet well recorded with the defensive Yannick Gerhardt.
The Köpenickers were much more courageous and more dangerous from the start. Kamil Grabara parried a low shot from Janik Haberer from 13 meters in great need. In a tough game, VfL only came into play after half an hour: Patrick Wimmer (26th) came to a conclusion, but Union keeper Frederik Rönnow defused from an acute angle. So things went goalless and after 45 minutes quite balanced.
Just as the first half ended, the second began: Wolfsburg was on the trigger. Jakub Kaminski (52nd) came right in the penalty area and then failed from an acute angle to Rönnow. And then suddenly Union again: A long throw -in by Josip Juranovic came over across the field to Hollerbach, who spoiled the ball into the goal with luck because Grabara came out. Wolfsburg then tried far too tentative to equalize – but still got a great opportunity: the former Unioner Kevin Behrens missed from a short distance (89.).
