RB Leipzig trembles to victory in Wolfsburg

Wild game in the Bundesliga

Late gate: Wolfsburg lets Leipzig tremble

For a long time, RB Leipzig looked like the safe winner against VfL Wolfsburg. In the end it got really tight for the Saxons.

RB Leipzig started an important away win at VfL Wolfsburg at the start of the 29th match day in the Bundesliga. The team of coach Zsolt Lőw prevailed 3-2 (2-0) in a spectacular game on Friday evening in the Volkswagen Arena.

Middle player Xavi Simons was an outstanding man with the guests. The Dutch achieved a double pack and thus ensured a 3-0 lead of the Leipzig (26th and 49th minute). Previously, Loïs Openda had already taken the lead for RB (11th).

Despite the clear deficit, VfL Wolfsburg did not give up. First Kilian Fischer shortened for the Lower Saxony (58th). Andreas Skov Olsen had the home team dreamed of the sensational comeback (75th). But a third goal for the “wolves” no longer wanted to fall.

Leipzig started directly, a shot from Benjamin Šeško (4th) Fischer just in front of the line. The uncertainty was particularly noticeable on the defensive for four games, especially on the defensive, where the triple chain was very passive and hardly came into the duels.

The RB leadership also resulted from a embarrassing ball loss from Patrick Wimmer in front of the goal. The ex-Wolfsburger Ridle Baku gave the Austrian away the ball, Openda was there-and pulled off from a good 20 meters. A shot, a goal, an emotional cheers. The hapless Openda in the past few months has been going directly to Lőw and fell into the coach. Lőw had previously revealed that he had particularly adopted the Belgian attacker in one -on -one interviews.

Only nine minutes later the ball was back on the net. But scorer Šeško was offside at the blocked shot by Nicolas Seiwald. Wolfsburg was able to take a deep breath and could have shortened. But Bence Dardai (22nd) failed with his header on the post. It was the first good Wolfsburg chance.

And Leipzig? Was unusually efficient. Because the second (legal) shot on the VfL goal was also in it. Arthur Vermeeren conquered the ball in midfield, put it with Xavi Simons. Three Wolfsburg defenders admired how the dribbler was unexpectedate from the penalty area boundary into the far corner.

Wolfsburg continued to make it difficult to aggressively, then had again aluminum pech. After a switching situation, Jakub Kaminski made his way to the Leipzig Gate alone, but his Schlenzer clapped the crossbar. At halftime there were whistles from VfL fans, coach Hasenhüttl is more and more criticized.

After the change, nothing changed at first. Leipzig fit the ball back and forth in front of the Wolfsburg penalty area – and Simons simply pulled off and scored again. If something went, then from a distance. Fischer, who hit his left foot from 20 meters and revived VfL with his left foot. There was even more hope after the goal from Winter-Neu access Skov Olsen-but in the end Leipzig trembled to victory.