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November 30th, 2008

Wolfsburg stymied by BVB defenders

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Borussia Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp put together a brilliant tactical plan as his club silenced the Wolfburg attack on the way to a scoreless draw. It was only the second time die Wölfe had been held off the score-sheet this season, the other against Bayer Leverkusen and continues their winless record on the road. From [...]



November 29th, 2008

Wolfburg v Borussia Dortmund match preview

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Thirsting to stay abreast of the upper tier of the Bundesliga table, Felix Magath’s Wolfsburg travels to Dortmund to face BVB. While the club is buoyed by the come from behind victory against SC Braga in the UEFA Cup they are in desperate need of their first away victory of the campaign. Oddly they have [...]

November 27th, 2008

Wolfsburg roars back to defeat Braga 3-2 in UEFA Cup

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Wolfsburg came roaring back to defeat Braga 3-2 in the UEFA Cup with Zvjezdan Misimović scoring twice in the final seven minutes of the match. The match started in a odd fashion for Wolfsburg as Braga was the beneficiary of own goal with Andrea Barzagli’s clearance striking Ricardo Costa and into the goal. Twenty-four minutes [...]

November 26th, 2008

Grafite out against UEFA Cup match against SC Braga

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Going forward to Thursdays UEFA Cup match against SC Braga, Wolfsburg will be without Grafite. The Brazilian scoring sensation collided with team mate Sascha Riether in practice and after damaged a bone in his ear. With Grafite out Ashkan Dejagah or Mahir Sağlık will most likely to step-up to team with Bosnian super-striker Edin [...]

November 22nd, 2008

Wolfsburg strikes an important win over Stuttgart

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After falling behind a goal, Wolfsburg stormed back with four unanswered goals to defeat a dejected Stuttgart side at Volkswagen Arena. Armin Veh’s visiting forces took the lead seventeen minutes after the start with Martin Lanig poaching an loose ball in close off a Mario Gómez drive. Die Wölfe went on the hunt for the [...]



November 22nd, 2008

time to remind Vfb of last season

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Armin Veh’s VfB Stuttgart travel to Volkswagen Arena to face Die Wölfe in an important mid-table Bundesliga match. With Wolfsburg sitting ninth in the table and hopes of a top three finish slowly drifting away, they cannot afford to drop points Saturday afternoon. Felix Magath’s forces have been near perfect at home, the only blemish [...]

November 20th, 2008

tactical planning of Felix Magath

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In this months Bundesliga magazine, Felix Magath segues from his hobby with chess to tactical play on the pitch. Although not mentioned in the magazine article, many top-flight academies, higher academic groups will utilize chess (or backgammon with a number of unique variants) to promote right-brained thought and advanced tactical planning. Equally and more important [...]

November 16th, 2008

another lesson from Hoffenheim

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Die Wölfe were taught an important lesson from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim but a lesson I sadly do not expect to have an impact with the club as they fell 3-2 at Carl-Benz-Stadion. While Felix Magath employed a greater defending influence with five in the back, although with a peculiar absence of Cristian Zaccardo from the [...]

November 14th, 2008

TSG Hoffenheim

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What is the story of the Bundesliga campaign so-far? To me, along the return of Christoph Daum leading FC Köln, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s stunning play to-date out-distances the rest of the league combined. With regards to Hoffenheim, the emergence of their squad from promotion to the top of the league is a beautiful tale of [...]

November 13th, 2008

no greater honour!

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In my opinion there is no great honour for a Footballer to be chosen to represent your homeland and with this in mind I am very pleased to note that Joachim Löw has called up Wolfsburg’ Marcel Schäfer for the international duty against England in Berlin next Wednesday. This is the twenty-four year-olds first entry [...]






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