Volkswagen Supercup 2009
By: Chuck | July 21st, 2009
VfL Wolfsburg have suffered the first defeat of their summer preparations for the coming season. Although we’ve ponned a couple n00b teams (I thought only Bauhaus [the school] came out of Dessau), we finally met our preseason match with Werder Bremen.
In the Volkswagen SuperCup, our Wolves were narrowly beaten 1-2 (0-1) by Werder Bremen, The goals on the night were scored by Per Mertesacker (20’), Grafite (66’) and Clemens Fritz (81’).
Both Wolfsburg and Bremen benched star players. Džeko was not even in the reserves, as he sat watching in what looked to be a purple American Apparel polo. The first half was a very mediocre showing for our boys, with Mertesacker slipping in a cheeky header past Hitz; well, he is only 21.
Bremen had the upper hand in the early phases of the game at the Arena and took a deserved lead after 20 minutes when Per Mertesacker pounced to poke a loose ball past Marwin Hitz in the “Wolves” goal, following a Bremen corner. The home side’s best chance of the first period fell to “stand-in” captain Zvjezdan Misimovic, the Wolves’ man of the match in my opinion, who came close with a powerful drive from distance (26’), but the visitors took their narrow lead into the break. In the 66th minute, Grafite finally levelled things up for VfL. The Brazilian forced his way past two Werder defenders in a race to meet a long ball forward and then slotted home clinically from just outside the box to make it 1-1. The finish was nice, but I think Bremen’s keeper was distracted by Grafite’s eye bandage.
Clemens Fritz took on a pass from Martin Harnik in the penalty area and the right full-back drove a powerful shot into the top of the net, leaving Marwin Hitz no time to react (81’). In the 90th minute, Hitz had his time in the sun (finally), making an excellent penalty save from Werder veteran Torsten Frings, but in the end, the Wolves had to accept a 1-2 defeat.
Watch the extended highlights before FIFA snags it off youtube.
Category: Wolfsburg Team News
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Interesting result. I can’t believe it’s only a couple more weeks till the start of the season.
What’s the story on Hitz? Is he new?
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Hitz is the other Swiss goalkeeper on the Wolves. He’s been on the squad for a year but has made no starts. He came from the Swiss club FC Winterthur, where he made only fourteen starts.
It’s actually surprising they started him for this game over André Lenz (the usual number 2), but it is the preseason afterall.
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