Wolfsburg advances in UEFA Cup

By: j | October 2nd, 2008

Wolfburg successfully makes its way to the UEFA Cup group stage with a 2-1 aggregate total over Rapid Bucureşti. After taking the opening leg 1-0 at Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg played Rapid Bucureşti to a 1-1 draw. The home club’s hopes took a difficult turn when Grafite scored twenty-three minutes into the match, which because of the “away goal” rule, required them to score three goals to advance. With twenty minutes left in the match Vasile Maftei scored for Rapid Bucureşti but it was far too late and the match ended in a draw, thus advancing Wolfsburg to the next round.

The match was sadly mired by late fan violence, something that needs to be rid from our game.

Wolfsburg
Diego Benaglio,Andrea Barzagli,Marcel Schäfer,Ricardo Costa,Josué,Christian Gentner (Ashkan Dejagah 63′),Makoto Hasebe (Cristian Zaccardo 90+1′),Sascha Riether,Grafite,Edin Džeko,Zvjezdan Misimović (Alexander Madlung 87′)

Rapid Bucureşti
Elinton Andrade,Vasile Maftei (Júlio César 72′),Ricardo,Marius Constantin (Nicolae Grigore 46′),Vladimir Božović,Daniel Barioni,João Paulo,Costin Lazăr,Juliano Spadacio (João Paulo 62′),Pierre Boya,Cláudio Mejolaro

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• Jan |  October 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 am

  
  
  

  Congratulations. I think Wolfsburg can look forward to an attractive group, as they are unseeded.

  Posted from United States

  

• diana |  October 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm

  
  
  

  I was looking at who is in Pot One from the UEFA website and the most attractive prospective group opponent for Wolfsburg can be, AC Milan. The ‘Wolves’ are in the fifth and last pot going into Tuesday’s draw.

  Here – http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=758043.html

  Posted from Singapore

  

• j |  October 4th, 2008 at 9:30 am

  
  
  

  Jan / Diana: thanks for dropping by. I’m still recovering from the shock of a comment. LOL

  I think Wolfsburg will be in fine shape with the draw but they need play more disciplined in the attack to advance.

  Thanks for commenting.

  Posted from Germany

  

• diana |  October 7th, 2008 at 6:02 am

  
  
  

  Hope you had already recovered from your shock, j. Because Wolfsburg have been drawn with AC Milan in the UEFA Cup group stage.

  Also in Wolfsburg’s group, there’s also Heerenveen (Netherlands), Braga (Portugal) and Portsmouth (England).

  Apart from AC Milan, Portsmouth and Heerenveen are the only two clubs I know a little bit more about in Wolfsburg’s group. This is the first time Portsmouth are playing in Europe. They come into the UEFA Cup as the winners of England’s FA Cup (it’s Germany’s equivalent of the DFB Pokal). Heerenveen, well, Borussia Monchengladbach’s Michael Bradley (who plays for the USA, by the way) used to play for the Dutch side.

  Full details of who meets who in the UEFA Cup group stages – http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=759113.html

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• j |  October 7th, 2008 at 8:44 am

  
  
  

  I actually think they got a relatively easy draw to advance or at least “easier” than VfB Stuttgart, presuming of-course that Wolfsburg emphasizes defending. Group C is a beast and I wouldn’t dare miss Standard Liège v FK Partizan

  Posted from Germany

  

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