VfL Wolfsburg also achieved their first victory of this Champions League season under their new coach Florian Kohfeldt.
After the 2: 1 (1: 1) success against table leaders FC Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday evening, everything is possible again for the Bundesliga club in group G for the preliminary round.
Wolfsburg - The German international Ridle Baku brought the "Wolves" into the lead in the fourth minute in front of the national coach and grandstand guest Hansi Flick.
After the equalizer with a directly converted free kick by Maximilian Wöber (30th), Lukas Nmecha's winning goal (60th) fell exactly at the time when VfL was actually far too passive.
Before the last two group games at FC Sevilla and against OSC Lille, the Wolfsburg team can now even be group winners.
In any case, the first results of the Champions League debutant Kohfeldt are remarkable: After eight competitive games without a win and the separation from Mark van Bommel, his successor now has two wins against the Bundesliga top club Bayer Leverkusen and the Austrian series champion from Salzburg.
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The effect this coaching change has had so far can also be seen in comparison to the 3-1 defeat in the first leg in Salzburg two weeks ago.
In Austria, VfL was temporarily overrun.
However, Kohfeldt strengthened Wolfsburg's defenses so much in just one week that Salzburg were again dominant, but this time they were rarely dangerous.
The most noticeable attacker on the pitch was Salzburg's German international Karim Adeyemi. The 19-year-old striker, who was also closely observed by Flick, missed two clear chances at the beginning of both halves (2nd / 50th). Wolfsburg's striker Wout Weghorst couldn't keep up in front of 16,112 spectators. The Dutchman was back in the starting line-up immediately after the end of his two-week corona quarantine, but was only staged dangerously in the penalty area in the 36th minute.
For the fact that the Wolfsburg had to win this game, they actually appeared far too rarely at the front.
Nmecha's winning goal fell out of nowhere at the time.
Just five minutes later, the U21 European champions even had the chance to increase to 3: 1.
This time, however, he shot over the gate from close range.
VfL could afford it.
The compact defense network held tight in Kohfeldt's new 3-4-3 system until the final whistle.
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