Eleven games and still no defeat: When VfL Wolfsburg competes in the Bundesliga at Bayern Munich on Wednesday evening, the Lower Saxony are slowly going through as the German champions’ pursuit. “Now we’re going to Munich unbeaten. We’re really looking forward to showing ourselves against such a top team,” said the two-time goalscorer Wout Weghorst on Friday evening after the 2-1 (0-0) win against Eintracht Frankfurt in a DAZN Interview.
The wolves are really confident. Against Frankfurt, the 0-1 deficit with a penalty goal from the former Wolfsburg Bas Dost (63rd) did not bring them off the rails. Two goals from Weghorst in the 76th (hand penalty) and 88th minute were the “fantastic reaction” (coach Oliver Glasner).
Bayern, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund are no longer undefeated this season. But only the factory clubs from Leverkusen and Wolfsburg, of which VfL even set a club record against Frankfurt: Only the championship team from 2009 and the DFB Cup winners from 2015 have made eleven consecutive games in the green and white VfL jersey.
“There are several reasons for this,” said Glasner. “There is the self-confidence that we have developed through the most recent victories and performances. Then we had training time in the last few weeks that we never had in the months before due to the Europa League qualification and the Corona interruption. Now let’s reap the laurels. “
VfL has already completed the last two seasons on a Europa League pitch. But this season Glasner’s team has expanded its repertoire again. In addition to the physical strength and defensive stability, a new penetrating power in attack has been added for a few weeks now, which can be tied not only, but above all, to the goal scorer from the Netherlands. “With Wout Weghorst up front we have a top scorer who helps us with his goals,” said the new international Ridle Baku.
Nine goals in eleven games are a quota that is slowly reminiscent of Felix Magath’s championship team with its two strikers Edin Dzeko and Grafite. The Bosnian Dzeko (66) and the Brazilian Grafite (59) are still far ahead of the 28-year-old Dutchman (42) in VfL’s all-time top scorer list. But Weghorst has only played in the Bundesliga since 2018. And the season is far from over. “It wasn’t my best game in the last few weeks,” he said on Friday night. But “if it works, then it works”.
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