Beaten 3-1 in Salzburg on Matchday 3, Koen Casteels and his club Wolsburg took their revenge in Germany on Tuesday by winning 2-1 for Matchday 4 of Group G of the Champions League. At the same time, in Group H, the English Chelsea went to snatch the 0-1 victory over Malmö.
Holder for the fourth consecutive time with the Wolves, the second time in C1, Aster Vranckx once again enjoyed the confidence of his trainer, as did the indestructible Koen Casteels, captain between the poles. For his part, Dodi Lukebakio returned in the 63rd minute. Sebastiaan Bornauw, injured, was absent from the scoresheet.
Everything started well for the Casteels team-mates, as from the third minute, Baku was in the right place to recover a cross behind Yannick Gerhardt and score his first goal of the competition. This lead would last only 27 minutes, before Maximilian Wober also opened his counter with a superb free kick from outside the rectangle which left no chance for the Belgian goalkeeper from Wolfsburg (30th).
Back from the locker room, the Wolves would take the advantage through the intermediary of the former Anderlecht player Lukas Nmecha on the hour mark. The young German striker magnificently controlled at the limit of the large rectangle a long pass from Maximilian Arnold and penetrated in the area before shooting a shot that deceived the Austrian goalkeeper (60th). The score stood still and the Wolves won, inflicting Salzburg their first loss in 28 games. However, they lost Aster Vranckx to injury in the 82nd minute.
In the group G standings, after this victory for Wolfsburg, Salzburg still remains first with 7 units, followed by the Germans who come back to two lengths (5 points), just ahead of Seville (3 points) and Lille (2 points). ) who compete at 9:00 p.m.
For its part, in the other early meeting of the day, in Group H, Chelsea, still deprived of Romelu Lukaku, brought back the three points of his trip to Sweden on the ground of Malmö. The saving goal was scored by Moroccan Hakim Ziyech in the 56th minute of play.
Thanks to this victory, Chelsea temporarily returns to the height of Juventus who occupy the first place with 9 points before receiving the Russians from Zenit Saint-Petersburg (3 points) at 9:00 p.m. Malmö brings up the rear with a fourth loss in as many games.
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