“We face the coming days together,” Schindzielorz said. This would at least apply until the next match, away against Werder Bremen on Friday. “We have a very important match ahead of us. We want to focus all our efforts on that,” the technical director emphasized.
Schindzielorz did not want to comment on the Dutchman’s future. Guarantees are very difficult in football, he said. “I can only say what the next step is, and that is Bremen. And we will take it together.”
Simonis exchanged Go Ahead Eagles for the German club this summer, but does not seem to be able to really get Wolfsburg going yet. At the end of last month, Holstein knocked Kiel, number 10 in the Second Bundesliga, out of the German cup tournament.
Relief from Paul Simonis
Simonis expressed relief at the support, however fragile, from the technical director. “I hope that we can respond together and turn the situation around,” the coach said after the fifth league defeat of the season. “It is a difficult time, we do not have the wind at our backs.”
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Lower regions in view
Wolfsburg has now not won thirteen games in a row in their own stadium. Although the club is still twelfth in the standings, with 8 points the bottom regions are within sight.
Match progress Wolfsburg against 1899 Hoffenheim
After barely fifteen minutes of play, Mohammed Amoura opened the score for Wolfsburg. It was Wouter Burger who leveled the score by making it 1-1 from close range.
A few minutes after halftime, Hoffenheim took the lead. Grischa Promel headed in the 1-2. Simonis’ troubled team equalized moments later. It was Amoura again who brought his team back into the match with an unstoppable bang: 2-2.
But a few coins later it was Burger who put Wolfsburg behind again in the 62nd minute: 2-3. In the 84th minute, Ihlas Bebou seemed to give Wolfsburg the final blow by signing for the 2-4. After consulting the VAR, the goal was disallowed.
| Position | Team | P | GS | W | V | G | DS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | +29 | |
| 2 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | +9 | |
| 3 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | +9 | |
| 4 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | +4 | |
| 5 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | +4 | |
| 6 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | +3 | |
| 7 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | +4 | |
| 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | +3 | |
| 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -4 | |
| 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -4 | |
| 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | |
| 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -5 | |
| 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -7 | |
| 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | -9 | |
| 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | -10 | |
| 16 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -8 |
| 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -7 | |
| 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -9 |