“Variety of selfishness” in the squad
Managing director Jörg Schmadtke calls for a rethink in the team after the mixed season at VfL Wolfsburg. “We need a different attitude so that we can create physical conditions that enable us to play our game for 90 minutes or more,” said the 58-year-old.Wolfsburg General Newspaper“.
The current table-13. The Bundesliga must “develop a game idea that we are not only convinced of in theory, but that the team is also very happy about”. Schmadtke blamed a “fitness problem” that was a constant companion for the unstable season with a change of coach, inconsistent performance and a relegation battle. “On the one hand, the athletic requirements that you simply need in the Bundesliga have not been met. And on the other hand, there was a large number of egotisms in our group.”
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The international participation would have made some players feel comfortable. “One or the other may have said to himself: Been there three times in a row internationally, reached fourth place, we did it, we know how it’s done.” Participating in the Champions League this season with a supposedly easier group didn’t work Participation in the round of 16: “In the end, that was something like a fire accelerator. And we almost didn’t get that fire out,” he said of the convenience issue.
Baku on the VfL season: “We’re playing below our potential”
After losing 2-0 at RB Leipzig on matchday 20, Wolfsburg were in 15th place, just above the relegation zone before the team recovered. VfL, which started the season with high expectations and briefly led the table under the then coach Mark van Bommel, subsequently slipped and was no longer in a European Cup from the 13th matchday, from the 15th th matchday, the “Wolves” were only to be found in the bottom half of the table.
“It’s really unfortunate how the season is going right now. Due to the previous season, there was a certain level of expectation towards the club and the team. We didn’t do justice to that, you have to say that clearly. We’re playing below our potential,” Ridle Baku told Transfermarkt in March. Wolfsburg could still reach tenth place on the last day of the game if they beat FC Bayern.
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