VfL Wolfsburg - Newsletter
2002-02-11

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Pre game report

Next Bundesliga-game is the away game on February 16th against VfB Stuttgart. You'll get a pre game report on Thursday (because on Friday I'm already travelling south).

Injury/Availability Report
( February 11th )

OUT: Charles Akonnor (operation at his meniscus, back into training this week)
OUT: Krzysztof Nowak (infection)
OUT: Claus Thomsen (problems with his back)
OUT: Tomislav Maric (broken rib - he will probably be out for a few weeks)

Post Game Report

VfL played a very good game against Dortmund a week ago - and finally won a point. Or did they lost two ?
VfL also played a good game in Freiburg last Tuesday - and finally won a point. Or did they lost two ?

This weekend VfL played a good first half and a disappointing second one - but they won three points. Who finally cares that the second half had been boring and was no big fun to watch? All that counts is that they finally won their first game this year.

It's a matter of fact that our team could have done better. They could have scored a few more. They could have dominated the game in second half as they did in first one. But so finally it is just Robson Ponte who made the headlines. He scored twice for Wolfsburg to earn our team a 2-1 win.

That's why he is mentioned in the Top-Team of German TV soccer magazin RAN (see http://www.sport1.de).

After the injury of Tomislav Maric a discussion about who should play instead is all around. Wolfgang Wolf still prefers Klimovicz. Klimo played his first game over 90 minutes - and scored a goal which unfortunately had been annulated by the ref. A lot of fans would like to see Juskowiak instead - and Jusko himself gets more and more angry because his chances for a World Cup nomination seem to slip away. I guess this place in the team will be discussed until the next game too...

See some pics on the website of http://www.bundesliga.de.

09.02.2002
VfL Wolfsburg - Energie Cottbus 2:1 (2:0)

VfL Wolfsburg: Reitmaier / Rytter, Biliskov, Franz, Weiser (88. Rau) / Kühbauer, Karhan, Munteanu / Petrov (75. Sarpei), Klimovicz, Ponte (75. Juskowiak)

Energie Cottbus: Piplica / da Silva / Rost, Beeck, Matyus / Schröter, Reghekampf, Vincze (46. Helbig), Wawrzyczek / Franklin (67. Reichenberger), Topic (68. Scherbe)

Attendance: 11.217
Goals: 1:0 Ponte (12.) / 2:0 Ponte (24.) / 2:1 da Silva (90.)
Yellow: Munteanu (3), Franz (3), Klimovicz (2) / Helbig (5/2), Topic (3), Scherbe (2)
Red: None
Yellow-Red: None

See all the results and the actual table at Bundesliga News

Bundesliga News

Here are the latest news of Bundesliga:

Actual top scorer: Amoroso (Dortmund, 12), Ballack (Leverkusen, 11), Maric (Wolfsburg, 10), Pizarro (Bayern München, 10), Neuville (Leverkusen, 10), Elber (Bayern München, 10), Klose (Kaiserslautern, 9), van Lent (Mönchengladbach), Ailton (Bremen, 9), Marcelinho (Berlin, 9) - Ponte (7), Petrov (4) --- stop --- Cameroon coach Winfried Schäfer has been cleared to lead his side in Sunday's African Nations Cup final against Senegal after a controversial touchline ban was lifted. Cameroon retained the African Nations Cup after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in Bamako on Sunday. The holders deserved their triumph but underdogs Senegal offered magnificent resistance in an enthralling clash. --- stop --- Schalke 04 coach Huub Stevens was delighted goalkeeper Oliver Reck scored his first goal in over 450 games in the 4-0 demolition of St. Pauli on Saturday. "He deserved it after all his excellent performances in the past and we're very happy for him," he said. --- stop ---

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