VfL Wolfsburg - Newsletter
2002-03-25

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• Injury Report
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Team News

If you always wanted to ask Diego Fernando Klimowicz a question - feel free to do so. It is announced that Klimo will be next player who will chat with fans - on Tuesday, 26th from 6pm CET.

Our players in National Teams

A lot of National games this week - you know who's invited ... and you'll get all the results in the upcoming newsletter.

Pre game report

Next Bundesliga-game is the away game on Saturday March 30th in Nuremberg. You'll get a pre game report on Thursday this time, because I'll do a little easter travelling from Friday on.

Injury/Availability Report
( March 25th )

OUT: Krzysztof Nowak (infection)
OUT: Claus Thomsen (problems with his back)

Post Game Report

After VfL played tied in their last northern serby in Hamburg, they now showed the Bremen squad, who's best in northern Germany. VfL won their home game against Werder - for the first time ever.

VfL had a lot of problems and struggled in the first half. Especially in the last minutes of this kinda boring first half, Bremen had a few chances. Even after halftime they played the better game. Thanks to oldie Claus Reitmaier, who saved against Stalteri (21), Ailton (44) and Lisztes (52). So it stayed scoreless. Ald it also stayed scoreless in minute 53, when the referee waved play after Frank Baumann's header appeared to have crossed the line. Dorinel Munteanu cleared off the line with goalkeeper Claus Reitmaier already beaten. This has been a controversially decision - and me and my friends who were standing on the level of the ball all saw behind the line.

A lot of luck for VfL - and this seemed to wake them up. They showed much improvement from this time on. They finally were rewarded for some good offense work with an all in all deserved win.

Diego Fernando Klimowicz turned in another match-winning performance as he scored one and set up Martin Petrov for the second in a 2-0 win over Weder Bremen. The Argentinian was on target as he rounded goalkeeper Frank Rost and slotted home from close range on 65 minutes. Klimowicz played down his contribution, giving Croatian team-mate Marian Biliskov the credit for picking him out with a pin-point 30-yard pass. "There was no way I could miss after such a great set-up," he said. Only 14 minutes later, Klimovicz delivered a pass of similar quality to set-up Martin Petrov. The pacy Bulgarian beat the onrushing Rost to the ball and flicked the ball into the empty net. Minutes later Klimo must have scored again, but he only hit the post after Ponte brought it in from the left side.

Klimowicz has been included in the "Team of the day" of German TV soccer magazin RAN (see http://www.sport1.de).

Good to see Petrov score - sad to see him getting his fifth yellow card. He therefor will miss the Nuremberg game. Schnoor and Munteanu got their fourth card and are now just one step ahead of a one game suspension.

See some pics on the website of http://www.bundesliga.de (with excellent pics of the goals!!!).
(Funny to see the referee broke his flag and getting two new ones out of the cabin.)

24.03.2002
VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen 2:0 (0:0)

VfL Wolfsburg: Reitmaier / Greiner, Biliskov, Schnoor, Rau / Karhan, Akonnor / Munteanu / Ponte (83. Maric), Klimowicz (86. Juskowiak), Petrov (90. Weiser)

Werder Bremen: Rost / Skripnik, Baumann, Verlaat (70. Klasnic), Stalteri / Frings, Ernst (83. Silva), Krstajic Lisztes / Ailton, Bode

Attendance: 14.275
Goals: 1:0 Klimowicz (64.) / 2:0 Petrov (78.)
Yellow: Petrov (5), Munteanu (4), Schnoor (4) / Stalteri (4)
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, 15), Ballack (Leverkusen, 14), Elber (Bayern München, 14), Klose (Kaiserslautern, 12), Marcelinho (Berlin, 12), Pizarro (Bayern München, 12), Ailton (Bremen, 11), Max (1860, 11), Neuville (Leverkusen, 11), van Lent (Mönchengladbach, 11), Kirsten (Leverkusen, 10), Maric (Wolfsburg, 10), Preetz (Berlin, 10) - Ponte (7), Petrov (6) --- stop --- The Uefa Cup final could be a battle of the two Milan giants after Internazionale and AC Milan were kept apart in the draw for the semi-finals. The Nerazzurri face Feyenoord while Milan have been drawn against Borussia Dortmund. --- stop --- European champions Bayern Munich will face 2000 champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, while Manchester United have been handed a tie against Deportivo La Coruna. Greek side Panathinaikos take on Barcelona, and Bayer Leverkusen take on Liverpool. --- stop --- Champions League Semi Finals: Panathinaikos or Barcelona vs Bayern Munich or Real Madrid // Deportivo la Coruna or Manchester United v Liverpool or Bayer Leverkusen --- stop --- Germany coach Rudi Voller has promised to give injured Hertha Berlin defender Marko Rehmer as long as possible to prove his fitness for the World Cup. "I am sure he will get the games he needs to get back in form before I pick my team," he said. --- stop --- Bayern Munich striker Giovane Elber broke the record for the most goals scored by a foreign player in the Bundesliga with a match-winning display against FC Cologne on Saturday. "I told myself that only a goal would bring back the joy for me," he said. --- stop --- Hertha Berlin's hopes of qualifying for the Champions' League were dealt a severe blow when mercurial Brazilian star Alex Alves was ruled out for at least two-weeks with a strained thigh. --- stop --- Bayern Munich forward Zickler and Klose, from Kaiserslautern, have joined Carsten Jancker (ankle) and Mehmet Scholl (back) on the injury list and therefor have pulled out of Rudi Voller's already depleted squad for the midweek friendly against the United States. Bayer Leverkusen forward Thomas Brdaric is now expected to be called-up for his first cap on Wednesday. --- stop ---

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