Chain broken, miracle missing: sexy wolves defeat invincible Barcelona

Broken chain, lost miracles
Sexy wolves defeat invincible Barcelona

4/30/2022 at 7:54 PM

After 1:5 in the first leg, a miracle is needed to reach the Champions League final – against Barcelona who won all matches (!) this season. Footballers from Wolfsburg almost managed to make sense, but in the end the deserved victory “only” broke Barcelona’s incredible streak.

Despite a lively race to catch up, the Wolfsburg footballers missed the hoped-for miracle in the Champions League against FC Barcelona. After 1:5 at Camp Nou, the Bundesliga leaders defeated the defending champions in the second leg semi-final 2:0 (0:0) and halted the top-flight’s 45 winning streak as a conciliatory deposit.

Top scorer Tapia Wassmuth (47th position) and Dutchman Gil Rurd (59th position) scored in front of 22,057 fans at the Volkswagen Arena, setting a home audience record for VFL women. The eight-year-old’s (12,464) record was broken. The Catalans will now meet either Paris Saint-Germain or Olympique Lyonnais in the final on May 21 in Turin (9pm / first leg 2:3). Two-time champions Wolfsburg are now turning their attention to the potential double. In the league final, VfL is currently in the lead in a duel with Bayern Munich, in the DFB Cup final on May 28, the long-term winner against Turbine Potsdam is the favourite.

Wolfsburg leaves chances

Compared to the first leg, Wolfsburg coach Tommy Strutt relied on attacking power and additional pressure from fast paced Ewa Bajor. On the flip side, Jonathan Giraldes trusted his start to success on the 11th of the previous week. And with their usual amount of ball possession, they felt a lot more resistance than they did eight days ago. The flight attendants were more compact and also showed their quality in the transition game. Rhodes (34) first good chance, but he invalidated Barca’s goalkeeper Sandra Banos.

On the other hand, goalkeeper Almoth Schulte proved once again to be a strong support against the terrifying attack around world footballer Alexia Putilas in front of the eyes of national team coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. In the first leg, Schulte saved her team from an even worse disaster with 16 saves. Then the second half started almost perfectly for VfL: after just 112 seconds, Waßmuth scored with a long-range shot from a free kick position. It was the tenth goal of the national striker’s tenth Champions League match.

After the lead, the home fans cheered their wolves even louder, and the already impressive Barcelona squad were impressed and conceded the second goal: Rord also clung from a distance and grabbed goalkeeper Banos with the wrong foot. At the final stage, a frantic exchange of blows then developed. Wolfsburg felt their chance and got many good chances, but Barcelona also invested more and also came up with serious deals.