Kevin de Bruyne sounded uncertain. He did not know whether he had done everything right, he hoped. After the 3: 1 victory of his VfL Wolfsburg in the knockout round first leg of their Europa League against Inter Milan, the midfielder was asked on the fence of the Fanblocks, he got a megaphone into my hands and should direct the cheers.
“It was the first time for me,” de Bruyne said about the fraternization with the hard core of the audience. What exactly he had launched megaphone, he did not report. “You know what they say because” he meant the reporters. Then he laughed.De Bruyne was the man of the evening in Wolfsburg Stadium, with an original and two goals he was instrumental in that VfL one and a half feet is in the quarterfinals. In the return leg in Milan on Thursday (21.05 clock, live ticker SPIEGEL ONLINE) could be the Wolfsburg afford even a narrow defeat. Which does not mean that in the camp of VfL boundless cheerfulness would prevail. For de Bruyne was only one of two players who were in the spotlight in the victory against Inter.
The second was André Schürrle appreciated.
For 32 million euros was the world champion changed at the beginning of the second half of Chelsea to Lower Saxony, and after Schurrle with two assists in his debut against Hoffenheim In early February highest expectations had awakened, buckled shape curve. Recently the offensive man was missing the bond to the game as it is called in the jargon, he has not yet found its place at VfL. Schurrle still waiting for his first goal for the new employer.
“Andre has not played well, he can do better”
experienced Against Milan Schurrle the temporary low point of his time as Wolfsburg professional. In the sixth minute he did not get a pass from Robin Knoche under control, Inter striker Mauro Icardi captured the ball and initiated the lead through Rodrigo Palacio. And because Schürrle forward succeeded little remarkable, was finishing his workday after the first half of the game. Coach Dieter Hecking did not even try to justify Schürrle substitution at half time break with tactical considerations “. André has not played well, he can do better”
As if that were not enough been the humiliation, it ran without Schurrle suddenly for Wolfsburg. Vieirinha moved from the defensive to the offensive midfield and capped a strong performance with the preparatory work to de Bruynes 2: 1 for a good hour. Daniel Caligiuri brought Inter backline messed up at five-minute intervals. He was particularly motivated as the son of an Italian and a longtime fan of Inter’s city rivals AC Milan. Before closing, even Ivan Perisic came on. He is after four weeks of injury back in service and also competes with Schurrle to a post in the offensive. The Wolfsburg want the debate on the club’s most expensive shopping not let boil up, but you know that would be difficult. “After a 3: 1 I would like to talk about it not really,” said coach Hecking, then described but his take on Schürrle location. “Of course, the expectation is great I can only say:.! Calm down,” appealed the coach to the public.
The VfL likely to occur aware of the problem with Schurrle. Last season the club had a similar situation with de Bruyne by. The Belgian was like Schurrle changed to Wolfsburg in winter from Chelsea, brought as Schurrle with little match practice and had difficulty in settling. De Bruyne, the suffering of the new goal therefore well understand: “.. This is a really serious situation I can understand that he feels a bit tired at the moment, but I’m not worried,” he said on Schürrle
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de Bruyne and VfL Wolfsburg has indeed worked. The match against Inter Milan was enough evidence for it.
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