VfL Wolfsburg defeated Hanover 96: Four goals and a pyro attack – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Klaus Allofs said the sentences that are always heard when soccer fans have misbehaved, but his voice sounded neither the usual hysteria nor despair about the general deterioration of good manners. The Wolfsburg sporting director spoke calmly and wisely about the incidents before kickoff of Niedersachsen duel at Hannover 96. “We do not want to see that we condemn. But nothing happened. This is good news,” Allofs said. He was noticeably interested in verbal de-escalation.

In the Fanblock VfL Bengal flares were fired before the game. Rocket flew over the square. A bullet had landed even under the umbrella of Hanoverian dugout. The Managers and goalkeeper Philipp Tschauner jumped frantically aside. Nobody got hurt. The opinions about the incident were clear. “That can not be a fan. Who does what so, is weak in the head,” said Hanover coach Thomas Schaaf.

His Wolfsburg colleague Dieter Hecking asked those responsible at host pardon, spoke of such behavior should not be tolerated, but tried as sporting director Allofs, not to allow the debate to derail. “So what happens again and again. I want to dramatize anything. I think it is much less become in Germany, in terms of pyrotechnics,” Hecking said.

Up to a point on the international courts zoom moved

That was only half right. Even if there may have been times when it has burned more often in the fan sections of the Bundesliga, and even though it was repeatedly times end up torches in the game: That such a bullet strikes in the dugout and the protagonist of the game at immediate risk, is a special case.

the anger over parts of its Annex, which are the VfL probably also bring a heavy fine in addition to the damage to its image, clouded the joy of the game, on this clear at the end win at bottom club. The 4: 0 win was a kind of liberation for Wolfsburg, which are at least on a transitional basis zoom moved to within a point of the international courts, and it was mainly an exemption for the man of the evening.

André Schürrle struck three times, to 1: 0 in the 36th minute, for 2: 0 in the 59th minute and the 3: 0 in the 62nd minute. They were his goals two to four in the Bundesliga season. Afterwards he made no effort to hide his satisfaction. “Much has been written, tells a lot. My goals were a clear answer,” Schurrle said.

Wolfsburg against Gladbach, Schaaf against Bremen

For more than a year he has been working in Wolfsburg, just as long as he is waiting for his big break. Schürrle often sitting on the bench, rarely succeeds to make a positive impact. These always come back injuries. Two weeks ago, sporting director Allofs had again criticized the man for whom allegedly paid 32 million to Chelsea Wolfsburg early 2014 and could be as slow start in their opinion, to repay the purchase price with good services. In Schürrle it remains difficult, as would not you beat about the bush, Allofs after the 3: said 2-success in KAA Gent in the first knockout round first leg of the Champions League

Schürrle has stressed once again in Hannover that he is. unjustly judged feel of the public. “If it is not running, all come out of their nests and have something to say,” the offensive player. With his hat-trick against the bottom club, which is Schürrle hope and the hope of the VfL-charge, to want everything for the better. “Apart from the three points it was very important that he could fill up confidence,” Allofs said on the national team, who not only can call himself world champion, but in the finals hung up the decisive goal.

The Wolfsburg are now before heavy tasks. On Saturday (15.30 live ticker SPIEGEL ONLINE) comes Borussia Mönchengladbach, three days later it comes in the return match against Ghent. So it can not hurt that Schürrle comes in the form.

Also Hanover strives towards decisive weeks. The defeat against Wolfsburg spoiled already again upswing hopes which had awakened at the weekend in Stuttgart victory. In order to be allowed to speculate on the league, the team needs a victory in the next game. The enemy is a special, at least for Schaaf. On Saturday it’s the Weserstadion against his longtime employer Werder Bremen.