Wolfsburg survive relegation playoff to stay in Bundesliga
Tuesday - May 22, 2018 1:14 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Wolfsburg survive relegation playoff to stay in Bundesliga
Kiel (Germany) May 22 (IANS) Wolfsburg are assured of another season in German top-flight football after defeating Holstein Kiel 1-0 here in the second leg of the relegation playoff to prevail 4-1 on aggregate.
While dominating possession the hosts failed to seriously threaten the Wolfsburg goal reports Efe.
On Monday Robin Knoche scored for the visitors in the 75th minute and Kiel s Rafael Czichos had a goal disallowed with five minutes left in regulation after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) showed that he used his arm to advance the ball.
Wolfsburg s Yunus Malli had a goal called back in the first half after VAR spotted that teammate Divock Origi was offside.
For Wolfsburg a second straight season of having to win a playoff to remain in the Bundesliga is a measure of how far they have fallen from the level of the side that gave Real Madrid a battle in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2016.
--IANS tri/bg
While dominating possession the hosts failed to seriously threaten the Wolfsburg goal reports Efe.
On Monday Robin Knoche scored for the visitors in the 75th minute and Kiel s Rafael Czichos had a goal disallowed with five minutes left in regulation after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) showed that he used his arm to advance the ball.
Wolfsburg s Yunus Malli had a goal called back in the first half after VAR spotted that teammate Divock Origi was offside.
For Wolfsburg a second straight season of having to win a playoff to remain in the Bundesliga is a measure of how far they have fallen from the level of the side that gave Real Madrid a battle in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2016.
--IANS tri/bg
