Union Berlin came back from behind against Wolfsburg (2-1) and qualified for the quarterfinals of the DFB Pokal. The second classified in the Bundesliga played as usual and the theater around the failed signing of Isco did not seem to detract from his players.
Wolfsburg had the best start, monopolizing possession in the first minutes, putting Union in their own half and taking the lead immediately, in the 5th minute, through Lukas Waldschmidt.
The play came from a corner kick that was cleared by the Union defense but the second ball was left to Gerhard, who put the ball back into the area and Waldschmidt pointed there.
Waldschmidt advanced to Wolfsburg
Waldschmidt was left alone as the Union players advanced into their positions to leave their rivals offside, but Marco Haberer was slow to do so, setting up the striker, who scored without problem. .
The Union gradually settled down, moved Wolfsburg a bit in their field and in the 12th minute they took advantage of one of their favorite weapons, set pieces, to tie the game.
Knoche equalized on a defensive error
Shortening the corner, Jurasiv sent a diagonal cross to the far post, where Robin Knoche appeared alone, seemingly out of sight of Paulo Otavio, who should have marked, allowing him to score with his right foot within a small area. .
After the tie, the Union became more active, became more interested in possession of the ball and in defense began to play with its most advanced lines.
The crossbar saves visitors
The best chance to take the lead in the first half came for the Berliners in the 27th minute with a Jordan header that bounced off the crossbar.
In the second half, despite some good phases from Wolfsburg and a good chance from Ridle Baku in 68′, Union continued to be the team with the closest approach to the box.
In the 46′ Giesselmann gave a warning with a deflected shot inside the area, in the 51′ Rani Khedira tried it from distance and in the 72′ there was a good counterattack from Sheraldo Becker who managed to cut out Lacroix within the area.
Behrens decide
At 79′ came the second goal, scored by Kevin Behrens with a shot inside the small area. The play started with a ball opened up by Jurasic down the right for Khedira, he dropped a cross to the far post, where Becker put the ball back into the middle for Behrens to finish.
In 87′ the Union were left with 10 due to the sending off of Giesselmann for a double yellow card. The dismissal gave way to a defensive battle for the Union that lasted seven minutes, four hours of injury time, although in the last second the Berliners came close to increasing the number on the counterattack.
Source: La Verdad
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