After their 3-2 (2-1) win over Eintracht Frankfurt, Wolfsburg are back in the hunt to play in international football.

The Wolves have become tougher and tougher as the season nears its end. And Felix Magath is already letting his intentions be known before facing his ex-club VfB Stuttgart this Saturday: "We have a real final match here at home for the UEFA Cup against VfB Stuttgart. Now that we're so close, we want to move into international football", said coach, sporting director and CEO of VfL Wolfsburg after the match.

Well-earned victory

After the scoreless draw against Bayern München and the win against Frankfurt, Magath faces his third former employer in a row on the 33rd matchday. But that doesn't interest the boss in light of a possible spot in the UEFA Cup. "If it was something special when I faced off against former clubs, then I wouldn't have any ordinary days in the Bundesliga", said Magath.

On the back of their seventh away win, VfL have pulled even with currently sixth placed Bayer Leverkusen two matches before seasons end and, with 48 points, are only three points behind VfB Stuttgart. With 28 points in the second leg and currently the third best team after the winter break, Wolfsburg have made a statement to competitors and played better down the stretch than Leverkusen, Stuttgart and Hamburg.

Match winner Dzeko

Wolfsburg continued the trend against the Frankfurt and their weak defence. Bosnian player Edin Dzeko exploited a defensive blunder eleven minutes before the final whistle to seal it 3-2.

VfL had watched Frankfurt equalise twice before previously taking the lead off scores by Grafite (4th min.) and Marcel Schäfer (27th min.). The determination of Eintracht captain Ioannis Amanatidis (22nd min., penalty kick) and Markus Weissenberger (62nd min.) were not enough to deny Wolfsburg the win.

Three goals allowed in three home matches

The ambitions of being a part of the UEFA Cup have all but dissipated In Frankfurt. The gloomy picture features five losses in the past six matches and four home matches without a win.

"We allowed three goals at home in our matches against Nürnberg, Bayern and Wolfsburg. That's unacceptable. That means we would have had to score four goals in each match to win", revealed Amanatidis about the problems facing Eintracht.

Source : Bundesliga.de 

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