Matchday 25\u2019s afternoon kick-offs delivered three takeaways: Wolfsburg\u2019s worsening plight, Deniz Undav\u2019s claim to start for Germany and Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s uneven Arsenal tune-up.<\/p>\n
Saturday brought five fixtures, notably Freiburg v Leverkusen and Wolfsburg v Hamburg, plus Stuttgart at Mainz. According to Get German Football News, these were the three things we learnt.<\/p>\n
Already in the relegation zone after wins for St. Pauli and Werder Bremen last week, Wolfsburg missed a chance to climb with both rivals playing tomorrow. In a match of three penalties, Christian Eriksen scored for die W\u00f6lfe, but Luka Vuskovic and Jean-Luc Domp\u00e9 converted to give Hamburg a 2-1 win. With a non-penalty xG of 1.05 and only Bremen and Gladbach left among direct rivals, this could prove costly unless a head coaching change is made sooner or later.<\/p>\n
Deniz Undav strengthened his case after a week of questionable remarks from Julian Nagelsmann about Germany\u2019s summer set-up, scoring and assisting in Stuttgart\u2019s 2-2 draw at Mainz. On 19 goals and 12 assists in 34 games, with Nick Woltemade struggling at Newcastle and Kai Havertz only just back from injury, it is a fair argument he should start, either up front or behind with Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz.<\/p>\n
Leverkusen\u2019s Arsenal preparation was sub-optimal, as they drew 3-3 at Freiburg. They twice came from behind to reach 2-2 at half-time, then after Martin Terrier made it 3-2 they conceded a late Matthias Ginter equaliser, with an even later Ginter winner ruled offside. Die Werkself looked too open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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