Thanks to two goals from World Cup winner André Schürrle, VfL Wolfsburg now have every chance of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the Champions League. The 25-year-old scored both goals in his team’s 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow. While the Russians now have no chance of getting through, the DFB-Cup winners only need a draw in their final group game against Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger’s Manchester United on the 8th December.
Schürrle was slightly fortunate in his first goal in the 67th minute just six minutes after coming on as a substitute. The 25-year-old tried his luck from an impossible angle and Moscow’s keeper steered the ball into the goal with his arm. In the 88th minute, with the Russians looking the stronger of the two sides, Schürrle came up with the goods again and killed the game.
Gladbach set their sights on Europa League
With a place in the Champions League knock-out stages out of reach for Borussia Mönchengladbach, André Schubert’s men took a huge step towards the consolation prize of Europa League qualification. The Fohlenelf beat Sevilla 4-2 and celebrated their first win in a top European competition for over 37 years. A win in the final game of the group stage against last season’s Premier League runners up Manchester City will see Gladbach finish third and book their place in the Europa League.
Larst Stindl opened the scoring in the 29th minute giving Gladbach a deserved half-time lead. In the second half the home side took control of the game but came very close to conceding the equaliser. A stroke of genius from Fabian Johnson gave them some breathing space. The remaining four goals all came in the last 15 minutes of the game. First Raffael made it 3-0, then Vitolo pulled one back for the visitors before Stindl bagged his second of the game just seconds later to restore the three-goal cushion. In stoppage time, Banega converted a penalty and the game ended 4-2.
The win was Borussia Mönchengladbach’s first in the Champions League, their first in the top European competition since beating Liverpool in the away leg of the 1978 semi final and saw them move into third place in Group D.
Thanks to two goals from World Cup winner André Schürrle, VfL Wolfsburg now have every chance of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the Champions League. The 25-year-old scored both goals in his team’s 2-0 win over CSKA Moscow. While the Russians now have no chance of getting through, the DFB-Cup winners only need a draw in their final group game against Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger’s Manchester United on the 8th December.
Schürrle was slightly fortunate in his first goal in the 67th minute just six minutes after coming on as a substitute. The 25-year-old tried his luck from an impossible angle and Moscow’s keeper steered the ball into the goal with his arm. In the 88th minute, with the Russians looking the stronger of the two sides, Schürrle came up with the goods again and killed the game.
Gladbach set their sights on Europa League
With a place in the Champions League knock-out stages out of reach for Borussia Mönchengladbach, André Schubert’s men took a huge step towards the consolation prize of Europa League qualification. The Fohlenelf beat Sevilla 4-2 and celebrated their first win in a top European competition for over 37 years. A win in the final game of the group stage against last season’s Premier League runners up Manchester City will see Gladbach finish third and book their place in the Europa League.
Larst Stindl opened the scoring in the 29th minute giving Gladbach a deserved half-time lead. In the second half the home side took control of the game but came very close to conceding the equaliser. A stroke of genius from Fabian Johnson gave them some breathing space. The remaining four goals all came in the last 15 minutes of the game. First Raffael made it 3-0, then Vitolo pulled one back for the visitors before Stindl bagged his second of the game just seconds later to restore the three-goal cushion. In stoppage time, Banega converted a penalty and the game ended 4-2.
The win was Borussia Mönchengladbach’s first in the Champions League, their first in the top European competition since beating Liverpool in the away leg of the 1978 semi final and saw them move into third place in Group D.
