Wolfsburg may have earned three points against lowly Freiburg during the Bundesliga's Friday match, but they certainly weren't very impressive in doing so. Instead of systematically grinding Freiburg to dust, the hosts played an incredibly open game and nearly payed the price. Things started well, with Petr Jiracek sliding home a smart finish in the fifth minute for his first Wolfsburg goal, but before long the visitors had leveled after Johannes Flum blasted a loose ball past Diego Benaglio to make it 1-1.
Wolfsburg Vs. Freiburg, 2012 Bundesliga: Hosts Edge Frenetic Match
It was an incredibly frenetic game at the VW-Arena, and it took Wolfsburg just four minutes to put their noses back in front, a suspiciously offside-looking Giovanni Sio pulling off a deft backheel for Marcel Schafer to convert from close range. Of course, Freiburg then added plenty of pressure of their own, and Daniel Caligiuri curled a brilliant effort in off Benaglio’s post to draw the visitors even once more.
There was time enough left in the first half for each side to clear a ball off the line, and although the game naturally couldn’t sustain its initial furious pace it was still reasonably entertaining after the break. Wolfsburg took the lead for the third time on the night when Jiracek tried an optimistic long-range effort that took a nasty deflection and ballooned it’s way past a helpless Oliver Baumann, to make it 3-2, and this time it was simply too much for Freiburg to come back from. Not exactly an authoritative performance from the hosts, that.
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