Wolfsburg plays 1-1 against Sevilla: Wolfsburg unlucky

Ein a controversial foul penalty shortly before the end, VfL Wolfsburg lost their first victory in the new Champions League season. Former Schalke Ivan Rakitic scored on Wednesday evening in the 87th minute to make it 1: 1 (0: 0) for Sevilla FC.

The insecure referee Georgi Kabakow (Bulgaria) and his video assistant had previously checked an action by VfL professional Josuha Guilavogui, who first hit the ball and then the shin of Argentinian Erik Lamela in the penalty area.

In the end, Kabakov not only gave a penalty, but also a yellow-red for Guilavogui (85th). Renato Steffen (48th) had brought Wolfsburg into the lead shortly after the break from close range.

The first Champions League home game in five and a half years triggered something in Wolfsburg. In contrast to the 2-0 win against Real Madrid in April 2016, there were only 11,733 spectators in the Volkswagen Arena due to the corona. But this time the audience, often smiled at, was very loud, it threw confetti – and in the end cursed the referee. The very inhibited appearance at OSC Lille (0-0) was followed this time by a hectic start against Sevilla of VfL.

After a quarter of an hour, two green and white (Lacroix, Steffen) saw the yellow card. VfL was definitely not lacking in commitment that evening. Sevilla, on the other hand, were the slightly better team in terms of play. The quick opening goal shortly after the break was very beneficial for the Wolfsburg team.

Because now they let themselves fall far behind and lay in wait for the counterattack. And with them they were far more dangerous than the cumbersome Spaniards trying to build up something like pressure. To compensate, they needed the controversial foul penalty.