2011-2012 German Bundesliga Match Day 12 – Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg [R]

2011-2012 Bundesliga Match Day 12





Borussia Dortmund




Versus






VfL Wolfsburg





Saturday, November 5, 2011 3:30 PM (CET)
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund







Borussia Dortmund enters this match having had their three-match winning streak in the Bundesliga snapped by a draw at VfB Stuttgart last weekend. However, BVB is also coming off a hard-fought Champions’ League victory over Olympiakos Piräus.


In their last five Bundesliga matches, VfL Wolfsburg has two victories (both at home against 1. FC Kaiserslautern & 1. FC Nürnberg), one draw (at HSV) and two defeats. The defeats came on the road at Bayer Leverkusen and in their last Bundesliga match, at home against Hertha BSC Berlin.


Personnel-wise, BVB is quite possibly better off than we have been for awhile. Lucas Barrios is apparently100%, but it is not known whether he will start against Wolfsburg. Honestly, I would move Lewandowski to Kagawa’s spot and move Barrios in at striker. But we will see what Jürgen Klopp chooses to do on Saturday. Sven Bender is once again a match-day decision. My opinion is if Bender isn’t 100%, he should not play. Start the match with Sebastian Kehl and Moritz Leitner at the double-six.


I really don’t have any real information on Wolfsburg’s personnel situation. “Bild” reported earlier in the week that Wolfsburg’s top goal-scorer this season, Mario Mandzukic, was sick. However, it has been reported that Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath has stated Mandzukic will be able to play on Saturday.


In the last six meetings in Dortmund between these two clubs, BVB has won three, drawn two and lost one. BVB won the meeting in Dortmund over Wolfsburg last season 2-0 behind goals from Sahin and Kagawa. In the last ten meetings between the two clubs overall, BVB has won five, drawn two and lost three. BVB swept VfL Wolfsburg last season winning 3-0 in Wolfsburg along with the aforementioned 2-0 victory in Dortmund.


The last time the clubs met in November was a goalless draw in Wolfsburg on November 30, 2008.


For those here in the USA, the match will be shown live on GolTV starting at 10:30 AM Eastern time.

Projected Borussia Dortmund Starting Lineup: Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer - Bender (Leitner), Kehl - Götze, Kagawa, Grosskreutz (Perisic) - Lewandowski



Projected Borussia Dortmund Substitutes Bench: Langerak - Löwe, Santana, Leitner, Gündogan, da Silva, Kuba, Barrios, Zidan



Questionable For Borussia Dortmund: Bender (foot issue)



Out For Borussia Dortmund: Owomoyela (muscle tear), Koch (knee surgery),

Projected VfL Wolfsburg Starting Lineup: Benaglio - Ochs, Kyrgiakos, Russ (Thoelke), Schäfer - Träsch, Josué (Chris) - Dejagah, Koo, Hasebe - Mandzukic


Projected VfL Wolfsburg Substitutes Bench: Lenz - Madlung, Cale, Polak, Salihamidzic, Hleb, Orozco, Jönsson, Helmes


Questionable For VfL Wolfsburg: Unknown


Out For VfL Wolfsburg: Hitzlsperger (knee surgery), Lakic (knee problem)





Referee – Dr. Jochen Drees: Saturday’s match will be the fourth time Dr. Drees has called a BVB Bundesliga match. BVB has never won under Dr. Drees’ supervision. One draw and two defeats, including BVB’s 1-0 defeat in Hoffenheim earlier this season.



Sideline Assistants: Sönke Glindemann & Frederick Assmuth
Fourth Official: Markus Schmidt





Spectator Status: Match was not sold out as of Thursday. Remaining tickets will be on sale at fan shops and ticket booths.

I hope to see Lewndowski as starter for one more game, no need to rush Barrios back at this stage. Give him 15 minutes at the end of the match, then one more week to recover, and then let him start to see where he is at.

I will be watching the match tommorow morning LIVE in crappy non-HD MPEG on ATDHE Net.TV, as I have Dish Network and they stopped carrying GolTV a few years back over a bullshit dispute about $$$ for Dish Network to carry their programming.

I hope to see the match both sold-out and with the Sudtribune completely flooded with 25,000+ strong and ready to rock.

GO WOLFSBURG!!!

Confirmed lineup

Weidenfeller

Piszczek - Subotic - Hummels - Schmelzer

Leitner - Bender

Gotze - Kagawa - Grosskreutz

Lewandowski

Starts in under twenty minutes.

Great move, superb goal from Gotze.

1-0 BVB

Anyone else think the all-white kits we (Wolfsburg) are donning today are as shitty as our defense way is this morning as Kagawa clearly exploited on that breakaway goal just now?

Another fantastic goal, this time on a quick counter after Bender won the ball back in midfield.

Kagawa 2-0 BVB

Half-time:

Borrusia Dortmund 2:0 VfL Wolfsburg

Felix Magath is gonna give his club hell in the locker rooms, especially for that sloppy display of defense that lead to both goals in that first half.

Bender heads in a corner and our two goal cushion is restored thankfully

3-1 BVB

Another VfL giveaway has been punished with a goal, this time from Lewandowski

4-1 BVB

Finaly lewy scores during a one-on-one situation! has he finally grown in mental strength??

Gotze scores again

5-1 BVB

You don't get the "MySportsGermany" channel with Dish's German package??

I know you only get to see the Konferenz on Saturday, but at least you still see the goals.

I'm sorry to you about how that went. I'm happy, but things like this are what I meant when I wrote at your thread that Magath has lost it for getting guys like Kyrgiakos and Chris to be your central defense.

You guys have a team of has-beens. You need some younger blood in midfield and defense.

I think he's growing.

Great pass from Kagawa and not to take anything away from him, but Lewa got lucky there too.

He nearly overran the ball. But he got the job done and that's what matters.

I never thought I would write this, but Lewandowski is deservedly keeping Barrios on the bench at the moment.

And that is good for any BVB fan to see.

He definetly has grown . I have been watching lewy since his
Extraklasa days with lech and his move to germany
Has been so good for him. Hes evolved alot of elements to his game such as fighting for head balls, holding up the play so his team can catch up and most
Impresive for me is his knack for getting assists.

Never the less far from the finished product . He did get kinda lucky on the finish today. Shoulda tried somethin different. To bad kuba cant play like that. Our nt really needs him but oh well

While I agree with you for the most part, I think it is difficult to take any real conclusions of this idea when you consider how bad the opponent was. Apart from their terrible defending, Wolfsburg were slow in moving the ball through the middle and mostly relied on players like Mandzukic and Schafer to work something out wide. They relied on crossing the ball into the box with hope of scoring and it's pretty much how their goal came.

Really loved what I saw from Leitner today, he looks amazing for his age. Hopefully he can become what we need in the middle of the park. I don't think it is too much responsiblity on him, he is the same age as Gotze was last season when he made his breakthrough. Also liked what I saw from the attacking four, they were all fantastic and rarely put a foot wrong out there.

FINAL SCORE:

Borussia Dortmund 5:1 VfL Wolfsburg

It wasn't even close in this match, but from what I read on the Dortmund forum, maybe Felix Magath should try to use some younger players on the defense as opposed to sme of the more-seasoned veterans (footyfan1 mentioned we've been trying too hard to rely on what he calls "has-beens") instead of infusing some youthful exuberence in the defense and midfield spots.

I may be only in my 2nd season as a Bundesliga follower and a VfL Wolfsburg supporter, but the way they played out there, it looked embarassing to see VfL getting routed like they did this morning.

BTW, I took footyfan1's advice and tried veetle.com for the GolTV feed and was watching the match LIVE on it until it completely blacked out on me, so I had to go to ATDHE Net.TV to watch the rest of the match, and the club looked (not SD/HD-like) was as flat as those god-awful all-white VW up! promo-only kits we were donning in this match, I'll still get this season's green/white VfL jersey instead.

I'd say he's developed to potentially being as good as him. He had 21 goals last season, and it doesn't look outrageous to state that he can reach that figure this season.

What i was saying was lewy has really grown.. earlier this season during this kind of one-on-one, maybe due to his nerves, he would either blast wide or shoot at the gk. the fact that he was able to try to chip over the gk as shown that he has managed to calm his nerves in this kind of situation and this is growth to me. while lewy has played well, i still hope klopp will try to play lewy behind barrios.. imo barrios is still a better poacher than lewy..

that aside of cos wolfsburg make it easy for us, but earlier this season u would bet on us to miss half the chances we scored ytd...

So did Wolfsburg's midfield. They were non-existent.

Oh please. That wasn't any great revelation we saw or anything we've been "missing." It was another weak opponent. I like what Leitner is doing, but he hasn't filled any gaping hole.

What is better with us is that our offense has finally awakened. Mostly thanks to Lewandowski and Kagawa finally getting their heads out of their asses.

And that happened well before we put Leitner in the lineup.

And I think you're too much into your own thoughts. But whatever man.

I know what I'm seeing.

I'll put my knowledge of tactics of this game up against anyone's.

Klopp changing up tactics helped. He took far too long to do it.

So yes, of course tactics have played a role here, but not in the way you seem to want to will it to be.

I've explained over and over and over again.

We'll never agree on that. And yes, every time you come here and try to push the discussion in that direction, I'm going to make it known there is another side.