Bradley: Wolfsburg vs. B. M'Gladbach, 10/18 (R)

Soccernet has Bradley starting, hopefully they are right.

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=273043&league=GER.1&cc=5901

Link on atdhe

 

Wolfsburg with a ball of the crossbar after some loose marking by BMG

 

He's starting. He just won the ball, made a good run down the left and put in a dangerous cross.

 

MB gets the start.

Bradley wins the ball in midfield, dashes down field and gets a pass back on a counter. MB crosses it low to his teammate but he cannot connect.

Very lively start. Wolfsburg already nailed the crossbar on the attack.

 

any threads?

 

If you go to atdhe.net the stream there works.

 

Wow, Obafemi Martins was wide open in the box and he tried a cheeky backheel and managed to block it with his other foot.

 

espn360 is also broadcasting

 

Bradley nips in front of a sleeping Wolfsburg player to steal the ball and put in a great cross, but his teammate mishits the volley. He probably had more time than he realized.

 

Bradley with a great read to intercept the ball, sends a cross to Bobadilla who flubs it.

 

BMG can't shoot, nothing has been on frame.

 

I've seen one bad pass by Bradley so far. Mullet man #11 for BMG scores, but is ruled offside.

 

Whoops, was typing something and missed a Wolfsburg goal right before HT. Looks like maybe Dante screwed up and allowed a free header off a corner. 1-0 HT.

Before that Bradley won the ball and broke downfield but didn't have much support and had it tackled away, and fouled the tackler trying to get it back.

 

BMG defending set pieces are a comedy of errors, 1-0 wolfsburg.

 

According to soccernet, BMG has 9 shots with none on target. Frustrating.

 

Scheisse, Wolfsburger scorer bevore halbzeit.

 

I'd say Bradley had a pretty good half. He was active defensively and his passing was good bar one attempt. Wolfsburg had a lot of possession as you would expect, but BMG wasn't overwhelmed.

 

Bradley has not been so good so far in the second half. Three of four of his passes have gone straight to the other team.

He's been playing as basically a backline shield, and seems to have very little freedom to surge forward. It really doesn't take advantage of his workrate, which is of course one of his strengths.

 

A comedy of errors - first the collision and then missing the open goal. BMG blew a huge chance to level it there.

 

Yeah that was a bad back heel attempt by Bobadilla. Didn't even look at the goal. Maybe he thought someone would be cutting in to score it? Either way it was just real bad .

 

Bradley tries to work a give and go with another attacker, but his touch is off.

EDIT: BMG defense leaves Bailly out to dry on a nice strike by Gentner.

 

Crisp, cool and professional from Wolfsburg. 2-0.

 

Goal Michael Bradley!

2-1.