Bundesliga
March 15, 2013
Wolfsburg
1 - 1
F Düsseldorf
Bundesliga
19:30 +00:00, March 15, 2013
Volkswagen Arena
VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Scoring Summary
| VfL Wolfsburg | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
|---|---|
| Ivica Olic (51') | Mathis Bolly (37') |
Teams
| VfL Wolfsburg | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
|---|---|
| 1 Diego Benaglio | 33 Fabian Giefer |
| 40 Simon Kjaer | 4 Stelios Malezas |
| 17 Alexander Madlung | 28 Martin Latka |
| 34 Ricardo Rodriguez | 21 Johannes van den Bergh |
| 32 Fagner | 3 Leon Balogun |
| 38 Thomas Kahlenberg | 8 Robert Tesche |
| 29 Jan Polak | 13 Adam Bodzek |
| 15 Christian Träsch | 11 Axel Bellinghausen |
| 11 Ivica Olic | 23 Robbie Kruse |
| 30 Yohandry Orozco | 35 Mathis Bolly |
| 8 Vieirinha | 10 Ken Ilsö |
| Substitutes | |
| 7 Josué | Stefan Reisinger 27 |
| 4 Marcel Schäfer | Jens Langeneke 6 |
| 13 Makoto Hasebe | Tobias Levels 19 |
| 12 Bas Dost | Dani Schahin 20 |
| 35 Marvin Hitz | Genki Omae 39 |
| 6 Slobodan Medojevic | Ivan Paurevic 15 |
| 27 Maximilian Arnold | Nikos Papadopoulos 36 |
| Substitutions | |
| Josué for Jan Polak (15) | Stefan Reisinger for Ken Ilsö (45) |
| Bas Dost for Fagner (45) | Dani Schahin for Mathis Bolly (75) |
| Marcel Schäfer for Thomas Kahlenberg (74) | Genki Omae for Robbie Kruse (88) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Josué (17) | Stelios Malezas (82) |
| Yohandry Orozco (84) | Robert Tesche (88) |
| · Squads: VfL Wolfsburg | Fortuna Düsseldorf | |
Wolfsburg and Fortuna Dusseldorf shared the spoils at the VW-Arena as a draw left both sides in the wrong half of the Bundesliga.
Mathis Bolly gave the visitors a surprise lead late in the first half, but Wolfsburg's top scorer Ivica Olic earned his side a point in the 51st minute.
After a 5-2 win at Freiburg last weekend, the result will be regarded as a setback for Wolfsburg, who missed the chance to reduce the arrears on the top six to five points.
Fortuna will be pleased with a point which gives them an eight-point cushion over the bottom three.
Wolfsburg started brightly, but could not find a goal to crown their efforts.
The nearest they came was when Ricardo Rodriguez's shot hit a post with Fabian Giefer beaten.
Fortuna's defensive tactics did not appear to be getting them anywhere until Bolly gave them the lead against the run of play in the 37th minute, firing in after being set up by Robbie Kruse.
The fans inside the VW-Arena were stunned, but with six defeats and only two wins in 13 home games this season, they were getting used to seeing their side behind.
Their team, though, did not cave in, as has been the case on occasions this term, but instead searched for a route back into the game.
They found it in the 51st minute when Olic scored his fourth goal in his last three matches.
He then set up Bas Dost, who wasted a chance to give the Wolves an instant advantage, and that proved to be their last big chance of the game.
Dani Schahin missed a chance to steal all three points for the visitors when he tried to backheel the ball past Diego Benaglio in the last minute.