As a coach, Magath has always had a reputation as a tyrant, but his experience and ability should not be underestimated. .com he knows when the team needs to be supervised and when it needs encouragement. After the team himself is careless and does not play well, he will threaten the whole team with punishment, and when the team loses because of the energy involved in the national team competition, he will not come hard and put the team under unnecessary pressure.

Although he is a person who is too tough many times, which makes the players extremely unhappy. Although he doesn't like to maintain relationships with players very much, and he doesn't pay attention to proportions when he speaks. But I have to admit that he can still lead the team forward. He didn't give the players a gentle encouragement, but a simple comparison between the Champions Cup and the Losers' Cup already made the players quite concerned.

The loser's cup he is talking about actually refers to the Europa League - many big teams look down on the Europa League, teams such as Manchester United and Real Madrid have not played in the Europa League for many years, and Bayern has played the Europa League once in these years and is also regarded as a shame by Bayern. Like this kind of top giants, for them, the Champions League is the only game that suits their identity, the Europa League? In the eyes of the top giants, that is the trophy that only the losers will fight for.

But the name of the Losers' Cup, it is understandable that the giants talk about it, but a team like Wolfsburg calls it a Losers' Cup, which seems to be a bit too much. They are not a top team like Bayern Munich and at the start of the season they were tasked with qualifying for Europe. Although it is said that in the winter they have made a big recruitment. It's certainly not going for the Europa League anymore, but to call it the Losers' Cup is quite unfitting – for a team like them that were relegated last season. What qualifies someone to laugh at someone else as a loser?

However, Magath said so in front of everyone on the team. And his words also made the players quite excited: what he did not reveal in his words was that he had already demanded his team by the standards of the giants. The trophy that the giant team can't look down on, he can't look down on either. This is undoubtedly an invisible encouragement for the players, who are willing to see themselves as big players – under Magath's demanding demands. Hidden is the appreciation of the players, and the players will not be disgusted by it.

And want to think of yourself as a big player. Naturally, it is necessary to play the level of a wealthy family. It's always a draw, it's not like what a big team should do. The 0-0 battle with Kaiserslautern can be said to be quite undeserved. What they should do is go for the victory, with enough victories. to write honors for your team.

And the victory they wanted, in the home game that followed, finally got it. In this game, against Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg played very well.

Bayer Leverkusen is also one of the giants of the Bundesliga, and their strength is not weak. It's just that in this battle with Wolfsburg, although they played very well, Wolfsburg obviously played better. Their motivation is completely different from the last game.

The game begins. They caught their opponents off guard. When Bayer Leverkusen got the ball at the back, Gao Shunyao immediately began to rush the defenders. The central defender, who was harassed by Gao Shunyao, sent the ball to the side with a pass. But at this time, Perisic, who had been waiting for his chance for a long time, suddenly pounced and snatched the ball. He and Gao Shunyao were both near the penalty area at this time, and this opportunity was simply not good, and Perisic immediately kicked a through ball towards the back of the Bayer Leverkusen defence, and Gao Shunyao also rushed through the opponent's defense at this time. In the case of the pursuit of the defender and the attack of the goalkeeper, a light pick. Played the ball towards the goal and scored the first goal for Wolfsburg.

Bayer Leverkusen's defeat, and Wolfsburg's insistence on a season of counter-attack, finally worked. And Wolfsburg's attack has not stopped, their players have been in good form recently, and it is not just Gao Shunyao who can play at their best.

This time, it was Turan on the right who passed the ball and fired a high cross at an angle of 45 degrees towards Mandzukic. It was a good pass, and Mandzukic handled it even better, jumping up and using his shoulder to unload the ball in the air. The ball flew upwards from his shoulder, and the trajectory of its fall was very well judged. Mandzukic took advantage of the opportunity, and after he landed on the ground, he didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground, and volleyed the ball towards the goal.

Standing near the right-hand post, he suddenly turned and fired a shot that was also close to the post. Hitting the goal from such a close distance, the opposing goalkeeper had no way to defend at all, and the football went directly into the goal, which also allowed Wolfsburg to further consolidate the victory.

It turns out that when the Wolves players are free of the national team and have enough energy, they can play very well. Mandzukic's excellent form is proof of that. After the win over Bayer Leverkusen, they also faced Nuremberg away from home, and they did not disappoint.

Wolfsburg, who are playing away from home, do not have the same arrogant attack as when they play at their home stadium. In the game, they opted for a more secure defensive counterattack rather than a blind attack. They were on the defensive, and Nuremberg themselves did not choose to attack, which made the game look a little dull, but Wolfsburg's goal was not bad.

In the game, it was Mandzukic who took the opportunity to score first. In the middle of a Wolfsburg counter-attack, Nemanja Matic gave the ball to Gao Shunyao, who was running in the middle.

Gao Shunyao, who got the ball in the front court, was still more than ten meters away from the penalty area, but Nuremberg's defense had begun to shrink at this time. Gao Shunyao knew that counterattacks needed speed, and he needed to let the ball move faster, so he kicked the ball extremely quickly and gave the ball to Mandzukic who rushed up on the penalty line.

At the edge of the penalty area, Mandzukic, who got the ball, made a sharp stop to change direction, shook off the defense, and broke the opponent's door with a powerful volley.

And this goal was just the beginning, and soon, in another counterattack, Salihamidzic, who was rotated, made a one-two with Mandzukic in the penalty area, and then made a beautiful shot to expand the score to 2-0. Just before the end of the game, Wolfsburg doubled the score again with a flick of his head from a corner.

3-0, Wolfsburg's away win was clean.

After scoring in two consecutive games, Mandzukic and Gao Shunyao's form has also fully returned. Both strikers were able to score in quick succession, which also delighted the team. Watching them play better and better, even their teammates were amazed.

"It's a pity, if you play more steadily this season, you may be able to compete for the little steel cannon."

The small steel cannon they say is the top scorer award in the Bundesliga, and their words are undoubtedly a compliment. It's just that this sentence made the two of them only shake their heads and smile bitterly: that kind of thing, they don't bother to think about it now, because even if they do, there is no point in thinking about it.

This season, Huntelaar doesn't know what the wind is pumping, and he has been scoring goals in Schalke constantly, and his efficiency is surprising. Compared to him, the strikers of other teams in the Bundesliga are all inefficient in scoring goals, although Wolfsburg played well, and their strikers are still far inferior, this kind of obviously flattering words, just listen to it.

Moreover, Gao Shunyao and Mandzukic also understand that what they need more than a small steel cannon is victory.

After Nuremberg, Wolfsburg returned to their home turf and also ushered in a big victory. This time they were against Hamburg, so it was easy for them to win.

Hamburg is not a particularly good opponent in the league. Wolves faced them away in the first half of the season and won both. And now, with the aftermath of a two-game winning streak, they are playing even better at home to Hamburg.

From the start of the game, Hamburg was on the defensive. But their defense didn't allow them to hold out for long. On 21 minutes, Perisic won the ball from outside the box and fired a long-range shot to break through the Wolfsburg gate and make the killing of the game officially begin.

Wolfsburg's attack was quite efficient, and after Perisic's goal, they took advantage of the opposition to fight back, and they pressed on another wave of attacks. Turan's pass gave Mandzukic a one-on-one chance in the box, and he managed to run through the air with his explosiveness before slotting the ball into the net.

With two men scoring, the game has become one-sided. Not long after, during a free kick, Gao Shunyao's shot hit the opposing defender and refracted into the net, expanding the score again. And that wasn't the end of the game, as at the start of the second half, Perisic doubled the lead again with a beautiful header into the far corner. And the score of 4-0 also made Hamburg completely lose confidence. In one of the defences, Ko was brought down in the box by a Hamburg player, which also gave Wolves a penalty opportunity. Perisic converted the penalty and scored a hat-trick to turn the game into a carnage.

The 5-0 win proved just how good Wolfsburg's attack was in this game. Wolfsburg finally started to get stronger in the second half of the season.

And after this round, Wolfsburg relied on a wave of three consecutive wins to climb the points to 55 points. And this point also moved them up to third place in the league, two points behind Bayern and two points ahead of Schalke. Although they have played well during this period, the other teams have not let up. The opponents in the back bit very hard, leaving them no chance to relax, the league competition is still very fierce, and Wolfsburg may still fall out of the top four if they are not careful.

There are still seven rounds to go, and Wolfsburg's opponent is Dortmund, and it is also a tough battle, which can be said to be extremely difficult to play. However, with three consecutive rounds of wins as a foundation, Wolfsburg's morale is unusually high: the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and in these last few rounds, it should be decided who wins and loses.

Over the course of the season, the Wolfsburg players know their quality very well and they know what position they deserve.

Top four in the league, this position has to be theirs. (To be continued) I580