If your defense improves, the strength of the team can become stronger. Follow. The update is so fast. The game in which Wolfsburg was 'forced' to draw by Augsburg did not make them feel that there was anything wrong with it, because they knew that this game meant a lot to the future of their team.

This truth was quickly verified, because just after the match with Augsburg, Wolfsburg also welcomed a strong opponent in its home stadium.

Werder Bremen, one of the strongest teams of the season. So far, they are the same team as Wolfsburg on points. Their strength is not weak, and they are also very lucky, when facing Wolfsburg, Bremen, who are obviously playing away, launched a fierce attack in the opening game, and it has received results, which is even more surprising.

This season, Wolfsburg's home record is very 'outstanding'. Although they are a bit of an away bug, the home team is definitely a one-stop performance. Wolves have a good record at home, with no team other than Bayern Munich able to beat them on the battlefield of Wolfsburg, which is also the reality of this season.

However, in this game, Werder Bremen used their football to add some stains to Wolfsburg's home results. broke the 'goal' at the beginning, so that Wolfsburg had just started the game, and it had already fallen into the disadvantage.

In order to turn the tide, Wolfsburg had to make tactical adjustments and strengthen their offensive, however, their own offensive had not yet been fully opened, and a counterattack by Bremen successfully conquered the big 'gate' of Wolfsburg again.

Trailing 2-0 at home is a predicament Wolfsburg has never faced this season. As it turns out, even if the home results in the past are good, as long as the team is not serious enough, they will still face difficulties. Against Augsburg, Wolfsburg deliberately trained their backline, but even so, they were beaten twice by Werder Bremen. It's hard for them to imagine if they hadn't focused on defense these days, and they would have been on their home turf. Slaughtered by your opponents?

It was unthinkable – in fact, it was the scoreline that made the Wolfsburg players feel extremely humiliated, and their attacks became more aggressive.

Under the relentless attack, Mandzukic scored a goal for the team first. He hadn't scored in three rounds since the start of the game against Borussia Dort' 'Monde', but this time, he found his form.

On one occasion Perisic on the left flank got the ball. He broke down the left flank and crossed over to the ground. Kicked the ball to the middle. Gao Shunyao, who ran past him, did not take the ball, but let the ball leak behind him. Mandzukic, who was in the middle, stopped for a moment, he took a step back, just found the line of the football, and directly 'shot' the 'goal' with his left foot, and scored the ball into the 'goal'.

Perisic's pass, Gao Soon-yao's cover run. Coupled with Mandzukic's own beautiful escape, this goal, all three people did very well.

And this goal, only to get a point back. And then, Gao Shunyao was not far behind and scored his own goal.

Compared with Mandzukic, Gao Shunyao's strength is inferior. But there are some opportunities that he can also grasp very 'outstanding'. This time, Wolfsburg's goal was simpler. After Salihamidzic sent out a corner kick, Gao Shunyao, who was standing near the 'goal' post, ran two steps forward, rushed to get the landing point in one step, and shook his head directly to the 'goal' while getting rid of the defender. One more city for Wolfsburg.

His goal equalized the score for Wolfsburg, but it was also the final goal of the game for Wolfsburg. With two goals down and too much debt, Wolves were unable to score again and could only get a home draw they didn't want.

Their home results have also become less pretty.

Unexpectedly 'forced' to draw by Bremen. As a result, Wolfsburg has only lost to Bayern in this half season, and the home results of winning all other games have been "clouded" with a "shadow" shadow. However, this does not necessarily or does not relieve the burden of pressure on Wolfsburg. After all, always thinking about how good your home field is is an invisible pressure on the players, and trying to maintain your honor in the game can also make people daunted.

What's more, just losing to Bayern, after this round, doesn't look like much of an honor. Because in this round, Bayern also lost.

They played at home and lost to Borussia Dortmund and made the reputation of the team at the top of the table less resounding. Although they are still ahead of Dort' 'Monde', they have lost their opponents at home, and it is widely believed that in the second half of the season, they will still have to give up the championship.

The reason is simple, just look at their Champions League results. Bayern played well in the Champions League and qualified as the group leader, and it is estimated that they will go far. After six games, they left the Champions League directly at the bottom of the group and got rid of the European task, which can be said to be nothing light.

There is always a gap between single-front operations and two-front operations. And Wolfsburg's next game also proved this truth.

After being held to a draw by Bremen, Wolfsburg were faced with Hannover, who finished in the top five of the league last season and were given the chance to play in the Europa League. This season, they are also playing on two fronts, and the group of opponents such as Copenhagen and Standard Liege also makes them extremely big. The burden of fighting on two fronts was very great, so that they did not have an advantage in the face of Wolfsburg.

This away game may be the most beautiful game Wolfsburg has played in the past half season. Facing Hannover, which is lacking in physical strength, although it is an away game, Wolfsburg is playing with sound and color. The difference in strength between the two sides is not too big, and Hannover was still able to use home advantage to resist Wolfsburg's attack for half the game, but in the second half of the game, they did not have enough ability to continue to 'fiercely' fight with Wolfsburg.

Mandzukic once again opened the scoring for Wolfsburg. This time, he took advantage of a free-kick opportunity to win a spot in the box. Although Hannover's wall was well arranged, Mandzukic was not easy to grab the point, but he was able to grab the first place in the crowd of scrambles, and successfully scored a goal for the team with a header.

Players with quality can always score goals. In contrast, it is more difficult for a player with a slightly lower quality to score consecutive goals. Gao Shunyao also tried to score a goal in this game to increase his away goal tally. Unfortunately, his attempt did not go as smoothly as Mandzukic. After getting the ball near the penalty area once, he relied on a sudden burst to the side of the break, and successfully got rid of the defense, but after getting rid of it, he also slipped a little under his feet, failed to control the football, and made the ball bigger.

The lack of technology made him suffer a lot. Fortunately, this opportunity was not wasted. Perisic, who was 'inserted' on the side, was very close to Gao Shunyao at this time, Gao Shunyao took the lost ball, which was directly controlled by him to his feet, and then a beautiful push 'shot', so that Gao Shunyao's mistake became an assist.

One person's efforts may lead to mistakes, but everyone helps each other, which will definitely create a good atmosphere for everyone in the team to strive for the first.

After 16 rounds of games, Wolfsburg finally stopped playing away games, which can also be said to be their biggest gain in half a season.

With some relief, Wolfsburg ushered in the first half of the season against Stuttgart on their home turf. This time at home, they are no longer as careless as they were against Werder Bremen. In this game, Wolfsburg did not give their opponents any more opportunities, and they also relied on a rather conservative style of play at their home stadium to win the game.

In this game, Wolfsburg only played out a score of 1-0. The goal for Wolfsburg was scored by a break into the vicinity of the penalty area. The team's first-choice right-back has been working hard to support Salihamidzic this season, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have the quality to score goals himself. In this game, after a wide 'insertion', he managed to kill near the penalty area, and then, with a long-range 'shot', he broke through the big 'goal' of Stuttgart.

1-0, which isn't a pretty scoreline, but for Wolfsburg, it's the three points they need.

The victory over Stuttgart, Wolfsburg's half-season can be regarded as the end of 17 games, 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, Wolfsburg with 33 points, ranked fifth in the league, with this result ushered in the winter break.

This point and ranking are basically the same as Magath's requirements, and if Wolves can maintain this winning rate in the second half of the season, they will probably be able to guarantee that they will have European games to play next year. Last season's relegation team, this season's play like this, is also quite good.

However, Magath is clearly not satisfied with only European competition, and after the team is fifth in the league with 33 points, he naturally thinks about how to rise to the top four of the league.

The fourth and fifth, it may seem like a one-point difference, but the difference is huge. One is playing in the Champions League, the other is playing in the Europa League, these two games, there is a big difference, and everyone on the earth knows it.

If it were possible, he would certainly like Wolfsburg to play in the Champions League.

And how can you play in the Champions League? In addition to the efforts of the current players, Magath also has some plans of his own.

Wolfsburg showed two weaknesses in the battle with Dort's 'Monde'. One is that their defense is not good, and the other is that their midfield is not well controlled. Without a real playmaking core, all controlled by a single Salihamidzic, Wolfsburg's midfield control is limited after all, and this is also a problem they must solve.

This problem is not as easy to solve as the line of defense. Defense can rely on cooperation, but technology does not rely on cooperation. Magath hasn't mentioned this problem for a while, but in his heart, he has a solution.

It's time for the winter break and it's time to bring in players – when you need good players, what's easier than bringing in players?