Wolfsburg vs Freiburg preview - Hecking ponders fitness worries - 7M sport

Wolfsburg vs Freiburg preview - Hecking ponders fitness worries



Posted Saturday, March 14, 2015 by PA

Wolfsburg's 3-1 win over Inter Milan in the Europa League on Thursday night could leave its mark on the side Dieter Hecking sends out to face Freiburg this Sunday.

Diego Benaglio, Vieirinha and Bas Dost all picked up knocks in the first leg of the Wolves' last-16 Europa League tie and all three could miss out to ensure they are fit for the second leg in Milan next week.

"There's a question mark over all three of them," said Hecking, who wants to see the right attitude from his players to a league game which may not be regarded as being as important as the trip to the San Siro.

"If we don't give 100 per cent, then it's going to be tough.

"If we have the right attitude, then we are capable of winning this game."

Wolfsburg's 1-0 defeat to Augsburg last weekend effectively ended any lingering hope they had of catching Bayern Munich at the top of the standings.

At the same time, they have a nine-point cushion over fourth-placed Borussia Monchengladbach and are on course for Champions League qualification, which is why they can afford to focus their efforts on Europe and the domestic cup competition, where they do still have chances to lift a trophy.

Freiburg are their opponents in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal, which makes Sunday's game something of a dress rehearsal.

It is more than just that for Freiburg, who find themselves inside the relegation zone.

"We're going to have to run, work and fight as well as we can if we want to make things hard for Wolfsburg," said Freiburg coach Christian Streich.

"If we manage to play well for 90 minutes, then that's fine. Then we will just see what we get for it."

Freiburg will be without their suspended captain Julian Schuster, while Naldo is another absentee for Wolfsburg due to suspension.



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