VfL Wolfsburg crushed guests Freiburg 6-0 with three targets in every half because the Bundesliga restarted on Saturday after a two-month World Cup and winter break.
Jonas Wind struck twice following Patrick Wimmer’s second-minute opener, with Yannick Gerhardt including one other early within the second half to seal their fifth straight league victory.
Baku Ridle rattled in one other within the eightieth minute earlier than a stoppage time Luca Waldschmidt penalty accomplished the demolition job.
The win lifted Niko Kovac’s workforce to sixth place on 26 factors whereas Freiburg, who had received 4 of their earlier 5 Bundesliga matches, dropped to fourth place on 30, alongside third-placed Union Berlin. It was additionally Freiburg’s heaviest league loss since coach Christian Streich took over 11 years in the past.
“Six nil against the second team in the standings is a bit surreal,” Kovac, whose workforce are unbeaten since September, mentioned. “We played good football against a difficult team. But we will not go crazy now. It was good but we must keep repeating it.”
“Let’s enjoy it today and focus on our next game from tomorrow morning.”
Eintracht Frankfurt, winners 3-0 over Schalke 04, moved into second place on purpose distinction, additionally on 30 factors, whereas Bayern Munich, on 35 factors, prolonged their lead regardless of drawing 1-1 at RB Leipzig on Friday.
They additionally made positive of turning into unofficial “autumn champions”, the highest workforce on the halfway stage, forward of their seventeenth league match subsequent week.
The Wolves received off to the dream begin when Wimmer slotted in from 14 metres after solely two minutes.
They doubled their lead within the twenty eighth with Wind’s close-range header earlier than the 23-year-old Dane struck once more, turning a cutback in to make it 3-0 within the thirty seventh.
Freiburg’s backline was already in full disarray once they misplaced possession as soon as extra within the 56th, permitting Wolfsburg to launch a fast passing transfer and Gerhardt to rifle in from a good angle.
Baku’s positive end within the eightieth after one other fast Wolfsburg transfer and Waldschmidt’s late penalty accomplished Freiburg’s distress.
“We had no chance,” mentioned coach Streich. “We had nothing to counter a team that was in every aspect better than us.”
