At the World Cup, Julian Draxler was the apprentice while Bastian Schweinsteiger was the master. Tonight’s Champions League fixture between Manchester United and Wolfsburg will see them on the same pitch again, but this time for the opposite team. The game is at Old Trafford 20:45 CEST.
Julian Draxler was forceful with his words ahead of his away game. "We want to overcome the group stage and survive for as long as possible in the Champions League. We are ambitious," said the 21-year-old. His colleagues Luiz Gustavo and Vieirinha will miss out due to injury.
Schürrle: "It is an amazing stadium"
Three points at the so called 'Theatre of Dreams' would put the minds of the Wolves to rest after a difficult week, Lewandowski having scored five against them and Hannover, who are bottom of the table, having held them to a draw. It would be good timing for Wolfsburg to escape this difficult period. "We are glad that we are now playing in the Champions League," said Allofs. "It is an amazing stadium to play in," said Andre Schürrle, who played there twice during his Chelsea days.
The DFB Cup winner now travels to Manchester with a German team, but his team beat CSKA Moscow on the first matchday, whereas Manchester United lost to PSV Eindhoven. The red devils, in the meantime, jumped to the top of the English Premier League table on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Sunderland.
"We are not just going to Old Trafford to watch"
Amazingly, six years ago to the day, Wolfsburg played Manchester United in the Champions League, and that time round, Wolfsburg were 2-1 victors. The then and now VfL goalkeeper Diego Benaglio says his team will not surrender. "We are not going to Old Trafford to just watch them play."
Bastian Schweinsteiger feels very at home in Manchester. Every game he hears his name being sung by the fans in their unmistakable accents, showing how welcome he is there. His nickname has become, accordingly, 'Mr. Calm' because of his tidiness, composure and control in midfield.
