Goals and Highlights: Wolfsburg 1-3 Lille in UEFA Champions League 2021

Match ends. Lille finish top of Group G with a 1-3 away win over Wolfsburg.

3 minutes of compensation are added

GOAL! Renato Steffen came in from fresh to score Wolfsburg's pride goal. The score is 1-3

Jerome Roussillon is cautioned.

Double change for Lille. Tiago Djalo and Yusuf Yazici come on, Nanitamo Ikone and Zeki Celik come off.

GOOOOL. Angel Gomes fiercely finishes off Ikoné's service to make it 0-3.

Changes.
Wolfsburg: Renato Steffen and Felix Nmecha enter, Luca Waldschmidt and Joshua Guilavogui come off.
Lille. Burak Yilmaz is out, Amadou Onana is in.

GOAL! Jonathan David controls until he gets in front of the goal and with a cannon of a shot from close range, he puts the ball into the net at the right post. 2-0 in favor of the visitors.

Lille substitution. Angel Gómes replaces Gabriel Gudmundsson.

Yellow card for Ikoné 

Wolsburg double substitution, Jerome Roussillon and Ridle Baku in place of Paul Otavio and Kevin Mbabu.

Arnold is cautioned for an ill-timed tackle.

Maxilimilian Arnold takes the corner kick but the ball is cleared by the Lille defense.

Ikoné sets up the individual play and shoots from the edge of the area, the ball passes very close to the crossbar. Casteeels perfectly intervenes the shot, it will be a corner for the visitors.

Benjamin Andre receives medical assistance after receiving a severe blow

Halftime change. Dodi Lulebakio replaces Yannick Gerhardt.

The second half of the match is underway!

At the end of the first half at Wolfsburg, Lille are leading by the narrowest of margins since the 11th minute.

The home side were in control of the game, but were unable to reflect this on the scoreboard. 

Wolfsburg look for an equalizer and in another attempt, Weghosrst and Mbabu combine but the ball goes wide.

It's close! Yilmaz takes the free kick and the trajectory of the ball goes straight to the left corner but Casteels intervenes.

Mbabu delivers a lofted cross into the box but the French backline has to deal with it well and sends it to a corner.

Ivo Grbic makes a clean save from Wout Weghorst's header, which again finds space on the penalty spot.

Weghorst's header rises near the penalty spot to meet Kevin Mbabu's service, but the ball goes over.

Yellow Card! Yellow cards for each side of the pitch, José Fonte is the first caution for Lille and Sebastiaan Bornauw of Wolfsburg also gets a yellow card.

Shot! Luka Waldschmidt gets in a shot from long range but the ball goes just wide of the goal.

GOOOOL! The visitors capitalize on the early pressure and take the lead. Burak Yilmaz controls the ball in the box and scores the first goal.

First arrival of Lille, Yilmaz is encouraged with the cross but Casteel anticipates well and clears the ball.

Foul on Lille, Kevin Mbabu arrives late and knocks down an opponent, the referee gives the ball to the visitors.

UEFA Champions League Group G match between Wolfsburg and Lille kicks off!

Wolfsburg: 5 Micky Van de Ven, 11 Renato Steffen , 12 Pavao Pervan, 15 Jerome Roussillon, 17 Maximilian Philipp, 20 Bote Baku, 22 Felix Nmecha, 225 John Anthony Brooks, 28 Dodi Lukebakio, 33 Daniel Ginczek.

Lille: 3 Tiago Djalo, 11 Yusuf Yazici, 20 Angel Gomes, 24 Amadou Onana, 27 Cheikh Niasse, 34 Rocco Ascone, 40 Jules Raux

1. I. Grbic, 28 Reinildo, 4 S. Botman, 6 J. Fonte, 2 M. Célik, 5 G. Gudmundsson, 21 B. André. 10 J. Ikoné, 18 R. Sanches, 9 J. David. 17 B. Yimaz

1 K. Cast Keels,4 M. Lacroix, 23 J. Guilavogui, 3 S. Bornauw, 19 K.Mbabu, 8 A. Vranckc, 27 M. Arnold,6 Paulo Otavio, 7 L.Waldschimidt, 31 Y. Gerhardt, 9 W. Weghorst

The French champions have already set foot on German soil and are at Volkswagen-Arena

The German team averages just 0.8 per game in the Champions League, scoring 7 in their last 5 games, the lowest average for a German team since 2007.

Since 2015, Wolfsburg is unbeaten in its last five matches against French opponents in European tournaments. With 2 wins and three draws.

Lille has only one win against German teams in any European competition. The current French champions beat Stuttgart 1-0 in 2002, but have a record of 4 draws and 5 defeats in nine meetings against the Teutons.

This match has generated high expectations as it defines the places in Group G at the last minute. The winner will establish itself as leader and will ensure its passage to the next stage of the UCL, in case the locals lose, they could say goodbye to all competitions in the Old Continent.

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The Volkswagen Arena is a multipurpose sports complex located in the state of Lower Saxony, located in the city of Wolfsburg. It was built in 2002 and has a capacity for 30,100 spectators. It is the home of VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga and is named after its main sponsor.
This stadium hosted Germany in 2003, when it received the visit of Canada, with the Teutons winning 4-1. It has also hosted four matches of the 2011 Women's World Cup. It has also been used for various concerts, including a performance by Elton John.

 

For Lille, Jonathan David also scored in his last match of the competition.  

Wolfsburg's player to watch is Ridle Baku, who in the last UCL match opened the scoring after just three minutes.

Lille's two wins in a row in the UEFA Champions League, which saw them finish bottom of Group G, have guaranteed their participation in one of next year's European competitions and would be the first time that the current Ligue 1 champions have finished as group leaders in the UEFA Champions League, as well as reaching the knockout round since 2007. 

Wolfsburg is in last place in the group, although they could still aspire to a place in the round of 16, a stage they have not been able to reach for the last five years. The biggest problem for the team is in attack, as their goal scoring has been very poor. Die Wolfe are on a three-game winning streak at home and will be looking to continue this trend against Lille.

UCL Group G is the most dramatic in this last day of the group stage as all the teams are still alive and in the bidding for a ticket to the next round, so this will be a very exciting matchday.

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