Borussia Mönchengladbach has improved their UEFA Champions League qualifying trusts with a 3-0 victory over Wolfsburg, twice on goal with Jonas Hofmann and twice on third with Lars Stindl.
In spite of a compartment still to play in the UEFA Champions League for next season, Gladbach rose with another look attack following back-to-back defeats: Ibrahima Traore made his first season start and Breel Embolo drove the line in the absence of the harmed Alassane Plea and Marcus Thuram.
It was a move that appeared to benefit some with Embolo dazzling early on as he skirted past John Brooks and slid into Hofmann ‘s ball to push past Koen Casteels for the opener.
Gladbach multiplied their lead on the half-hour mark when Hofmann paced his hurry flawlessly again to meet Matthias Ginter ‘s smart lay-off header from Stindl and smash the ball down into the bottom corner.
Hofmann may and ought to have finished his hat-stunt early in the subsequent half, however, then he was evaded by the poise he displayed in his two goals, as he put a shot wide from Embolo ‘s pass on the left post. At that point Stindl put the outcome unquestionably, driving another phenomenal team to a fine side-footed completion that Traore saw give assistance.
Wolfsburg coach Oliver Glasner reacted with a triple-replacement and the changes had a positive impact as the visitors delighted in the best spell of their season. However, chances were hard to get a hold of as Gladbach easily guarded his lead in putting three valuable points on the board and turning the weight upon Bayer Leverkusen in a football battle in the Champions League that looks prone to go last minute.
