VfL Wolfsburg’s second friendly of the winter period also ended all square, with the Wolves drawing 2-2 at Premier League side Brentford in their final game of 2022. Luca Waldschmidt (13’) and Dzenan Pejcinovic (67’) got the goals for the Green-and-Whites at the London club’s new training complex, the Robert Rowan Performance Centre. After a brief Christmas break, starting on 23 December, the Wolves begin their preparations for the rest of the campaign on 2 January.
VfL head coach Niko Kovac: “It was important for us to end the second week of training with a game. We’re satisfied with the result and with the way the team performed against Brentford. Almost all the players got minutes, so we can head into the next week of training with a good feeling before going on another break.”
FC Brentford: Winterbottom – Zanka, Mee (46. Canos), Pinnock – Roerslev (46. Ghoddos), Norgaard (46. Goode), Janelt (80. Yarmoliuk), Henry (46. Trevitt) – Lewis-Potter (80. Olakigbe), Mbeumo (46. Wissa), Toney (46. Damsgaard)
VfL Wolfsburg First half: Klinger – Fischer, Lacroix, Guilavogui, Otavio – Arnold – F. Nmecha, Ambros – Paredes, Waldschmidt – Marmoush
VfL Wolfsburg Second half: Pervan – Fischer, Lacroix (65. Odogu), van de Ven, Braun – Franjic – Svanberg, Gerhardt – Wimmer, Philipp – Pejcinovic
Goals: 0-1 Waldschmidt (13‘), 1-1 Mbeumo (21‘), 2-1 Toney (37‘), 2-2 Pejcinovic (67‘)
Winter schedule