losc left high and dry by wolfsburg published: thursday 11 december 2014, 23.06cet losc lille 0-3 vfl wolfsburg ricardo rodriguez struck twice after team-mate joshua guilavogui's dismissal as the wolves qualified at their hosts' expense.
• wolfsburg make it to the round of 32 at losc's expense • vieirinha scores and ricardo rodriguez gets two for the bundesliga outfit • wolfsburg's joshua guilavogui sent off ten minutes into second half • losc's divock origi has a second-half penalty saved • round of 32 draw takes place in nyon at 13.00cet on 15 december
ten-man vfl wolfsburg secured their place in the uefa europa league round of 32, a 3-0 win at losc lille meaning they finish as group h runners-up.
at kick-off, one team was in great form domestically while the other was struggling; the former was wolfsburg, but losc started sharper regardless. ıdrissa gueye headed against a post, and divock origi then fired in a low cross ryan mendes only narrowly failed to connect with before the on-loan liverpool fc forward brought a diving save from diego benaglio.
the visitors did begin to exert pressure as the break approached, but it was still a surprise to see them go in front. kevin de bruyne's magnificent reverse ball to ıvan perišić made the goal as it wrong-footed the losc defence, and when the former borussia dortmund man cut the ball back, vierinha was in enough space to be able to fire into the far corner with almost the last kick of the half.
a swerving luiz gustavo drive parried by vincent enyeama and a bas dost header from the subsequent corner might have given the visitors breathing space, which would have been welcome after midfielder joshua guilavogui was sent off for a second bookable offence in the space of eight minutes.
succour for dieter hecking's men came just ten minutes later, however, when ricardo rodriguez bent a free-kick beyond enyeama. the closing stages would have been more dramatic had benaglio not pushed out origi's 76th-minute penalty. ınstead, rodriguez added a third from the spot after pape souaré handled, with wolfsburg joining group h winners everton fc in the knockout phase.
yardımcı hakemler: çem satman (tur), kemal yilmaz (tur)
4. hakem: ekrem kan (tur)
çizgi hakemleri: tolga özkalfa (tur), ali palabıyık (tur)
losc: vincent enyeama(gk), sébastien corchia (dk. 67 ronny rodelin), florent balmont, idrissa gueye (dk. 83 soualiho meite), simon kjær, djibril sidibé, ryan mendes (dk. 67 nolan roux), pape souaré, rio mavuba (c), marko baša, divock origi
yedekler: steeve elana (gk), michael frey, david rozehnal, adama traoré
teknik direktör: rené girard (fra)
wolfsburg: diego benaglio (gk) (c), vieirinha (dk. 58 junior malanda), ivan perišić, ivica olić (dk. 46 bas dost), kevin de bruyne (dk. 85 daniel caligiuri), luiz gustavo, josuha guilavogui, sebastian jung, naldo, robin knoche, ricardo rodriguez
yedekler: max grün (gk), marcel schäfer, timm klose, maximilian arnold
