Mark van Bommel has come under even more pressure due to the home defeat against SC Freiburg (0-2). After the final whistle, part of the audience in the Volkswagen Arena already called for the departure of the Dutch coach: Van Bommel raus. Van Bommel says he has not heard those chants, but he says he understands the emotions of the fans.
After the fourth round of the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg was still in excellent shape. Thanks to a 0-2 victory, we went to visit the newly promoted Greuther Fürth the Wölfe without losing points in the Bundesliga. After that, however, the mess came in. Wolfsburg has already failed to win eight games in a row and Saturday night’s defeat against Freiburg was already the fourth in a row. The last time Wolfsburg recorded such a loss was in the 2012-13 season, when it fell in the last four games under Felix Magath.
“I accept all criticism. Because if you don’t win the matches, you get criticized. Regardless of the way you play,” Van Bommel said after the game sky. “You know there is pressure. We put that on our shoulders. And that also comes from the outside, which is completely normal,” the trainer continued. “Like I did as a player, now I have to lead my team. That you work harder and harder every day. That is the only way out of this bad period.”
The only achievement for the home team before halftime was credited to Lukas Nmecha, who shot at the crossbar ten minutes before half time. “If you have shit under your shoe, you have shit under your shoe”, Van Bommel said Sports buzzer the match together. At rest, Wolfsburg sought out the catacombs to a violent flute concert. The supporters said after the deficit against Freiburg that they ‘wanted to see the players fight’ and afterwards there were sounds like Van Bommel raus. The trainer himself has not heard the chants. “These kinds of emotions are normal, because all fans want to win,” said Van Bommel when he was pointed out to the criticism of the supporters.
Technical director Marcel Schäfer said afterwards that he “will not participate in the discussion about a coach change”. “I think the team really tried their best, but you can also see that it lacks confidence. You see in a situation like that, where we’ve put ourselves, it’s incredibly hard to get out of it.”