Adi Hütter on...
...the current situation: “We need to exude an air of confidence, believe in ourselves and get the points we need from the remaining seven matches. The good thing is we have our fate in our own hands. We know what the situation is and what our strengths are. My task is to make sure that we keep a sense of optimism, despite everything.”
...the team’s approach to Wolfsburg: “We need to go about things in a measured way. We’re putting the work in and getting too little in return. We need to keep the opposition’s chances to a minimum because we know that we’ll always be capable of scoring goals. The problems aren’t when we attack, it’s not defending as a unit. Shipping too many goals isn’t down to our system, it’s consistency. We need to do better at that in Wolfsburg because they’re a quality opponent.”
...VfL Wolfsburg: “I expect them to pick up where they left off against Leverkusen (4-1 win). They’ll let us have the ball, push up into their half and try to get possession off them one-on-one. So we’ll have to avoid making any errors and not play the ball square too often, and get through their lines when they put us under pressure. In Weghorst they have a striker who is full of running, while Schlager is good at building up play in midfield, and Arnold is excellent. We need to cut out his passes and watch out for his set pieces.”
...squad availability: “Overall things are looking good, so we’ll only be without Stefan Ilsanker who picked up a fifth yellow card – other than that we’ll have a full squad to pick from. We’re hoping that Goncalo Paciencia will be available again for the final weeks of the season.”
