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Champions League: Gladbach pushes self-destruct, Draxler fires Wolfsburg to win
Published in Daily News Egypt on 15 - 09 - 2015

Borussia Mönchengladbach's troubles continue after a 3-0 defeat in Spain to Sevilla. Meanwhile, German Cup winners Wolfsburg picks up three points at home courtesy of a first goal from their big summer signing.
Sevilla 3-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
(Gameiro 47′ pen, Banega 66′ pen, Konoplyanka 84′)
Confidence is scarce in the Borussia Mönchengladbach camp after four successive defeats in the Bundesliga – the worst start to a campaign in the club's history. And so, returning to the Champions League/European Cup for the first time in 37 years wasn't exactly the best antidote for their dismal domestic form.
The Andalucians squandered one of their three spot-kicks inside a quarter of an hour in the second half with Kevin Gameiro and Ever Banega converting to help fire Unai Emery's men to a 3-0 win. Substitute Yevhen Konoplyanka carved out a late goal, but was aided by some questionable goalkeeping from Yann Sommer.
Emery's free-flowing, attacking team caused problems for Gladbach's fragile back four right from the start. Vitolo hit the woodwork after five minutes before former Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes blazed over from inside the six-yard box.
Roel Brouwers' glancing header a minute later was a test of Sevilla's defensive capabilities, but those were few and far between. At the other end, Gameiro's diving header landed in the side-netting, while Sommer produced a stunning save to deny the French striker the opener.
Favre's instructions at the break went out of the window within two minutes. Vitolo went down and Gameiro scored the opener for the Spaniards. Less than 60 seconds later, Vitolo tumbled easily in the box, but this time Gameiro's spot-kick smashed against the crossbar and was cleared desperately by the Gladbach defense.
There was no debating the third penalty kick, though, on 65 minutes. Tony Jantschke, returning to center-back, dived into a challenge with Gameiro and had no complaints about the decision. Gameiro was nudged off penalty duties by all-encompassing midfielder Banega and the Argentine doubled the home side's advantage.
Gladbach's misery was compounded when, six minutes from the end, Konoplyanka's delivery from the right-wing was carelessly parried into his own net by Sommer. The Foals welcome Manchester City to Borussia-Park in a fortnight, the English league-leaders continuing their poor run in Europe by losing at home to Juventus.
Wolfsburg 1-0 CSKA Moscow
(Draxler 40)
Thirty-six-million-euro man Julian Draxler scored his first goal for Wolfsburg who defeated Russian champions CSKA Moscow 1-0 on their return to Europe's premier club competition following a six-year absence.
The 21-year-old opened his club account just before the half hour mark, securing three points for Dieter Hecking's men who were comfortable without upstaging their Russian opponents. Draxler made his debut on Saturday, but the Wolves could only manage a draw at FC Ingolstadt.
Andre Schürrle and Max Kruse flanked the former Schalke attacking-midfielder who played in support of Dutch forward Bas Dost. Chances were limited early on in front of the 20,000-strong crowd until Dost headed over from close range in the 10th minute.
Without the ball, CSKA was compact and difficult to break down from open play. A wonderful one-two combination between Kruse and Schürrle almost unlocked the door, but the former Chelsea attacker was denied by experienced keeepr Igor Akinfeev.
CSKA managed to restrict Wolfsburg to shots from long-range in the first half. Schürrle dashed inside from the right, but then sliced his 30-yarder wide, while Luiz Gustavo struck wide from further out as the clock ticked towards the interval.
But five minutes before the break, Kruse turned into space on the wing, floated in a lovely cross for the well-timed run of Draxler whose header left Akinfeev with no chance of keeping the ball out. Draxler, making his 39th appearance in European club competition, secured possession in attack for the Wolves and played a more orthodox playmaking role than predecessor Kevin de Bruyne.
Nicklas Bendtner came on at half time, replacing Dost, and linked up well with Draxler as Wolfsburg controlled the tempo of the game. Hecking's men created no further chances with the exception of a weak shot from Schürrle in the 75th minute. The Wolves are now unbeaten at home in 25 games, their last defeat coming at the hands of Bayern Munich in 2014.
Wolfsburg faces Louis van Gaal's Manchester United at Old Trafford on Matchday Two, the English side losing 2-1 at PSV Eindhoven.
Full results: Champions League Matchday One:
PSV 2-1 Manchester United
PSG 2-0 Malmo
Benfica 2-0 Astana
Man City 1-2 Juventus
Wolfsburg 1-0 CSKA
Sevilla 3-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Galatasaray 0-2 Atletico Madrid
Real Madrid 4-0 Shakhtar Donestk


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