Dynamo's opponent in the Europa League playoff round, Stuttgart, met with Wolfsburg in one of the final matches of the day of the first round. It’s interesting that the teams played each other in the last round of the last championship, and the “wolves” had to win to get into the European competition. However, Stuttgart won 3:2.

It was not easy to count on Wolfsburg, even if they were coached by Felix Magath , who worked with the Swabians: Stuttgart had not lost at home for seven matches (six wins and a draw), and the Czech duo was not among the guests due to injuries , memorable at Euro 2012, in the form of Vaclav Pilar and defender Petr Jiracek.

The hosts' coach Bruno Labbadia made only one change in the victorious lineup following the game with Dynamo, replacing Shinji Okazaki with another foreign player in the attack - Guinean Ibrahima Traore.

In one episode he was injured out of the blue during a basically equal game in the first half, but remained on the field. In the attack of both teams, representatives of the Balkans acted in front - for Stuttgart, Vedad Ibisevic , and for Wolfsburg, Ivica Olic, familiar to the Russians, tried to make some noise. In the first half, the Croatian tried to close in Ashkan Dejag's cross and sent the ball in touch centimeters from the post.

The main events in the game happened at the end.

At first it seemed that victory would not escape Stuttgart

Ex-Spartak player Emmanuel Pogatec caught the leg of the active Ibisevic, who rushed to finish off. The Bosnian failed to convert the penalty - Diego Benaglio pulled the ball out of the corner, and the forward missed his finishing shot into the empty goal. And then, within three added minutes, as a result of a counterattack after a cross from the right, Bas Dost sent the ball into the goal with a rebound from the lawn.

Thus, Stuttgart did not receive a goal or three points before leaving for Moscow.

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