Wolfburg successfully makes its way to the UEFA Cup group stage with a 2-1 aggregate total over Rapid Bucureşti. After taking the opening leg 1-0 at Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg played Rapid Bucureşti to a 1-1 draw. The home club's hopes took a difficult turn when Grafite scored twenty-three minutes into the match, which because of the "away goal" rule, required them to score three goals to advance. With twenty minutes left in the match Vasile Maftei scored for Rapid Bucureşti but it was far too late and the match ended in a draw, thus advancing Wolfsburg to the next round.
The match was sadly mired by late fan violence, something that needs to be rid from our game. Additionally the Rapid Bucureşti manager Jose Peseiro has been suspended from the squad.
Wolfsburg
Diego Benaglio,Andrea Barzagli,Marcel Schäfer,Ricardo Costa,Josué,Christian Gentner (Ashkan Dejagah 63'),Makoto Hasebe (Cristian Zaccardo 90+1'),Sascha Riether,Grafite,Edin Džeko,Zvjezdan Misimović (Alexander Madlung 87')
Rapid Bucureşti
Elinton Andrade,Vasile Maftei (Júlio César 72'),Ricardo,Marius Constantin (Nicolae Grigore 46'),Vladimir Božović,Daniel Barioni,João Paulo,Costin Lazăr,Juliano Spadacio (João Paulo 62'),Pierre Boya,Cláudio Mejolaro
