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01/24 15:42 CST Holsten Kiel strikes late to grab point at Wolfsburg and end
road losing streak
Holsten Kiel strikes late to grab point at Wolfsburg and end road losing streak
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) --- Relegation-threatened Holsten Kiel scored a late
equalizer to draw at Wolfsburg 2-2 in the Bundesliga on Friday and snap a run
of five consecutive away defeats.
The home side came into the game having scored a club record 40 goals in its
first 18 games but it had a frustrating first half and went in a goal down
thanks to a 13th-minute header from David Zec.
Wolfsburg coach Ralph Hasenhttl introduced Patrick Wimmer at the break and it
took the Austrian winger just five minutes to make his mark, slotting under the
advancing goalkeeper after he was put through on goal by Jonas Wind.
Three minutes later, Wind put Wolfsburg ahead when he headed home from a corner.
But Hasenhttl's counterpart Marcel Rapp was also busy, making five changes in
the second half, including giving a debut to recent American signing John
Tolkin.
However, it was another of the replacements who grabbed the equalizer in the
80th against the run of play.
Steven Skrzybski squeezed a low shot between the keeper and the post to give
Kiel a share of the points.
Kiel remained second from bottom but two points ahead of last-placed Bochum,
while Wolfsburg rose one spot to sixth.
Before kickoff, both sides lined up with a banner declaring "WeRemember" to
mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau
concentration camp on Jan. 27, 1945.
German clubs mark the occasion every January to commemorate those murdered by
the Nazis.
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