Ghost game vibes: Bundesliga club embarrassed pre kick-off | OneFootball

DFB-Pokal matches during the week are often less attended than Bundesliga games on the weekend. Inconvenient kickoff times, long journeys for away fans – there are several reasons for empty stadiums.

When VfL Wolfsburg hosts Holstein Kiel in the second round of the DFB-Pokal this evening, the stadium will be particularly empty at 6:30 PM. Only 10,000 fans are expected at the Volkswagen Arena. 2,050 of them will be in the away section filled with Kiel fans.

It's no longer news that Wolfsburg struggles with sold-out stadiums, but SO few fans haven't been there for a really long time.

To be precise, not for eleven years. In October 2014, the DFB-Pokal match in the second round against 1. FC Heidenheim drew only 7,608 fans to the stadium.

And in case you're wondering if the game really sparks so little interest from the fans: The Wolves' press conference before the match was not broadcast live on 'Wölfe TV' yesterday afternoon. The reason according to the club: Due to the low number of participants, they wanted to grant exclusivity to the media representatives on site.

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