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Champions League: Wolfsburg vs Gent – Five Things We Learned

By Vijay Vemu

GENT, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 17 : Julian Draxler of Wolfsburg celebrates after he scores a goal to make it 0-1 during the UEFA Champions League match between KAA Gent and VfL Wolfsburg at Ghelamco Arena, on February 17, 2016 in Gent, Belgium. (Photo by Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)
GENT, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 17 : Julian Draxler of Wolfsburg celebrates after he scores a goal to make it 0-1 during the UEFA Champions League match between KAA Gent and VfL Wolfsburg at Ghelamco Arena, on February 17, 2016 in Gent, Belgium. (Photo by Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images) /
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(L-R) Nana Asare of KAA Gent, André Schürrle of VFL Wolfsburg during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 match between KAA Gent and VfL Wolfsburg on February 17, 2016 at the Ghelamco Arena in Gent, Belgium.(Photo by VI Images via Getty Images)
(L-R) Nana Asare of KAA Gent, André Schürrle of VFL Wolfsburg during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 match between KAA Gent and VfL Wolfsburg on February 17, 2016 at the Ghelamco Arena in Gent, Belgium.(Photo by VI Images via Getty Images) /

Some late drama sets up for interesting second leg

It was a frantic final 30 minutes as Wolfsburg were able to defeat Gent 3-2 in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie in the Champions League.

Wolfsburg, who qualified for the Round of 16 by winning Group B, had a great first half as they took the lead via Julian Draxler. Draxler made things even better with a second goal as Wolfsburg were able to get another away goal as they looked to run over Gent, who advanced as they placed second in Group H.

Max Kruse seemed to make things worse for the Belgian club as he added a third for Wolfsburg and the tie seemed to drastically shift in favor of the German club. But Gent made things very interesting in the last ten minute as they added two late goals to shift the dynamic of the tie drastically and get Gent back in the aggregate with 2-3 scoreline as they tie shifts back go Wolfsburg.

Gent got back in the tie in the 80th minute when Sven Kums hit a brilliant strike to get a goal back for Gent. Then Kalifa Coulibaly made things really interesting when his header found the back of the net to cut the aggregate lead to 3-2 and that is where we stand.

Here are five things we learned:

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