2. Bundesliga: Cottbus stun Wolfsburg in 4-4 draw for the ages
Energie Cottbus secured a dramatic 4-4 draw against Wolfsburg in a 2. Bundesliga match, overcoming a 3-0 deficit. The game featured multiple substitutions and late-game heroics that ended Cottbus's losing streak.
Why it matters
High-scoring, comeback matches are significant for league standings and fan engagement in professional football.
In an early candidate for the 2. Bundesliga game of the season, newcomers Energie Cottbus shared spoils away at promotion candidates Wolfsburg. The visitors came from 3-0 down before scoring their fourth goal in injury-time.
Until the final moments of the first-half, it looked like Wolfsburg would secure a comfortable victory. Robert Glatzel scored twice in the first 35 minutes as he only needs four more goals to become a seventh centurion goal scorer in 2. Bundesliga.
Between the striker's brace, Fabian Reese extended his record of direct goal involvement to five games with a brilliant assist for Vini Souza's second strike in as many matches.
19-year-old Luca Erlein, who joined on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, pulled one back for Cottbus at the stroke of half-time. Claus-Dieter Wollitz's side could easily have fallen further behind, given the chances Wolfsburg's attack wasted.
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