Starting eleven guarantee for Max Kruse against SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Coach Florian Kohfeldt (39) from troubled VfL Wolfsburg relies on newcomer Max Kruse (33) in his “final” against SpVgg Greuther Fürth (Sunday, 5:30 p.m. live on DAZN and in LIVETICKER).

“Max will play, definitely – from the start,” said Kohfeldt, who has been waiting for a win with the wolves for eleven competitive games. Kruse “can handle pressure, he has a high resistance to stress,” said Kohfeldt.

Managing director Jörg Schmadtke had recently declared the basement duel against bottom Fürth to be a “game with an endgame character” – not only for Kohfeldt, “but for everyone involved” in table 15. the Bundesliga.

In order to prevent relegation, the Werkself brought back Kruse (most recently Union Berlin) in the winter transfer phase and signed Danish attacker Jonas Wind (22) and US talent Kevin Paredes (18) for a total of almost 24 million euros.

Kohfeldt firmly believes in a success against Fürth. “The conviction is absolutely there,” he said. “We have the right to win the game.”