Then it was done! With a 3-2 win over Liverpool on Sunday, Manchester United with Carrick at the helm have secured a Champions League ticket for next season, or “back where we belong”, as United supporters wrote on Instagram. Christian Eriksen left United last summer and has definitely noticed that his old club has risen. On Sunday, the Danish playmaker may have helped save a ticket for his current club – for Wolfsburg as important as the Champions League for United.
After three years and 107 games for Manchester United, Christian Eriksen stepped out as a free agent last summer. By then, his agent had been working in high gear since the new year to find the club and the league perfect for his client. Eriksen wanted to go to the World Cup with Denmark, where Saudi Arabian money bins or MLS were out of the question anyway. In the end, the choice fell on Germany’s 11th best club. This choice has given Eriksen a national team ticket, but has turned out to take a turn no one predicted – just south towards relegation.
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On Sunday, Wolfsburg faced Freiburg in what was a game of fate for Eriksen and his new teammates. Here, the former United star took one of the leading roles.
After a little less than ten minutes, he hit the post with his excellent finish from the edge of the sixteen-yard box. In the second half, Eriksen got results. In the 55th minute, the Dane hit a precise corner kick at the back post, and Konstantinos Koulierakis appeared and headed the ball into the goal.
Thus, Wolfsburg were on their way to an important victory, but with fifteen minutes left, Freiburg struck with an equalizer to make it 1-1. The result stood, This places Wolfsburg in 16th place, where they have a better goal score than St. Pauli in 17th place. Numbers 17 and 18 are relegated directly, while 16th place play playoffs against number three from the 2. Bundesliga.
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This result did not save Wolfsburg, but Eriksen’s masterful corner keeps the club still in contention for their ticket to the Bundesliga next season as well. As the club itself wrote on Istagram: “This is an incredibly important point, because we are finally taking a noticeable step forward.”
