AFP, Berlin :
Germany star Julian Draxler says Wolfsburg can turn things around for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final, first-leg, at home to Real Madrid despite their 3-0 drubbing at Bayer Leverkusen.
“We played terribly. We were second best in a lot of situations,” said Draxler.
“Real Madrid will be a very different game and it’s a different competition.
“Our job was to concentrate on Leverkusen, but our performance wasn’t up to scratch.”
Wolfsburg had few answers at Leverkusen’s BayArena on Friday and there was little to suggest they will trouble Real at the Volkswagen Arena in their bid for a semi-final berth. Hosts Bayer dominated with an early goal by winger Julian Brandt before Javier Hernandez came off the bench for the last half an hour to make it 2-0 on 73 minutes with an excellent curling strike in off the far post.
Fellow replacement Vladlen Yurchenko grabbed their third in the dying stages before Chilean midfielder Charles Aranguiz came on to make his debut for Leverkusen.
The win lifted Leverkusen to fourth, before Saturday’s fixtures, to keep them on course for a Champions League spot for next season.
