After a goalless first half, Daniel Caligiuri opened the scoring in the 66th minute, although PSV’s Gaston Pereiro struck five minutes later to ensure the friendly would go the distance. Marcel Schäfer, Maximilian Arnold, Leandro Putaro and Caligiuri converted the Wolves’ penalties, with misses from Steven Bergwijn and Nicolas Isimat-Mirin meaning the Bundesliga side triumphed 4-3 on spot-kicks.
“Thank you to all VfL fans!”
Earlier in the day, Wolves trio Max Kruse, Schäfer and Ismail Azzaoui thanked the fans for their support on the club’s tour. Greeted with enthusiastic applause before taking part in an affable Q&A session, the Bundesliga stars gave the local language a taste of the local language to an impressive. the enthusiasts present with their attempts to pronounce “Ni Hao” (hello in Chinese), before learning how to write their names in Chinese through calligrapher Liao Guangming.
After a successful off-field end to the tour, Kruse, Schäfer and Azzaoui then headed off to their final preparations for the PSV game, ultimately securing a victory to end the China jaunt equally successfully on the field.
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