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Young manager looks like the perfect fit and is making the most of his opportunity after excruciating Werder Bremen exitIt’s quite something, going from sacked by one of last season’s relegated Bundesliga clubs to a new post which offers a second game in charge in the rarefied atmosphere of the Champions League, no less. The perception might be that Florian Kohfeldt has landed on his feet but the early signs are that Wolfsburg are very happy that he did.Saturday’s 1-0 win over Augsburg was a third successive win for the new coach since he arrived in Lower Saxony to replace Mark van Bommel. Kohfeldt was honest about the reality of the performance – “the first 45 minutes was our best first half of the week but in the second half, we couldn’t have complained had they equalised” – but he has every right to enjoy the forthcoming pause for internationals. Continue reading...