Schurrle fires Wolfsburg into Champions League quarters
Wolfsburg - Andre Schurrle fired Wolfsburg into the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time to seal Tuesday's 1-0 victory, and a 4-2 aggregate win over KAA Gent.
Having lost the first-leg 3-2 at home, Gent arrived in Germany needing to score at least twice but Schurrle ended those hopes with a goal 16 minutes from time, sending the Wolves to the last eight for the first time in club history.
Our incredible @ChampionsLeague campaign ends here, but what a ride it has been. Thank you everybody for the fantastic support #WolGnt #UCL
— KAA Gent (@KAAGent) March 8, 2016
It was his Germany teammate Julian Draxler, who scored twice in the first-leg, who danced around Gent defender Nana Asare to provide the cross which Schurrle drilled home.
It capped a fine seven days for the Germany winger after Schurrle hit his first Bundesliga hat-trick the previous Tuesday.
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