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Brentford thrashed by Wolfsburg in preseason

Brentford were thumped by VfL Wolfsburg in their latest preseason friendly.

Brentford suffered a 4-0 defeat to Wolfsburg on Saturday.

Sebastiaan Bornauw, Jonas Wind and Jakub Kaminski all found the net during a challenging second half. Patrick Wimmer had opened the scoring during the first 45 minutes.

Bees manager Thomas Frank fielded a strong line-up for the day, beginning with a 4-3-3 formation.


Teams:

VfL Wolfsburg: Casteels, Bornauw, van den Ven (Fischer 70), Waldschmidt (Kaminski 45), Kruse (Wind 45), Nmecha (Bialek 61), Baku (Otavio 70), Arnold (Vranckx 70), Marmoush (Svanberg 45), Franjic (Guilavogui 70), Wimmer (Paredes 70)

Scorers: Wimmer (26), Bornauw (56), Wind (66), Kaminski (86)

Brentford: Raya, Hickey (Roerslev 76), Jansson (Crama 76), Bech, Henry (Stevens 76), Onyeka (Janelt 62), Jensen, Dasilva (Baptiste 71), Wissa (Lewis-Potter 62), Toney, Mbeumo (Dervisoglu 76)

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