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The last Bundesliga matchday was before six weeks. A long break for VfL Wolfsburg and still it is nothing compare to the timeout of the Shakhtar Donetsk. The Ukrainians have not played a competitive game since the first leg in Wolfsburg, which is 12th of March. So the big question what will be the teams form at the beginning of August? Wolfsburg had a strong Bundesliga season, but suffered from the Corona break. Wolfsburg suffered five of their 13 defeats after the restart in the last of nine matchdays. That doesn't mean that Wolfsburg play weak. For example they won at Schalke 4-1, also in Leverkusen with the same result, but the bottom line is that the team could be happier to fnish 2 or even 3 places avobe in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg ended the season in 6th place. In Kiev, where the team will play in the Europa League round of 16 second leg, they don't have to worry about their home weakness. Otherwise, Shakhtar won the first leg 2-1 after Donetsk had been the more dangerous and determined team for the entire 90 minutes. The Ukrainians have dominated the domestic league for years, and in March they secured the fourth championship title in a row.