BERLIN (Reuters) - VfL Wolfsburg crushed visitors Freiburg 6-0 with three goals in each half as the Bundesliga restarted on Saturday after a two-month World Cup and winter break.
Jonas Wind struck twice following Patrick Wimmer's second-minute opener, with Yannick Gerhardt adding another early in the second half to seal their fifth straight league victory.
The win lifted them to sixth place on 26 points while Freiburg, who had won four of their previous five Bundesliga matches, dropped to fourth place on 30, alongside third-placed Union Berlin.
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