Wolfsburg won a dress rehearsal of this month's DFB-Pokal final, a 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund which dented BVB's European hopes.
Borussia Dortmund's hopes of salvaging European football from its Bundesliga campaign were dealt a serious blow as it suffered a 2-1 loss away at Wolfsburg.
Goals early in each half from Daniel Caligiuri and Naldo proved enough for the home side to triumph at the Volkswagen Arena in a dress rehearsal for the DFB-Pokal final, which now looks Dortmund's best chance of reaching the UEFA Europa League.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fired home a penalty to level the scores in the first half after Diego Benaglio had taken down Kevin Kampl in the box, with the Wolfsburg goalkeeper perhaps fortunate not to see red for the offense.