体坛英语新闻：Wolfsburg oust Gent to reach first ever last eight of CL

BERLIN, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Bundesliga's Wolfsburg progressed into the quarterfinals after edging Gent 1-0 (4-2 on aggregate) at the second leg of Champions League's last-16 on Tuesday.

The "Wolves" booked their first ever ticket for the round of the last-eight in Europe's elite competition, as Andre Schuerrle scored the only goal of the match to see off Belgian outfit Gent 1-0 on home soil.

Gent started highly motivated after suffering a 3-2 first-leg loss against Wolfsburg and created the first chance, as Danijel Milicevic pulled wide from promising position.

As the match progressed, Wolfsburg gained control and worked out opportunities through Max Kruse, who missed the goal from inside the box in the 13th minute before Joshua Guilavogui's hammer from 18 meters forced Gent custodian Matz Sels to palm the shot away five minutes later.

The visitors remained dangerous on fast breaks though as Moses Daddy Simon tested "Wolves" keeper Koen Casteels with a curl in the 23rd minute.

Wolfsburg increased the pressure meanwhile the visitors kept all their men behind the ball. Thus, Dante and Luiz Gustavo came close to break the deadlock after the restart.

The hosts turned their dominance into goals with 16 minutes remaining after Andre Schuerrle poked home the opener following Julian Draxler's build up and square pass. Wolfsburg's goal took the wind out of Gent's sails as they were in need of three goals to progress.

With the result, Wolfsburg clinched the first quarterfinal berth in the club's history while Gent will focus, as from now, on their domestic matters.

"That's sensational that we have earned the first quarterfinal place in the club's history. At the beginning of the campaign we did not even think of an achievement like this. However, it was a strange game as we played too cautiously," Wolfsburg's sporting director Klaus Allofs said.

Goal scorer Schuerrle added: "It was a hard earned second leg for us. We focussed on our defense but lurked for our chances. It was a deserved victory in the end."