Junior Malanda: the Belgian-Congolese midfielder was late. Having missed the Wolves’ departure for a training camp in Cape Town because he wanted to collect his Playstation, he tried to make up time on the way to Braunschweig airport. The attempt ended fatally.\n\nIn rain and high winds the Volkswagen left the road and Malanda, sitting in the back and not wearing a seatbelt, was flung from the vehicle and died instantly.
His team-mate Anthony D’Alberto, who was driving, survived seriously injured. The news spread through Wolfsburg like wildfire and more than a thousand fans gathered at the Volkswagen Arena for a memorial march.