SV Werder Bremen will face promoted Union Berlin after a convincing 3-2 win in the DFB Cup against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (3:30 p.m.), who is playing a furious season. The preliminary report of the DeichStube *.
Bremen - Two days after a game is free, that's common practice at Werder Bremen . There is no training, at most, it is treated and cared for - depending on who needs what. After the cup triumph against Borussia Dortmund and before the Bundesliga home game against Union Berlin (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.), coach Florian Kohfeldt changed this process.
The Werder professionals came together as a group on Thursday and went on a bike tour. "We discussed that we definitely want to see each other on the day of regeneration after the win," said Kohfeldt , who wants to keep the feeling of good luck alive after the Dortmund game.
Kohfeldt's classification of the surprising and convincing cup success was a mental balancing act. "We must not let ourselves be seduced and think that it will be the same on Saturday. A completely different game awaits us, ”said the coach.
Werder Bremen wants to find the right mix against Union Berlin
On the other hand, his team should not fall into the stance that they no longer want to think of Dortmund. "Because I am fully aware that this game can do a lot for us." Finding the right mix - between euphoria and tension, between new self-confidence and appropriate humility - is now Kohfeldt's task before it comes to Werder Bremen Saturday in the league is again about survival points in the fight against relegation . And under completely different circumstances.
Unlike in the cup against BVB, Werder Bremen against Union is not the blatant outsider. That was exactly what had helped the team on Tuesday evening. "This can suit you, especially when you are in a situation in which you are under a lot of pressure. The boys used it impressively to free themselves, ”said Kohfeldt . And they have won back the Weserstadion a good deal.
Werder Bremen has only won one home game this season
Just a reminder: Werder has only won one home game in the league this season. And this 3: 2 against Augsburg from September 2019 - it feels like it was significantly longer than the actual five months. “On Tuesday we managed to get the Weser Stadium in our minds positive again. I would like to transport that until Saturday, ”said Kohfeldt, and expressed a not very serious idea:“ I briefly considered whether we should simply leave the banners hanging from the DFB Cup , but sales stopped me there. ”
For a change, we were not on the pitch on Thursday, but on the bike: The professionals of SV Werder Bremen.
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It was a sentence whose character reflected the mood during yesterday's press conference : it was resolved, confident, there were no critical questions for the coach. Another consequence of the good Dortmund game. Kohfeldt was also aware of this.
“We all know how we would sit here if we hadn't played this game against Borussia Dortmund. Then we wouldn't have such a fun event here now, ”said the 37-year-old, for whom the pressure before the Union game may not have decreased, but in no way increased. Kohfeldt himself, he made it clear, can handle the tense situation in the league well.
Before home game against Union Berlin: Werder Bremen has "enough time to regenerate"
"It is a burden for me because I want to solve the situation together with the team and of course I know that we have a responsibility for the club," he said. "But I still don't get up in the morning and think: Oh God, what pressure I have!" The thing with the head, with the mental, seems to be under control at Werder . There remains the question of the legs.
Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, three games in eight days - that's a lot for a team that has been thrown back from injuries this season. Before the Union game , Kohfeldt sees no difficulties. "We have enough time to regenerate . Freshness and fitness are not a problem for us. ”And suddenly this Dortmund game was again used as a reference. Despite all the injuries, Werder had managed to keep the squad fit, Kohfeldt said: "Otherwise, three days after the game in Augsburg, we would not have been able to deliver as well as against Dortmund."
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