Before the restart against Bayer Leverkusen: Kohfeldt and Baumann talk Werder Bremen strongly

The catch-up can begin! Florian Kohfeldt is firmly convinced that his SV Werder Bremen will be prepared for the Bundesliga restart against Bayer Leverkusen (8.30pm) on Monday evening - the preliminary report of the * DeichStube.

Bremen - The penultimate Werder Bremen is better than ever this season before the Bundesliga ghost game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , the personnel requirements are almost rare in this difficult season despite some failures - and the professionals are also brave. The new mental coach Jörg Löhr would also have his share in this.

Ghost game against Bayer Leverkusen: Werder Bremen senses an opportunity

Only at the beginning of the video press conference did Florian Kohfeldt treat himself to a small wistful look at the pre-corona era. “Getting to the Weser Stadium is always something very special when you take the bus into this crowd, which is the trellis. We are really looking forward to the day when the time comes again. ”But the reality is a ghost game against Bayer Leverkusen - and he had been preparing his Werder Bremen for this for weeks. With many conversations, most recently with training in the empty arena and in the past few days with the help of Löhr, the mental coach who was again engaged after 2011. “He had a very impressive session with the team, focusing on the game, special stages in the game, communication and responsibility. It will have an effect for the first games, ”Kohfeldt assured.

Werder Bremen better than ever before game against Bayer Leverkusen?

But not only are the senses sharpened, the body is also steeled. "We have become fitter and physically as a team at the best level this season," said the coach. The SV Werder Bremen team of coaches worked out a tough individual training at the beginning of the break. That now pays off. Florian Kohfeldt is also very satisfied with the personnel requirements . There are still numerous players missing: Klaassen, Pizarro, Augustinsson, Toprak, Möhwald and Füllkrug. But this season, Kohfeldt has had to go through much longer failure lists. And above all, he doesn't want to go into the relegation battle plaintively . The less than two weeks in team training made him quite optimistic. "There is still a lot," said Kohfeldt and predicted for the coming weeks: you will see that much more is possible than what we have shown so far.

Part of it should be seen against Bayer Leverkusen if possible . The Werkself have won twelve of their last 14 competitive games before the break and can steal the Champions League positions with a win. "It will be a fast-paced game without scanning," Florian Kohfeldt expects . His team will work bravely. A win is not compulsory ("It's one out of ten games"), "but we have a huge opportunity to reduce the gap and build up pressure. So we really want to win. "

Werder Bremen against Bayer Leverkusen: Manager Frank Baumann also optimistic

It is sentences like these that are likely to reinforce Frank Baumann's belief. Before the restart, the sports director was asked again after many weeks about the future of Kohfeldt. "I am absolutely convinced that Flo, with its quality and work, is exactly the right trainer for this situation, this team and this club", emphasized Baumann and extended his trust in the SV Werder Bremen team: "We have the quality and the mentality to make it into the class. ”(kni)

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