Cup out in the penalty thriller: Werder fails in Paderborn

Created: 10/19/2022, 9:20 p.m

Bremen's Leonardo Bittencourt is disappointed at the end of the game.

© Friso Gentsch/dpa

Bitter Pokal-Aus for Werder Bremen: In the second division promotion aspirants Paderborn even a catch-up brings nothing.

Paderborn – Bundesliga club Werder Bremen was kicked out of the DFB Cup in a penalty thriller without the suspended striker Marvin Ducksch at second division club SC Paderborn.

On Wednesday, the promoted team lost 4: 5 (2: 2, 2: 2, 0: 2) on penalties in the second round of the cup at their former league rivals.

For a long time, Werder were without penetrating power in attack, only an increase in performance in the second half gave the team of coach Ole Werner the extra time.

In front of 15,000 spectators in the sold-out Paderborn stadium, goalkeeper Leopold Zingerle saved Werder's Leonardo Bittencourt penalty, Richmond Tachie converted the decisive attempt for Paderborn.

In regular time, Bremen had equalized the Paderborn hits by Felix Platte (22nd) and Sirlord Conteh (43rd) through substitute Bittencourt (65th minute) and Mitchell Weiser (85th).

In extra time, a missed goal by Niclas Füllkrug in Bremen caused a stir.

Before the game, Werder coach Werner felt compelled to weaken his team against the strong prospects for promotion from the lower house.

According to Werder, Füllkrug's strike partner Ducksch had missed appointments at the weekend and was therefore not in the squad for "disciplinary reasons".

That didn't do Bremen's game any good at first.

With the Scotsman Oliver Burke in his starting XI debut for the Bundesliga club, however, Bremen was not dangerous for a long time.

It only got exciting in the second half after Bittencourt's deflected shot to score the goal.

Weiser headed Bremen, who were now fighting, into overtime against Paderborn, who were clearly slacking off.

Paderborn had previously dominated the action, but missed the win in regular time.

Coach Lukas Kwasniok's team played against Werder right from the start as they had in the league since the start of the season: carefree, straightforward and extremely self-confident.

In addition, there were significant defensive problems for the Hanseatic League.

Even the leadership of the SCP would have been defendable.

At first the counterattack protection didn't work, after that Anthony Jung in particular didn't intervene decisively.

The defender was also substituted at half-time.

With the lead, the self-confidence of the second division team grew even more.

Paderborn played intensively as usual and attacked early, Werder continued to make mistakes in defence.

Paderborn made it 2-0 before the break.

Again the Bremen defense did not look good.

Captain Milos Veljkovic didn't go into the tackle at all and goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka didn't seem determined enough either.

At half-time, Werder coach Werner tried everything again, first making two substitutions and after a good hour Bittencourt, who scored shortly afterwards.

An intense battle then developed, in which it finally looked more like a Werder victory until extra time.

Paderborn's supposed winning goal in the 119th minute didn't count because of a foul, so the decision in the duels came from the point.

dpa