Ohweia, Werder Bremen, how is that going to be? After the spectacular DFB Cup quarter-finals against Borussia Dortmund, the green-whites have returned to the very, very dreary everyday life of the Bundesliga - and are staggering towards relegation. With 0: 2 (0: 0) the Bremen lost the home game on Saturday against Union Berlin. The game report of the DeichStube *.
Marius Bülter scored twice for the newcomer. With the defeat, the Bremer slipped a direct relegation place, four points behind the saving place 15. In this condition Werder Bremen will not be able to prevent the relegation. To make matters worse, new signing Davie Selke picked up a yellow card.
After the DFB Cup coup against Borussia Dortmund, coach Florian Kohfeldt made only one change in the starting eleven. Ömer Toprak , who was spared on Tuesday, slipped back into the right-back position for Milos Veljkovic. Substituted goal scorer Davie Selke (hit the hip flexor muscle) was back in the starting XI.
Werder Bremen lacked fire against Union Berlin
The relegation duel against Union Berlin had little to nothing to do with the Dortmund spectacle in the first half. Despite a bus reception from the fans, which should make Werder Bremen hot for the Bundesliga, the fire was missing. Werder was concerned about safety in the early stages, but only slowly worked his way forward in the game.
But it was all very tedious, it was rarely really dangerous. The first half chance belonged to Werder. Maximilian Eggestein suffered a sloppy pass on the Berlin defensive, but Davie Selke, who was in the penalty area, took too long to finish, Robert Andrich finally threw himself into the shot (14th). A typical there was more scene.
Werder Bremen: Kevin Vogt and Davie Selke get stupid yellow cards
Werder had one again shortly afterwards: After a corner from Union Berlin, goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka fisted the ball out of the back, but Milot Rashica (16) made the promising counterattack. Very bad for Werder: Selke picked up an extremely stupid yellow card for a swallow after Rashica lost the ball - and will be suspended against RB Leipzig next Saturday.
Speaking of stupid yellow cards: Kevin Vogt was warned for complaining (his third yellow card of the season) - a pattern that has been running through Werder in recent weeks. The Bremen pros are still not used to the new rules for referees.
Opportunities at Werder Bremen are in short supply at halftime
Werder Bremen makes life difficult for itself, that was also true on the pitch. The green-whites had more possession in the first half, but could not develop any pressure. Only once: After a ball from Rashica, it went quickly forward, Selke missed the end again, but a cross from Leonardo Bittencourt then reached Eggestein - who did not hit the ball properly. The ball went centimeters past Rafal Gikiewicz's goal. That should have been 1-0 (27.).
Otherwise, opportunities were scarce , Werder even stood in the way of Davy Klaassen himself with a proper hedge completion from the sixteen border (36.). After all, Werder defensively allowed little. Union was not really trying to move forward in the game.
Union Berlin against Werder Bremen wide awake in the second half
Completely different after the restart - the “Iron” were suddenly wide awake. After a strong cross from Christian Gentner and a remarkable header from Sebastian Andersson , Pavlenka had to make it very long - a top parade by the Bremen goalkeeper (50th). But shortly afterwards, the Czech had no chance. Union Berlin countered Werder classically, Christopher Lenz played unreservedly in the middle, there Marius Bülter was one step faster than Marco Friedl and spiked the ball over the line - 0: 1.
The game then became more open, Werder tried, but remained completely harmless. Two Selke degrees (59th, 68th) failed, then the newcomer had to make room for Josh Sargent, and Kohfeldt brought Fin Bartels into the game for Toprak. The changes were to initiate an upswing on the offensive - but nothing came of it, because Union Berlin promptly reached the second time.
After bankruptcy against Union Berlin: Who will Werder Bremen still want to win against?
The lightning-fast Marius Bülter had no end on the outer track orphaned by Bittencourt, the too passive Vogt could not prevent the entry into the middle. There Andersson failed from a short distance to Pavlenka, Bülter's margin from an acute angle could only clarify Niklas Moisander behind the line - 0: 2. For Werder Bremen it was a pitch black Saturday, on which nothing was going to happen anymore.
Werder's will was broken, there was no longer a rearing up. In injury time it would have been almost fatter. Moisander hit a high ball, but was still able to throw himself in Andersson's graduation. Who does Werder Bremen want to win against? The tasks of the next few weeks will not be easier. The upcoming opponents are RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. (Han)
Werder Bremen: Pavlenka - Toprak (69th Bartels), Vogt, Moisander - Bittencourt, Friedl - M. Eggestein, Klaassen - Osako (77th Pizarro), Selke (69th Sargent), Rashica
Werder Bremen vs. Union Berlin: the live ticker for reading
17:23: That was nothing today. The green-whites just can't get out of their rut in the league. Against Union Berlin everything was missing again. There were hardly any offensive ideas and in the back the Bremen team let themselves be duped too easily. So it will be damn hard in the relegation battle!
90. + 3 min: final whistle! That’s it. Werder loses 0-2 against Union Berlin.
90. + 3 min: The last seconds are running. The air is out.
90. + 2 min: Again and again try the green-whites with long balls in the top, but against Subotic and Co. the Bremen see no country.
90.Min: There are three minutes on top.
90.Min: Andersson takes out a corner again.
89th Min: Last change of the game. Urs Fischer brings Ryerson for Bülter.
88th Min: Werder loses the ball far too quickly again and again. They simply cannot manage to keep the play equipment in their own rows over several stations.
86.Min : Andersson needs to speak to Bittencourt and sees yellow.
84.Min: In Bremen's offensive game there is too little movement.
81.Min: Instead of Bremen storm runs, we see Berliners countering again and again, taking important seconds off the clock.
80.Min : Prömel and Friedl engage in a duel and each see yellow.
77.Min: Osako has to leave the field after a weak game, Pizarro replaces him.
76th Min: Rashica with the courage of despair! The winger puts the ball on his right foot and pulls from a good 25 meters - just next to it!
76.Min: can Bremen come back? So far there is not much to suggest, but we are happy to be surprised.
74th Min: Defensive is a revelation of the green-whites. As soon as things get fast, the backing team of coach Florian Kohfeldt only runs behind. The Bremer found no means against Bülter.
72nd Min: Goal for Union Berlin! It is Bülter again! First the winger sprints away on a counter Bittencourt and excellently serves the free-standing Andersson, who fails due to the outstanding Pavlenka. The ricochet ends up at Bülter, who pushes in 2-0!
70th Min: Again a sign of life from the home side. Klaassen and Sargent plow the left wing. The American sees Osako entering the penalty area and serves him exemplary. The Japanese tried it by demanding direct acceptance - without success!
69.Min: There is also a double change on the green-whites side. Toprak and Selke are finished, Sargent and Bartels are supposed to bring new momentum.
67.Min: Trimmel is late in the duel against Klaassen, pulls away in the mainstay and consequently sees yellow.
66.Min: Instead of the Bremen team, the Iron dare more on the offensive. If something goes with the guests, Bülter has his feet in play. This time he tricks Bittencourt and starts shooting straight away. His attempt can be clarified by Pavlenka to the corner.
64.Min: Malli and Gentner go. For the two come Ingvartsen and Prömel.
63.Min: double change at Union Berlin!
60.Min: In return, Bittencourt tries his luck from the second row. But Union's number one is careful and can clear the ball over the box.
60.Min: The Bremen team sometimes make it too easy for the guests on their own defensive. Bülter ignites the turbo once and nobody comes behind. Fortunately, the cross-in is too imprecise, so Vogt can clarify before Andersson is ready to fire.
59th Min: Selke times with a single action! The Bremen attacker refueled from the right into the penalty area and tried to lock from an acute angle! Giekiwicz watches and clears to the corner. The subsequent standard brings nothing.
57.Min: Werder does not seem to stick here. They continue to look for the way forward, but Union ties the lines of defense even closer together. Who in green and white has the golden idea to crack the defense?
54th Min: Now the green-whites are required! Sometimes they are lagging behind.
53 min: And there it happened! Once again, the Bremen team can be countered. Malli stages Lenz, who has a lot of grass in front of him. His cross comes perfectly to Bülter, who is one step faster than Friedl! Pavlenka has no chance!
50.Min: best chance of the game! Andersson comes to the header alone in the sixteen and demands everything from Pavlenka with the parade! What a good scene from both parties!
48.Min: The ball, however, sails past friend and foe.
48.Min: Werder grabs the first corner of the second round.
47.Min: The teams come out of the cabin without a change.
46.Min: and on we go!
4:19 p.m .: Let's take a look at what the teams in the other places have torn:
SC Freiburg 1-0 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VfL Wolfsburg 0-1 Fortuna Dusseldorf
Hertha BSC 0: 1 1.FSV Mainz 05
Schalke 04 0-0 SC Paderborn
4:17 p.m .: So far, we have been offered a very simple soccer match in the Weser Stadium . Without much chance of scoring, the game rippled to itself. Although the home side were more eager, countable things have so far not been around. But: In run number two it can only get better.
Werder Bremen vs. Union Berlin in the live ticker: Half time! No goals in the first round
45. + 1 min: half time. Without a hit it goes into the cabin.
45.Min: The official season of the first half is over. Will the lucky punch succeed before the break?
44.Min: Friedl has burst a little on the left wing and just tries it. His attempt, however, clearly misses the box by four or five meters.
41.Min : In terms of opportunities, we are really offered very little in the first half.
39.Min: Too imprecise! First Selke has the brilliant idea and puts on a short pass ideal for Klaassen who wants to stage the free-standing Osako, but the steep pass is far too imprecise. Osako can never reach the ball!
36.Min : next half chance for the home side. This time Selke and Bittencourt make the game quick. The latter sees in the back room the ready-to-fire haystack that cannot be asked twice. Eggestein, however, did not count, which unfortunately blocks the attempt to shoot his own teammate. Too bad there was more in it.
34.Min : Rashica brings the next corner in for the Bremen team, but Subotic clears a header in front of Selke.
31.Min: Union Berlin counters over Malli, who is tactically placed by Toprak. The Bremen defender consequently sees yellow. The people of Bremen are not happy with the decision and complain in the form of Kevin Vogt, who also sees a warning for complaining.
30.Min: Slowly but surely the green-whites are getting better.
27.Min: Bremen's best opportunity! Eggestein conquers the ball in midfield, the ball lands over Selke at Bittencourt, which finds Eggestein in the five. The Bremen midfield engine pulls straight away, but the attempt rolls just past the post!
26.Min: A lot happens in midfield. Both teams neutralize for the most part.
22.Min: What does the initial phase tell us? So far, the Bremen team are doing quite well, but aggressively they have not yet found a solution to the bulwark in red. Union, on the other hand, does it very cleverly and shifts well against the home side. The team of trainer Urs Fischer acts a lot with a long ball - without success so far.
20.Min: Very strong from Eggestein! Suddenly the green and white are pretty bare in the back. In the run duel into the penalty area, however, Eggestein cannot be left behind by Andersson and can clarify decisively! Very, very important.
17.Min : Just at the corner Pavlenka probably hurt his back. After a short break, the number one continues.
Werder Bremen versus Union Berlin in the live ticker: Slow start phase, yellow for Selke
16.Min: The subsequent counterattack the Green-Whites can not play properly. To make matters worse, Selke also sees yellow for a swallow! It is his fifth and the striker is therefore blocked for the next game.
15.Min : Captain Trimmel takes the corner, but no problem for Pavlenka, who fists the ball out of the danger area.
14.Min: Vogt clears a Gentner cross to the corner.
12.Min : Rashica with the next good idea. The winger pulls in from the outside and tries to widen the game by changing sides, but his flank is too imprecise.
10.Min: There would have been more! Selke comes to the ball in the penalty area and tries to lever out the Berlin team with skillful hooks. However, his subsequent attempt to shoot is far too imprecise and can be blocked by the Huebner slipping in.
8.Min: Bülter invites Bittencourt for a little dance and wins with one or two hooks against the Bremen, but the cross is too imprecise.
6.Min : Little misunderstanding between Pavlenka and Toprak. Both want the ball, but hesitate to go to the play equipment. The latter precedes his keeper and can clarify an entry by the Berliners from the danger area.
5.Min: In the first few minutes it becomes clear that the green-whites have to take over the game structure. Union starts very cautiously here.
3.Min: Toprak sees the starting Osako and tries to send his striker into the opponent's box, the relief is getting longer and longer - off, kick Union Berlin.
3.Min: Bülter tries it with speed, but Toprak can push him fairly sideways. Throw in Werder.
2.Min: Werder tries to keep the ball in its own rows and pushes the game device back and forth without actually gaining space.
Werder Bremen versus Union Berlin in the live ticker: kick-off
1.Min: kick-off in the Weserstadion! The fun begins - Union Berlin kicks off.
3:27 pm: After all, it is now out on the lawn.
3:24 pm: The sun is shining, the mood is good, the teams are in the tunnel - let's go!
3:20 pm: We also want to listen to the words of the guest coach Urs Fischers, who answers the questions from Sky’s colleagues: “Today, it takes courage. We want to look for the way forward. ”And with these words, the Union coach joins Florian Kohfeldt's words, who also want to find his luck on the offensive.
3:15 p.m .: Only a quarter of an hour, then the ball finally rolls again in the Weser Stadium.
15:05: The biggest difference to the game against BVB is that the guests from Berlin will not try to play the game for 90 minutes. Rather, the green-whites have to take the initiative and design the game themselves.
3:03 p.m .: Kohfeldt explains to the colleagues from Sky that the Bremen team also want to set football accents in today's match. The motto here is: "We have to dare to play courageously!"
3:02 p.m .: Woltemade is not in the squad compared to last week.
3:01 pm: Kohfeldt is expecting a game of patience against the guests from Berlin, where the right attitude is essential.
3:00 p.m .: The Green-Whites trainer also explains: “Success is good for us. It was important that we brought our football back onto the pitch. ”
3:00 p.m .: "We have a positive challenge today," reveals trainer Florian Kohfeldt. "It is a challenge that we are happy to face."
2:53 pm: In theory, the whole thing sounds pretty good, hopefully we'll see an exciting 90 minutes.
2:50 p.m .: Davie Selke and Milot Rashica will be offensive again today. Already against BVB it has been shown that the two are immensely important for the green-white offensive efforts. In the front line, Selke can process balls, accept them and place them on advancing players, while Rashica should advance into free spaces with speed and technique.
2:43 p.m .: There is not really much to compare between the teams. The very first encounter took place in 2009 in the DFB Cup. Today's home side prevailed there with 5: 0. The next game between Werder Union should only take place in this Bundesliga season. In the first half of the season, the green-whites won a very important three-way thanks to a 2-1 victory in Berlin.
2:41 pm: While the team of coach Florian Kohfeldt is running in the DFB Cup, the condition in normal league operations is more than bad. There was a 0: 3 against Hoffenheim, while the Augsburgers were beaten 1: 2 last weekend after a disappointing second half. But we shouldn't forget: it can only get better. After all, the strong victory against BVB should give an upswing.
14:37: Werder Bremen against Union Berlin - that means: 16th place against 12th place. With a threesome, the green-whites could halve the gap to the Berliners from six points so far.
2.35 p.m .: And a look over to the guests: The ex-Bremen Felix Kroos, Anthony Ujah and Sebastian Polter are all sitting on the bench.
14:34: Otherwise the usual suspects play. Sure, Jiri Pavlenka is in the goal, the full-back positions are taken by Leonardo Bittencourt and Marco Friedl, Maximilian Eggestein and Davy Klaassen form the midfield center. Yuya Osako and Milot Rashica storm alongside Selke.
2:33 p.m .: Very important for Werder: As hoped, Davie Selke is back in the first eleven. The striker suffered a hamstring muscle injury against Dortmund. But on Friday he was there again for the final training.
2:32 pm: Everything as expected in the Werder Bremen lineup. After the DFB Cup coup against Borussia Dortmund (3-2), coach Florian Kohfeldt made only one change in the starting eleven, Ömer Toprak slipped back into the team for Milos Veljkovic after a game break. He will again take the right part in a three-way chain with Kevin Vogt and Niklas Moisander.
2.30 p.m .: Werder Bremen: Pavlenka - Toprak, Vogt, Moisander - Bittencourt, Friedl - M. Eggestein, Klaassen - Osako, Selke, Rashica
Werder Bremen vs. Union Berlin in the live ticker: How to play
2.30 p.m .: As everyone knows, the best comes at the end. Here is the first eleven of the green-whites:
Our starting eleven for #svwfcu.
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14:28: The iron people from the capital are really on the ball today. Here is where Union Berlin comes in:
Our starting eleven against @werderbremen #fcunion #eisern #SVWFCU pic.twitter.com/kFDp9N6l47
- 1.FC Union Berlin (@fcunion) February 8, 20202:26 pm: How do the green-whites appear at home today? Does trainer Florian Kohfeldt trust the same men as in the BVB match during the week? We'll be smarter in a few minutes.
14:23: Despite the furious victory against the yellow-black Werder should not underestimate the guests from Berlin. Finally, Union also won 1-0 against Verl in the DFB Cup.
2:21 pm: What should we say? The foretaste of today's game was already in the cup against Borussia Dortmund. It can go on like this today. After all, the second home win is here!
14:19: Moin soccer friends , today is again all about the round leather and we are really hot!
This is where the live ticker for SV Werder Bremen's Bundesliga home game against Union Berlin is created . It starts at 2.30 p.m. with the lineups of both teams.
To the preliminary report of February 6, 2020:
Werder Bremen and the mental balancing act against Union Berlin
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 victory," said Kohfeldt , who wants to keep the feeling of good luck back 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 absolutely clear that this game can achieve 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 well: 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 still I 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 no 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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