The peat slump and defeat series ended - but the 2: 2 (2: 1) of SV Werder Bremen at Hertha BSC on Saturday afternoon did not make Bremen happy. The game report of the DeichStube *.
Berlin - Firstly because the result in the relegation battle benefits the Berliners more than the table 17th, secondly because Werder Bremen led 2-0 early, but almost lost. Josh Sargent (3rd) and Davy Klaassen (6th) made the guests' blitz start. Niklas Stark (41.) and Matheus Cunha (60.) equalized for Hertha coached by ex-Werder coach Alexander Nouri. In the 79th minute, the intervention of the video referee prevented a penalty for Hertha BSC , who also defended the ten-point lead over the opponent.
But what kind of initial phase was the Bremer please? The team that had not yet scored their own goal in the second half of the season, having recently suffered five defeats in a row, suddenly led 2-0 in the Olympic Stadium. Josh Sargent with a rich left-footed shot from 22 meters and Davy Klaassen with a header after a cross from Milot Rashica had scored and thus made a novelty in the current season.
Werder Bremen leads against Hertha BSC early with two goals
For the first time, Werder led with two goals. And the long time without a goal of their own was finally over - after 789 minutes. The last Werder goal had been scored by Rashica in the 1-6 win against Bayern Munich on December 14th. After that, only two opponents' own goals followed, nothing else.
The fact that Sargent of all things ended the lull had a very special note. Not only did he score the last Bundesliga goal in the first leg against Hertha, he was only on the pitch on Saturday because the Berliners had provoked it to a certain extent. Hertha loan Davie Selke would normally have taken Sargent's place, but was not allowed to play due to a ban on games that Berliners had insisted on when they changed in January. The Werder revenge for it was Sargent's blast after three minutes.
Werder Bremen conceded 1: 2 from Hertha BSC according to the standard situation
The Bremen Blitzstart was a big surprise, but what the team did afterwards was unmasking. The tour brought a short, great joy, but no security at all. The game of the guests adapted from minute to minute to the ideas of the previous week. Means: Fast ball losses, no sovereignty in defense and midfield. If there was a chance to counterattack, the Kohfeldt team destroyed itself. Offside Bittencourt, miss pass Rashica, miss pass Bittencourt - between the 23rd and 28th minute, the team messed up three very good starting situations.
In contrast, Hertha, who had been completely beside herself in the early stages, grew stronger and stronger. However, it also benefits from an incredible Bremen passivity. So Stefanos Kapino , who represented the injured regular goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka (torn muscle fiber), came into the spotlight. When Matheus Cunha (21st / 35th) shot, he grabbed it safely, but was powerless when Hertha hit the goal. And once again it was a standard situation that Werder could not fend off. Free kick Maximilian Mittelstädt, header Niklas Stark , who had sneaked away behind the Bremen defenders - 1: 2, it was the Berliners' turn again. Werder Bremen, however, lacked any assets to sometimes play urgent Berliners. Best example: Rashica's attempt to shoot from the center line (44th).
Werder Bremen: Matheus Cunha equalizes for Hertha BSC
After the break, there was a brief impression that Werder Bremen would now do better. The ball initially ran a little more safely through its own ranks, but after just a few minutes the chaos returned to Bremen's legs. Bad passports, which were sometimes hair-raising, kept putting pressure on your own defenses. We know from many, many other games of the season that it will eventually collapse. So also in Berlin.
Mittelstädt was allowed to pull away from the right corner of the penalty area, Kapino deflected into the middle, where Matheus Cunha was spot on. Veljkovic decisively deflected the shot of the Brazilian U20 international (60th). The lead was gone and there was still half an hour until the end of the game. Lots of time for the penultimate to lose the game. Because after that it looked like the 2: 2 course.
Werder Bremen: penalty taken for Hertha BSC - thanks to VAR
Hertha, who had already turned a 3: 3 deficit at Fortuna Dusseldorf into a 3: 3 match on the previous day, was now on top, of course had the psychological advantage. The next big opportunity was Werder. After a cross from Augustinsson, Sargent headed over the goal and thus gave the opportunity to give the game the next turn (74.).
What was still missing in this game that was so important for Werder? Exactly, a penalty ! Hertha got it in minute 79 because Moisander had blocked a shot by Vladimir Darida with his arm. Referee Guido Winkmann immediately decided on a penalty kick, but took the decision back in the view of the video images - applied arm, no penalty. Right decision. The Video Assistant Referee ( VAR ), who Werder played badly against Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, saved the Bremen team this time. In the final minutes, the guests again threw everything forward to force the bitterly necessary victory - without success. (csa)
Werder Bremen against Hertha BSC: Live ticker for reading
And now it's over. Werder and Hertha split 2-2. After this quick tour, the game was given too easily. In the end, you can be glad that the goals from Sargent (3rd min.) And Klaassen (6th min.) Still go to one point.
90th Min + 3: Just under 30 seconds. The end is soon.
90th Min + 2: Again a counter situation for Werder. Too hectic. There was more in it.
90th Min + 1: There is three minutes of stoppage time. Not much, considering that there was a VAR interruption.
90.Min: Hertha was just about to do so. Fortunately, Ibisevic gets too much of a reserve with his header.
90.Min: Can a team still score the decisive goal here?
89.Min: counter player Leckie comes into the game. Marius Wolf gives way for him.
88th Min: Gebre Selassie again with an unnecessary bad pass. The Czech is one of the worst players on the field today.
87.Min: Josh Sargent goes off the field. Claudio Pizarro comes into the game.
86.Min: Claudio Pizarro gets ready. A year ago the veteran shot in injury time in Berlin.
85.Min : Werder is now offensive at least a little. But with such shots as just from Klaassen, green and white won't do any more.
83 min: Great chance Vogt. After Augustinsson's free kick he has the ball free on his foot, but cannot use it.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - The final phase begins
83.Min: The audience is now heated up. It will be an exciting last minute.
82nd Min: Rashica goes out. Osako is coming.
82.Min: Klaassen sees the fifth card because of complaining. Embarrassing.
80th Min: There is high ball. Moisander touched the ball with his hand, but it wasn't an intentional handball. Clearly laid out and no enlargement of the body area.
79.Min: Winkmann whistles penalty for Berlin after Darida shot. But Moisander's hand was on. The referee looks at it again outside.
78.Min: Ibisevic (35) comes for the pale Piatek.
78.Min: Kevin Vogt is one of the better Bremen guys today. Now he dares to step forward and puts the ball with a hoe (!) On Rashica. It is too playful and immediately loses it again.
77.Min: A point in Berlin would definitely be too little for the relegation battle. Just a reminder: Tomorrow Dusseldorf will play Mainz. Points are still being distributed.
76.Min: Kevin Vogt wrestles Cunha to the ground. After a few "nice" words against referee Winkmann, the loan player from Hoffenheim sees the yellow card.
74.Min: Augustinsson has a good cross opportunity. Sargent cannot bring the ball flying into the goal.
73.Min: Rashica could play on the free-standing Davy Klaassen, but decides for a cross that nobody can reach.
71 min: Josh Sargent rightly sees the yellow card after pulling a shirt on Torunarigha.
71.Min: One cannot say that it is due to the lack of struggle. It is easy to see a clear inability.
70.Min: There is currently not much to suggest that Werder is still the winner here. No building game, no ideas. It seems like Werder surrenders to his fate.
65.Min: Kohfeldt now changes for the first time. Marco Friedl comes in for Leo Bittencourt. A change that does not seem logical to everyone.
64.Min: Finally another Bremen degree. After a corner, the ball lands on Veljlovic's head. The Serb doesn't get the ball on goal. Behind him, Gebre Selassie would have been in a better position.
63.Min: If the game continues like this, then Werder won't even take the point here. Almost every ball lands on the opponent.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Cunha scores to deserve compensation
60.Min: Unbelievable how Werder acted here after 2-0. This 2-2 by Cunha is fully deserved. Kapino's center goal is parried to the front, where Cunha can pull off directly with the left.
60.Min: goal for Hertha. The new score is 2: 2.
59.Min: Vladimir Darida sees the first yellow card of the game after a foul on Milot Rashica. The fifth for the Czech.
57.Min: These Bremen ball losses are much too frequented. Hertha comes back to the ball regularly due to stick errors or failed 3-meter passes.
56.Min: corner of Darida. Rashica could clear but does not hit the ball properly. On the defensive, as so often, the Kosovar cuts an unfortunate figure.
54.Min: Darida is worth seeing on Plattenhardt. The ex-national player has a lot of space, but from the Berlin perspective makes too little of it. His high pass ends up at a Bremer.
53.Min: Bremen now has more possession than in the last 20 minutes before the break. The pass rate, however, remains expandable.
51.Min: Plattenhardt with the cross in the middle. Cunha doesn't hit the gaming device properly. Repulsion Kapino.
47.Min: Rashica in cooperation with Augustinsson. In the middle, however, Bittencourt doesn't get the ball. Werder starts braver again.
47.Min: Werder tries to make it fast again. Bittencourt is offside. Not for the first time today.
46.Min: 4-3-3 is the motto. Vogt before the defense, Rashica and Bittencourt on the outside.
46.Min: The game is running again. Alex Nouri and Flo Kohfeldt do not change for the time being.
Strong start, then unfortunately unnecessarily begged for Hertha to score. No matter, it goes on. Hope it just works out in the end - no matter how! #BSCSVW
- GREEN AND WHITE SNACKED (@gwschnackt) March 7, 2020Halftime in the Olympic Stadium. After a blitzstart tour through Sargent and Klaassen, Werder gradually takes the game out of his hands and only goes into the cabin with a one-goal tour.
45.Min: Another minute until half-time.
44th Min: Incomprehensible how you can give this tour. Werder must now be careful not to catch the second goal before the break.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Niklas Stark heads to the connecting goal
41.Min: Again, it is a standard situation that leads to a clean sheet. It was all too easy and unfortunately it was foreseeable.
41.Min: There is the connecting goal. Niklas Stark heads after the free kick. Moisander does not really climb up.
41.Min: Augustinsson throws himself at Marius Wolf. Hertha gets a free kick from a half position. Plattenhardt is ready.
39.Min: Hertha is currently so oppressive. It is completely incomprehensible how one can act so passively with a two-goal lead in the back. At times there are six or seven Berliners in the Bremen penalty area. Again to write down: We write the 39th minute, not the 88th minute.
38.Min : attempted shot by Piantek. It goes far beyond.
37.Min: Now the SVW finally manages to make a few stops in the opposing half and then Eggestein plays a pass that no man can ever get.
35.Min: First corner for the Berliners. The standard is not dangerous, but Werder does not get the ball under control. It's getting hot for Florian Kohfeldt's team.
32nd min: Interesting scene. Vogt pushes Cunha to the ground about 25 meters in front of his own goal, but Winkmann whistles for green and white. Good luck for Werder.
27.Min: Werder hardly ever has the ball across several stations in his own ranks. If it wasn't 0-2 on the scoreboard, you might think that everything is the same as always.
23.Min: Florian Kohfeldt's system can be recognized today as a chain of four. Veljkovic and Moisander defend inside, while Kevin Vogt functions as a six in front of the defense. It looks almost like a Werder diamond in midfield.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Berlin is now stronger
21.Min: Cunha now from a similar position to Sargent in the third minute. However, the Brazilian closes too centrally. Nevertheless, the Bremen team should be warned.
20.Min: Werder looks far too passive at the moment. Hopefully the Bremen-clad in black today watched the game against Düsseldorf last Friday. There the Rhinelands even led 3-0 against Hertha. In the end it was 3: 3.
18.Min: Cunha catches Vogt with his hand in the face. Vogt stays on the ground for a moment. But can then continue. This season you have to tremble at every Bremen player who is lying on the ground.
17.Min : Kapino can excel for the first time after Darida lifts the ball on Piatek. The Polish international was a little too slow.
16.Min: Werder now pulls back a little. All field players on the pitch can be found in the Bremen half.
15.Min: Hertha now has some possession of the ball in the Bremen half. The defense against Vogt and Moisander is good, so that Cunha's dribbling and Plattenhardt's flanks cannot be found.
12.Min: The game has calmed down a bit since the Bremen team started. Kapino leaves every time to take a kick.
11.Min: Werder actually leads for the first time this season with two goals difference.
10.Min: The Berlin curve sings, `` We want to see you fight ''. And after ten minutes of play.
8.Min: Werder is intoxicated here and is closer to 3-0 than Hertha in the Bremen penalty area.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Davy Klaassen header to 2: 0
6.Min: what's going on here? Davy Klaassen heads in from a short distance after Rashica crosses perfectly from the left into the middle. The Hertha defenders fall asleep as you know it from Werder defense. Madness!
6.Min: And another Tooooooorrrrr for Werder Bremen! Davy Klaassen increases to 2: 0 for the guests!
4.Min: Sargent scored his last goal in the first leg. A goal for hertha himself. Not only because Niklas Stark hardly attacks the US boy, but because Sargent would probably not have played today thanks to the contract clause around Davie Selke.
4.Min: The first self-scored Bremen goal after 789 minutes. Hopefully it won't be that long until the next one.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Joshua Sargent from 20 meters to the lead
3. Min: Early tour for the guests from Bremen. Joshua Sargent, after a fine chop from Bittencourt from around 20 meters, is worth seeing in the right corner. Thomas Kraft has little chance.
3.Min: Tooooooorrrrr for Werder Bremen !!!! Joshua Sargent takes a picture!
2.Min: Werder begins briskly. Maxi Eggestein with a jack in the barrel of Rashica on the left wing. The flank does not find a buyer.
1.Min: With a little delay, the game begins with kick off Werder.
3:29 pm: The teams enter the lawn. Frank Zander booms out of the boxes. Can it get worse?
3:25 p.m .: Just under five minutes before kick-off. The referee of the game is Guido Winkmann - referee of the cup success against BVB in early February.
3:24 pm: In autumn 2017 Hertha interim coach Alexander Nouri was on leave at Werder. In the Bremen starting eleven there are still six players in Milos Veljkovic, Niklas Moisander, Ludwig Augustinsson, Theo Gebre Selassie, Maxi Eggestein and Milot Rashica, whom he had also trained in Bremen. Is that an advantage for him? No, Nouri replied at Sky: "The experience doesn't really help because we now have a completely different situation."
15:16: Sky expert Dietmar Hamann assumes that Werder will take Kevin Vogt out of the chain of five today and move to the sixth position. "I think Kevin is playing a little bit ahead. The sixth position is the Achilles' heel of the Bremen team - and he can play it. ”Obviously, Kohfeldt thinks more of keeping the chain of five:“ The system has given us a lot of security in the past few weeks. ”Werder has always conceded goals and never scored in the front .
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Kohfeldt is optimistic
15:14: But Kohfeldt wants to look at its own team. No view of Mainz or Düsseldorf - because: It doesn't help as long as Werder doesn't deliver in the relegation battle. "The fact is that we have to start winning now," said coach Kohfeldt. That would be good for relegation and would prevent a new entry in the history books. Because if Bremen lost in Berlin, it would be their sixth defeat in a row - there has never been such a disastrous series in the club's Bundesliga history.
15:10: Florian Kohfeldt is optimistic to catch up with the competition for today. As a game of fate, however, he does not want to call today's duel.
3:07 p.m .: In the past few years things have gone pretty well for the people of Bremen in Berlin. The last five duels in the Olympic Stadium have not been lost.
15:05: The fact that there is still life in the Nouri squad was shown last week when a 0: 3 half-time deficit against Düsseldorf could still be converted into a draw.
3:03 p.m .: The hustle and bustle surrounding Klinsmann's unworthy finish has recently made itself felt on the lawn. A 0: 5 in the last home game against 1. FC Köln was the low point of Hertha's general weakness at home.
3 p.m .: At Hertha, it looks at first glance to be defensive. Bremen's ex-coach Alexander Nouri, however, comes up with the top purchases Cunha and Piatek. At the initiative of Jürgen Klinsmann, both switched to the newly rich capital club.
14.55 p.m .: Plogmann, Osako, Pizarro, Langkamp, Sahin, J. Eggestein, Friedl, Woltemade and Bargfrede are waiting for you on the bench.
2:50 p.m .: Another look at the Bremen strikers: Who actually scored the last time and when? At Sargent it was October 19, 2019 in the 1-1 draw against Hertha BSC (!). At Rashica it was 1-0 in the league 1-6 against Bayern Munich on December 14, 2019. After all, he scored in the DFB Cup round of 16 against Dortmund - and that's "only" a little over four weeks ago. Leo Bittencourt last scored on December 1, 2019. Overall, Rashica (7), Sargent and Bittencourt (2 each) scored just eleven goals.
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- SV Werder Bremen (@werderbremen) March 7, 20202.45 p.m .: Keeper Stefanos Kapino (25) celebrates his debut for Werder today as Pavlenka replacement. So far, he has only played one competitive game in a Bremen jersey - it was a 2-1 win against SC Freiburg eleven months ago, when he came into play in the second half and did a good job. This time again? "I'm not worried at all," said Kohfeldt.
2:40 p.m .: Philipp Bargfrede made it into the squad, but not yet back into the starting eleven - which was also to be expected. Should the midfield clearer be substituted today, it would be an anniversary. The 31-year-old is about to play his 200th Bundesliga game.
2:37 p.m .: What does the player selection mean for the system selection? This cannot be said clearly yet, both a chain of four and a chain of five are possible on the defensive. On the offensive, Kohfeldt opted for forward Sargent and thus a 1: 1 substitute for Selke. From left and right it should be fed by Milot Rashica and Leo Bittencourt.
Hertha BSC against SV Werder Bremen in the live ticker - Kapino and Sargent from the start
2:33 p.m .: Stefanios Kapino replaces Jiri Pavlenka. Milos Veljkovic replaces Ömer Toprak. Josh Sargent replaces Davie Selke. These are the three answers from trainer Florian Kohfeldt to the open personnel questions. Yuya Osako does not get a new chance in the starting XI.
14:32: And this is the Werder team for today's game: Kapino - Veljkovic, Vogt, Moisander - Augustinsson, Bittencourt, Klaassen, M. Eggestein, Gebre Selassie - Rashica, Sargent
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2:31 pm: This is the starting eleven of the hosts: Kraft - Plattenhardt, Stark, Torunarigha, Klünter - Mittelstädt, Darida, Ascancibar, Wolf - Cunha, Piatek
2:22 p.m .: Welcome to the live ticker for the game by SV Werder Bremen, which is competing against Hertha from Berlin today. The lineups will be announced in a few minutes.
To the preliminary report of March 6, 2020:
A fact that encourages Berlin: Werder Bremen is not a cellar child away
Frankfurt - Among other things, Florian Kohfeldt wore his soft spot for mathematics. He has marched through the advanced course, but the math part in the brain is currently not working - the SV Werder Bremen coach claims. Therefore, he does not take part in arithmetic games, how many victories are necessary to make it to the relegation class .
Or how many defeats it will take before the descent is sealed. "I'm sorry, my math is not so good today," he says with a smile and prefers to use a simple rough calculation before the game of Werder Bremen at Hertha BSC (Saturday, 3:30 p.m., live ticker of the DeichStube): "It is certainly not an endgame for us yet. But of course we have to score. ”How? "Happy with fireworks. Or with a snot game and only one chance for us. "
Werder Bremen against Hertha BSC: unbeaten for five games in the Berlin Olympic Stadium
Kohfeldt has chosen such formulations more often in the past few months. His team never ignited fireworks, however, there were many "snot games" - only one, however, brought victory. It was 1-0 at Fortuna Dusseldorf, the only success in the league in a quarter.
Will another follow in Berlin ? The capital city was actually a very good place for the people of Bremen. Werder Bremen has been undefeated in the Olympic Stadium for five games. Hertha is currently waiting for a win for five home games. Recently, it even put a 0: 5 smack against 1. FC Köln in front of its own audience. The Berliners therefore only occupy 16th place in the current home table. Werder, on the other hand, can even be attested to something like a hint of away strength. The Kohfeldt team made three of the only four wins of the season on the opponent's place. In the away table, Werder is even eleventh with twelve points.
Werder Bremen in acute relegation risk: But Florian Kohfeldt is confident
"Something has to go for Werder Bremen ", one would like to call out with these numbers before the appearance in the capital. And there will be something going, says Kohfeldt , who of course would be a bad coach if he didn't say it. He doesn't expect fireworks in Berlin either, but further progress and a sense of achievement . Because although Werder flew out of the DFB Cup on Wednesday and at Eintracht Frankfurt "did not show enough to win the game" (quoted by Kohfeldt), the coach's antennas noticed that the game was improving overall.
"I saw things that we trained," he says, and despite 17th place and the acute risk of relegation shows a remarkable level of self-confidence: "We have trained for three weeks now with good players. I also believe in myself and am confident that I can train a team that is complete so that we are able to work out automatisms in a relatively short period of time. ”A relatively short period of time - that means until Saturday , 3:30 p.m.? Automatisms - does that mean being dangerous again and winning? There are answers in Berlin between the first and the 90th minute. (csa)
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