Rescue relegation? For Werder, 16th place is now the primary goal after the playful victory in Berlin - even if it could go against HSV. The problem: Once again, the Kohfeldt team cannot defend a leadership. It could be loud in Bremen.
Berlin (AP) - Florian Kohfeldt really wants to watch this SV Werder game, this bitter 2-2 after a 2-0 lead at Hertha BSC.
If he then has the answer to the question of why his team gave away the victory over initially lifeless, ineffective and imaginative hosts, "I know whether I shout at them or hug them," said the Werder coach.
Are you happy about the end of a series of five bankruptcies in a row in the Bundesliga? About the first self-scored championship goals after 84 days? Couldn't come up with the penultimate table. "It hurts," emphasized Davy Klaassen, one of the two goal scorers in a rapid Bremen early phase.
Kohfeldt's team had only needed a good six minutes for the 2-0 lead. First met Joshua Sargent (3rd), then Klaassen. Hertha threatened to fall apart as in the 5-0 win against 1. FC Köln. But the Berlin team found their way back into the game - like the 3: 3 after 0: 3 deficit at Fortuna Düsseldorf.
There were two main reasons why the catch-up against Bremen was successful. The best man on the court wore a Hertha jersey: Matheus Cunha, who had come under Jürgen Klinsmann from RB Leipzig, scored again and showed an outstanding performance. The fact that he was able to do this again was due to the Bremen team, who gradually waned after their blitz double pack. "We bring the opponent, who was almost dead, back into the game through our own fault," said Kevin Vogt.
It is not the first time that they are unable to hold a lead and, according to manager Frank Baumann, the season at ZDF's "Current Sports Studio" has become "the worst season in club history". Examples? Already in the first leg against Hertha, in the end draw, against Dortmund, in the end draw, against Augsburg, lost in the end, even against Bayern, lost in the end 1: 6.
Why wasn't Kohfeldt able to intervene decisively in the Berlin Olympic Stadium? "Unfortunately, I have ten kilos too much to go onto the pitch myself," said the 37-year-old - the humor didn't seem to have passed, even though he was very annoyed by the two points awarded in the relegation battle duel: "We have nothing to give away in our situation. "
Kohfeldt still believes that direct rescue is possible, but has now ranked 16th as the primary goal. "If it's necessary, we'll do it over there." Would also mean that the two games could possibly go against the arch enemy Hamburger SV.
Until then, Bremen have ten games to do better than in Berlin, where seven Werder days ended to be forgotten. First, the home game against Frankfurt was canceled on Sunday last week, then Bremen dropped out at Eintracht in the round of 16, including new injuries, and finally the emotional shot at the Olympic Stadium - against his predecessor at the Bremen coaching post, Alexander Nouri.
His fourth game almost threatened to be his last at Hertha, which had not yet been saved. The elf initially missed everything before it came into play. "We bite our own asses that it is so," said Niklas Stark of the team's two faces. The national team player (41.) and Cunha (60.) released teammates, coaches and fans who took the team on for the next home game: In two weeks it will be against city rivals and first leg winner 1. FC Union Berlin. "We still have something to do well," said Marvin Plattenhardt.
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