Bremen (dpa) - The home misery is Werder Bremen in the relegation battle of the Bundesliga more and more doom. The North Germans lost the catch-up game against Eintracht Frankfurt with 0: 3 (0: 0) and are still waiting for their second success this season in the Weser Stadium.
After seven points from three games previously, the defeat meant a bitter setback in the chase in the table cellar. Florian Kohfeldt's team missed jumping on the relegation site for the first time since the 20th matchday. The gap to the table-16. Fortuna Dusseldorf is still two points. Eintracht, for which André Silva (61st minute) and substitute Stefan Ilsanker (81st / 90th) met, made a big step towards relegation within five days thanks to the second threesome.
Actually, the game was supposed to take place before the Corona break on March 1, but was then moved with a lot of fuss after the Frankfurt second leg second leg in the Europa League at RB Salzburg had to be rescheduled due to a hurricane warning. The people of Bremen felt disadvantaged at the time due to the postponement. But a quarter of a year later Werder coach Kohfeldt should have been happy that the encounter did not take place at the time.
After all, the personnel situation of the North Germans looked much better on Wednesday than at that time. Kohfeldt could even afford to leave the match winner of the two victories in Freiburg and Schalke on the bench in Leonardo Bittencourt. Milot Rashica also initially stayed outside. For this, among other things, Fin Bartels was back in the starting eleven of the green-whites after 907 days.
In the third duel of both teams this season after the draw in the first leg and the Frankfurt victory in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup, a game that was characterized by struggle and hectic was developed from the start. Lots of duels, lots of fouls, little game flow - it was pure relegation battle in the Weser Stadium in Bremen. Two chances for Werder through Davy Klaassen (15th) and Davie Selke (33th), one for the guests through Silva (11th) were the only highlights in a highly intense game.
The side line was also going up in phases. Kohfeldt and Adi Hütter as well as Eintracht sports director Bruno Hübner had a lot of fighting. The substitute players from both teams sitting in the stands kept coming loudly.
After the change of sides, both teams continued to fight fiercely. The Eintracht now acted a little clearer in their actions and gained a slight overweight. Dominik Kohr's goal was denied in the 59th minute because of offside, but shortly afterwards the Hessians took the lead. After a cross from Filip Kostic, Silva headed the ball into the goal.
Kohfeldt reacted promptly and brought in two fresh attackers in Josh Sargent and Milot Rashica. But Werder found no means after the break, the substitute Bittencourt had the first Werder chance after the break in the 79th minute. Instead, Ilsanker made everything clear with his two goals.
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