After bankruptcy against Wolfsburg: Werder Bremen and hope for the relegation

SV Werder Bremen lost the Bundesliga game against VfL Wolfsburg 0-1. The descent is getting closer. The follow-up report of the DeichStube *.

Bremen - Florian Kohfeldt knew that what he was about to say "sounds silly". Then he said it anyway. "What gives me courage is the table," explained the SV Werder Bremen coach after his team's 0-1 (0-0) home defeat against VfL Wolfsburg . A defeat that further exacerbated the Bremen situation in the table and was therefore more suitable for triggering panic reactions and fatalism than courage. But Kohfeldt was very serious and explained: “It is not seven or eight points to the relegation place, but only three. This is possible with four games remaining. "

Is it. Theoretically. But as Werder is currently performing, even three points are unbelievably large. Committed yes, dangerous on goal no - that is the shortest description of what the Bremen team can do. And in the end the team reliably makes the one mistake that decides the game. On Sunday afternoon it was Kevin Vogt who had Wout Weghorst head the winning goal (82nd). And VfL trainer Oliver Glasner later revealed that he had laid out the Bremen team just as well and had imagined the script of the game as well. “We wanted to close the middle and leave Werder the ball in rooms that we could control. We hoped that they would get tired out the back. It's great that it worked out that way, ”said the Austrian, documenting how easy it has been to look out and slow down SV Werder Bremen, who was trained by Florian Kohfeldt .

Werder Bremen hardly managed anything against VFL Wolfsburg after half-time one

The biggest problem in Bremen was not the one mistake in an otherwise stable defense, but the pitiful harmlessness in the attack. After two or three good scenes in half-time Werder Bremen hardly managed anything. "Our behavior in the last third is bad - there is no other word for it," admitted Florian Kohfeldt again. And because the whole thing is not a snapshot, but a permanent state (which the 1-0 victories in Freiburg and Schalke do not change), the question of how Werder wants to score the necessary goals in the last four games remains around the three points (and six goals) to catch up on Fortuna Düsseldorf on the relegation rank. 

The answer could be Niclas Füllkrug . After his cruciate ligament rupture, the striker has been back in team training since Thursday, next Saturday he will be back in the squad in the important game at league bottom light SC Paderborn . It is clear that there are hopes attached to his comeback. Kohfeldt doesn't want to overdo it: "I don't want to put pressure on his shoulders and say: 'The Messiah is finally coming back!' Niclas will initially only be an alternative for the bank. ”But at least that. Against Wolfsburg, the effect of the bank was zero despite the substitution of four offensives.

Werder Bremen now three points behind the relegation place

That's why Werder Bremen lost a game that shouldn't have been lost. That's why Werder Bremen is now three points behind the relegation rank and six behind the saving place 15, which Mainz 05 still holds. Because the Kohfeldt team still has to play in Mainz on the penultimate matchday, the Bremen team could still be given a real chance of staying in the league. But even occupational optimist Kohfeldt doesn't want to know anything about it for the time being. "I didn't write it off, but we should win another game first. I shouldn't now say whether we're catching up six points. We should win in Paderborn first, that will be difficult enough. And then we see what the table looks like. "

At the moment she looks like Werder Bremen has to go down to league two. But the team will not conform to this fate - at least not as long as relegation is still possible. The way to get there is probably only through the relegation, Kohfeldt also sees it this way: “We are not a dead team. We will fight for this place of relegation, that is our goal. And if we then come through the relegation, we still have two chances. Giving up is never an option. ”(Csa)

To the game report at 3.30 p.m .:

Next home defeat against Wolfsburg: Werder Bremen tumbles towards the 2nd division

Bremen - The pressure was huge, huge, because the competition in the table cellar had finally submitted - and Werder Bremen did not withstand it on Sunday afternoon. In the important home game against VfL Wolfsburg the team of coach Florian Kohfeldt received a 0: 1 (0: 0) defeat and is now with at least one leg in the 2nd league. The Table 17 Backlog. on the relegation place is three, the one on the saving bank is already six - with a worse goal difference than the competitors from Düsseldorf and Mainz.

Werder Bremen initially more active than VfL Wolfsburg

Kohfeldt had made several changes in his starting XI compared to 0: 3 against Frankfurt . Ludwig Augustinsson acted as left-back for the first time since the beginning of March, Marco Friedl had to go back to the bench. There were also Davie Selke, who was replaced by Josh Sargent, and Fin Bartels, for whom Philipp Bargfrede had joined the team. Bitter for Werder: Milot Rashica hadn't even made it into the squad because of an ankle injury, and Leonardo Bittencourt had to be satisfied with the role as a substitute again. Kohfeldt tactically opted for a 3-5-2 system, with Kevin Vogt as the central man in the defensive line.

During the first round, the Bremen team were a bit better because they were more active. Although the hosts' offensive efforts did not offer a number of opportunities, the performance was nevertheless decent. After a cross from Davy Klaassen, Maximilian Arnold prevented Sargent from finishing at the last minute (24th). A little later, Yuya Osako found his master in Wolfsburg's goalkeeper Koen Casteels (31) after a nice pass by the playful bargfrede, who had stood between Werden Bremen from January 2015 to July 2015 .

Werder Bremen: shock second after Jiri Pavlenka ricochet

After 38 minutes, the Bremen then demanded hand penalty because Xaver Schlager got the ball after a shot by Maximilian Eggestein from close range to the arm. After consulting the video assistant, referee Bibiana Steinhaus rightly did not give a penalty . Wolfsburg seldom appeared in front of the Bremen gate before the break. The most dangerous scenes: Goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka and Milos Veljkovic clarified join forces against Wout Weghorst (13), and later made Pavlenka with a ricochet for a moment of shock (32).

Even after the change, Werder initially had more game shares, but did not manage to come to a dangerous conclusion. The ball ran quite well up to the Wolfsburg penalty area, but then there was a lack of creativity and power to win a Bundesliga game. Florian Kohfeldt reacted, bringing Bartels in the 61st minute for Bargfrede to strengthen the offensive. The game had just developed into a water battle due to heavy rain . Standard situations would have been an effective means, but Werder made far too little of his.

Werder Bremen: Wout Weghorst scores for VfL Wolfsburg in the final phase

An example? Augustinsson did without a patch on wet ground and shot the ball over the goal from a good free kick position (68 '). Defensively, the Bremen team did not allow much against harmless Wolfsburg until the final phase - Felix Klaus (72nd) and Schlager (73rd) shot over it, but that was it so far. And hoping for the Lucky Punch started at the latest with the replacement of Leonardo Bittencourt . Schlager almost put him on the other side - his shot from a distance went to the crossbar (81.). Shortly thereafter, Wout Weghorst did better and headed Werder a huge piece in the direction of the 2nd division - 1-0 (82nd).

Werder's home record remains disastrous. Only one win from 15 games, plus a goal difference of 9:34 - no question: these are numbers of a relegated team. Four games remain the people of Bremen now even to the descent but to prevent somehow. Next Saturday the bottom of the table SC Paderborn. (dco)

SV Werder Bremen: Pavlenka - Veljkovic, Vogt, Moisander - Gebre Selassie, Bargfrede (61. Bartels), Augustinsson, M. Eggestein, Klaassen (85. Woltemade) - Sargent (76. Bittencourt), Osako (85. Selke)

VfL Wolfsburg: Casteels - Mbabu, Pongracic, Brooks, Roussillon (88th Tisserand) - Schlager, Arnold (88th Guilavogui), Joao Victor (64th Claus), Brekalo - Mehmedi (64th Ginczek), Weghorst

Werder Bremen vs VfL Wolfsburg: live ticker for reading

Whistle Werder Bremen loses 1-0 to VfL Wolfsburg. If you don't take chances at the front and fall asleep in the crucial phase at the back, you can't win a game. The air in the relegation battle is now getting thinner.

90.Min + 5: Werder comes again to two crosses, which Gebre Selassie cannot use.

90.Min + 4: Bittencourt with the chipball from the midfield into the goal. The end is soon.

90th min + 3: about another minute. Werder has the ball in his own half and is looking for a way forward.

90.Min + 2: six points and 9:34 goals. That is the Bremen home record in 15 home games this season.

90th Min + 1: A little hope: Steinhaus will let replay four minutes.

90.Min: There is no longer a long time to keep at least one point in Bremen.

88th Min: Wolfsburg again with the double change. Guilavogui and Tisserand come for Arnold and Roussillon.

87.Min: Werder simply does not come to the fore at the front.

86.Min : Kohfeldt brings Selke and Woltemade again for Klaassen and Osako. Everything still ahead now!

85.Min: Wolfsburg's plan apparently works here. Werder let come because they never achieve anything offensively and then strike themselves at the crucial moment.

83.Min: Glasner changes. Schlager gives way to Gerhardt.

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - the Werder KO? Weghorst heads to the Wolfsburg leadership gate

82nd Min: Incredible! Bittencourt sloppily loses the ball in the front. Mbabu then has far too much space in the midfield. With an overview, he brings the ball to Klaus, which is worth seeing on the starting Weghorst. Vogt stops.

82nd Min: And there it happened! Wout Weghorst heads for the Klaus flank after Vogt just stops again.

81.Min: After the free kick that followed, Wolfsburg shot several times. In the end, Schlager hits the crossbar. Take a deep breath!

79.Min: More yellow cards than clear chances to score in this game. Leo Bittencourt is late against Klaus and sees the yellow cardboard.

77.Min: Roussillon is put under pressure by Bartels in his own penalty area. The Dutchman has to clarify the side.

76th Min: Bittencourt enters the lawn for the much improved Josh Sargent.

75.Min: Gebre Selassie with a little space to flank. Augustinsson is unable to get the ball on goal.

73.Min: luck for Werder. Vogt with an uncertainty that almost leads to Weghorst's closure. Instead, corner Brekalo, which is played flat on the free-standing pop. The Austrian is not an executor.

72nd Min: It is really raining here. Can any team take advantage of the changed conditions?

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - no chance of scoring in the second half

70.Min: Twenty minutes before the end, the result is still performance-related. In the second half there were still no great chances to score.

69.Min: It is pouring from buckets here now. In terms of play, it doesn't make it easier for both teams.

68.Min: Augustinsson does it directly. Unfortunately too out of place.

66.Min: Sargent and Bartels drive the ball forward, where Osako is waiting. Mbabu fouls the Japanese shortly before the penalty area and sees yellow. Good opportunity now!

65.Min : Augustinsson fouls his special friend Mbabu very obviously. The free kick again harmless. Werder is doing well.

64.Min: Wolfsburg now also changes. Ginczek and Klaus come for Mehmedi and Joao Victor.

61.Min: First game change: Philipp Bargfrede leaves the field, Finn Bartels comes in.

60.Min: Wolfsburg has been harmless in terms of standards so far, but remains too often in possession of the second ball.

59.Min : After the free kick, Wolfsburg manages to counter strongly. Veljkovic saves to the corner in the last need.

58.Min : Sargent puts the ball back against two Wolfsburgers and forces Pongracic to tactically foul it. Yellow for the Croatian.

56.Min: Maybe the help comes from above !? It's starting to rain.

54th Min: And the free kick comes well. Veljkovic rushes his head against the ball, then against Brooks. Ouch!

53.Min: Xaver Schlager without compromise against Sargent. Yellow for the Austrian, free kick for the American.

52.Min: The first minutes of the second half belong to VfL. 

49.Min : Mbabu crosses on the long Dutch! He leans on and still doesn't get a good header. OK then.

48.Min: Sargent with the very clear tactical foul against Roussillon. Bibi pulls out the yellow card. 

47.Min: Finally Augustinsson crosses the wing. Casteels, however, as so often attentive.

47.Min: Both coaches have not changed.

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - No change in the second half

46.Min: The game is running again! Now just do it differently than against Frankurt! 

Halftime. Werder and Wolfsburg go into the cabin with a goalless draw. The result plays the game quite well again. 

45.Min + 1: Arnold pulls the free kick directly onto the goal. However, the around 35 meters are too far even for a standard expert like him.

45.Min: Davy Klaassen rushes into Maximillian Arnold and rightly sees the yellow card.

44.Min: Klaassen is the executing force behind a free kick, which leads to a weak header from Osako.

43.Min : Augustinsson does not come into play against Mbabu at all. Now a foul is whistled for him.

41.Min: There is no penalty. You can decide like that.

38.Min: Wonderful pass from Bargfrede in the course of Gebre Selassie. The Czech crosses in the middle, where no one picks up. Then Eggestein comes to the shot. Xaver Schlager receives the ball in the penalty area. The VAR checks.

37.Min: Wolfsburg outnumbered on the way towards Werder-Tor. Brekalo, Mehmede and Weghorst have been just as inefficient as Sargent and Osako.

32.Min : Uff ... Pavlenka wants to knock the ball away but plays flat against a Wolfsburg shortly before the goal. Fortunately, he can't do much with it. 

31.Min: Yuya Osako's first good action, who has been viewed very critically in the past few weeks. Bargfrede puts the Japanese in the limelight, pulling away from the edge of the box. Casteels is there. A passport to the free man next door might have been smarter.

31.Min: Werder has a bit more possession, but Wolfsburg is ahead in the duel rate.

28.Min : Bargfrede trots alongside Pongravic, who takes Joao Victor outside. The Brazilian crosses in the middle, where Mehmedi shoots a Bremer.

25.Min: Some things are reminiscent of Wednesday's game against Frankfurt. Werder does more, but doesn't manage to emit enough goal danger in the front. Wolfsburg is waiting for a counterattack and acts as if they want to let Werder come first.

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - Sargent and Osako with the first great Werder chance

23.Min: Good attack by the Bremen team! Klaassen brings the cross into the center where Osako does not hit the ball properly. Sargent lurks a little behind, but is blocked by Arnold at the last moment. There was more in it!

22.Min: Wolfsburg now presses earlier and always manages to force Werder to lose the ball. But there weren't more than a few interjections.

18.Min: Who knows, maybe the substitutes for Selke, Bittencourt and Co. will vote for "Forza SVW".

17.Min: Interesting: Werder actually creates a bit of a home atmosphere here. An advertising supervisor has a kind of metal box and a piece of wood with which he seems to regularly play the drummer.

13.Min: Great opportunity Wolfsburg. Weghorst is alone after Veljkovic-Patzer on the way to 1: 0 for the wolves. The Dutchman can pass the ball past Pavlenka, but has not put enough pressure behind it. Veljkovic can clarify it himself.

12.Min: Werder is better in the game, but can not prevail in the last third.

10.Min: Super pass on Augustinsson. The Swede takes too long to react, so that Wolfsburg right-back Mbabu clears the corner.

7. Min: Next standard for Werder. Augustinsson is on the left corner flag for the third time. Werder remains in possession of the ball for a few stations afterwards, but in the end Casteels has the ball in his hands.

6.Min: Augustinsson takes the corner kick to the first post where Gebre Selassie tries to extend. Wolfsburg is careful and clarifies the second Werder corner, which remains harmless.

5.Min: First good interaction between Osako and Sargent, which leads to a corner. 

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - kick-off in the Weser Stadium

3.Min: It takes some getting used to the jersey selection of the two opponents. the light blue jersey of the Wolfsburg is not that far from the Werder green. Referee Bibiana Steinhaus apparently didn't mind.

1.Min: kick-off - the game is on! And soon you can hear the Bremer Bank again! 

1.30 p.m .: There is a minute of silence against racism. All players kneel on the floor, like Colin Kaepernik (NFL professional), who chose this gesture as a protest a few years ago.

1:29 pm: Friends, are you a little bit excited? Today's game is so important!

1:28 p.m .: Let's start! Life-long green-white booms from the stadium boxes 

1:26 pm: Anything else to encourage ? Over the past few years, things have always looked good against Wolfsburg at home. There has been no away win since 2015. Florian Kohfeldt's side won 3-2 in the first leg.

1:21 pm: Wolfsburg has won four of the last five away games. Werder's home record is terrifying. There had been no three in the Weser Stadium since September.

1:18 pm: As if the game itself does not bring enough fire with it. Werder is six points behind the saving bank - three on the relegation site. Wolfsburg can jump to sixth place with a win, which would secure qualification for the Europa League at the end of the season.

1:15 pm: Perhaps Glasner is just surprised that there is more atmosphere in the Weser Stadium even without fans than in Wolfsburg?

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - Baumann counters Glasner, who accuses Werder of lacking solidarity

1:13 p.m .: Frank Baumann countered very calmly in his calm manner. Glasner's statements are strange, adventurous and absurd. You try to project passion from the bank onto the field and have nothing to blame yourself for.

1:11 p.m .: Wölfe coach Oliver Glasner , who caused misunderstanding on the Bremen side during the week , has something against it. The following comment has to be melted in your mouth: ,, Werder Bremen in particular spoke very often of solidarity during the Corona break because they were only allowed to train in small groups for a long time. So it would now be a sign of solidarity not to use the atmosphere in the stadiums for your own benefit. '' 

13:07: Werder urgently needs a victory against the guests from Wolfsburg today in order not to lose the connection to Düsseldorf and Mainz. Both were able to score yesterday.

13:02: Still not in the squad: Pizarro, Toprak, Füllkrug, Möhwald and Sahin. At least with Toprak and Füllkrug it looks as if they could return before the end of the season.

Ludwig #Augustinsson starts against @VfL_Wolfsburg. It is the first full-time start of the full-back since his injury and the re-start of @Bundesliga_DE. ⚽

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12:52 p.m .: Finn Bartels is returning to the bench for the time being after his starting XI campaign against Eintracht. Like all Bremeners, he looked very hard on Wednesday. But not much more.

12.45 p.m .: Particularly bitter for Werder: Milot Rashica got a blow against Frankfurt and also suffers from ankle problems. It is therefore not enough for today's game.

12.37 p.m .: In Wolfsburg, goalscorer Wout Weghorst and Admir Mehmedi appear. The captain is the former Werder keeper Koen Casteels, who played six good games for Werder in 2015.

With this elf the wolves start against @werderbremen! #SVWWOB pic.twitter.com/2GX7a7gOiS

12.35 p.m .: Josh Sargent and Yuya Osako should provide the necessary goals in the storm. The previous season balance does not exactly speak for the two. Osako shot four times, Sargent three times.

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg in the live ticker - three changes compared to the Frankfurt game

12.33 p.m .:  Kohfeldt apparently came up with some ideas for the game - Werder's lineup differs in terms of personnel in several positions from that during the 0-3 against Frankfurt. In the back left, Ludwig Augustinsson returns to the team and replaces Marco Friedl. Leonardo Bittencourt (sitting on the bench) and Milot Rashica (not in the squad at all) are missing in the starting line-up. The name Philipp Bargfrede reappears there. Since Kevin Vogt also plays, there are two tactical options: a 3-5-2 system with a three / five chain or the classic diamond in the middle.

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On the bench: Kapino - Lang, Selke, Bittencourt, Langkamp, ​​Bartels, Friedl, Groß and Woltemade.

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12.28 p.m .: Bremer Bank: Kapino, Lang, Selke, Bittencourt, Langkamp, ​​Bartels, Friedl, Groß, Woltemade

12.27 p.m .:  Here is the list of the Bremen team: Pavlenka, Gebre Selassie, Veljkovic, Moisander, Augustisson - Vogt, Bargfrede, M. Eggestein, Klaassen - Osako, Sargent

12:24: Moin, moin to the live ticker for the immensely important home game between SV Werder Bremen and VfL Wolfsburg. The lineups will start shortly.

The preliminary report of June 6, 2020:

Werder Bremen against VfL Wolfsburg under enormous pressure: the competition scores

Bremen - Now the pressure on Werder Bremen is huge! The Saturday has delivered results in a relegation battle of the Bundesliga, the home game of the penultimate over VfL Wolfsburg (Sunday, 13:30, Live Scores , the dike room) with a clear headline: Siegen is required! After all the competitors scored in the table cellar, SV Werder Bremen must follow suit against VfL Wolfsburg in order not to lose more and more ground.

The 76th minute went on Saturday when two goals were scored in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, which should have caused long faces at SV Werder Bremen . Fortuna Dusseldorf scored 2-2 against Hoffenheim in 1899, taking one point and extending the lead over Bremen to three points (with a goal difference of four goals). And in Frankfurt Mainz 05 made it 2-0 against Eintracht. The League 15 Tab. on Werder is now six points - that's already a board. Unless Werder Bremen also wins against VfL Wolfsburg. But whether the Bremer really manage to get up again within four days after the 0: 3 against Frankfurt on Wednesday?

Werder Bremen coach Florian Kohfeldt: "Convinced that we will make it to the relegation class"

It will not surprise anyone that coach Florian Kohfeldt is exactly convinced: "We have already shown that we can deal with this pressure when we came back after the 1-4 against Leverkusen." After that, what happened to Kohfeldt in retrospect which calls "seven good halves". Two against Freiburg (1-0), two against Mönchengladbach (0-0), two against Schalke 04 (1-0) and one against Frankfurt on Wednesday. In the second round Werder Bremen fell into old mistakes, conceded three goals, two by standards. Back in crisis mode!

But as is so often the case this season, Kohfeldt doesn't focus on the bad, but on the good, and avoids panic and hecticness when performing. His team had shown both in the poor eighth half against Eintracht. Kohfeldt: "We weren't calm about the setback." But that is exactly what is needed now. The others - including the bottom of SC Paderborn with the 1-1 at RB Leipzig - scored on Saturday. Results like stabbing for Werder Bremen . Kohfeldt reads the table as follows: “Overall, we are in the fight for relegation . With us, nobody expected us to march through and be saved two game days from the end. We know it will last until the last match day. I am convinced that we will make it into the league. ”

Werder Bremen has won the last four home games against VfL Wolfsburg

In fact, a victory over VfL Wolfsburg would mean a tie with Düsseldorf on the relegation place . The chronic home weakness of the Bremen team (ten of 14 home games lost, only one won) is anything but a good omen. In addition, home victories in ghost mode have become an absolute rarity. In the 43 Bundesliga games without spectators so far, the home team has won only ten times - the odds are below 25 percent. 21 away wins, however, are almost 50 percent. These are statistics that should not encourage SV Werder Bremen. But at least: They have won the last four home games against VfL Wolfsburg. A ray of hope in the gloomy data forest.

For victories, however, goals are needed - and Werder's problems with the production of these huge problems did not become clear in the last few games. Five games, three hits - pretty thin. But again Florian Kohfeldt saw the good approach: “ Obviously, getting ahead is a topic for us. However, we very often come into promising situations, but we do not develop clear opportunities from them. These are the tasks for the game against VfL Wolfsburg . “And don't forget to win! (csa)

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