Werder coach Kohfeldt before the DFB Cup duel in Jena: "There is no excuse"

The first competitive game of the season is on: SV Werder Bremen will play in the first round of the DFB Cup against FC Carl Zeiss Jena on Saturday.

The preliminary report of the DeichStube *.

Bremen - event we are in front of the

of

against

on a little journey.

One thing crystallized pretty quickly on the afternoon of August 9, 2015: Raphael Koczor and Sven Schipplock would no longer become particularly good friends.

The

goalkeeper

and the Hamburger SV striker fought fierce arguments on the pitch.

“He told me in every second sentence what he deserved,” Koczor later claimed, and Schipplock promptly accused me of lying: “What he says is not true!

I have certainly never rubbed what I deserve under his nose. "

The matter can no longer be cleared up, but this is not a problem, because the much more decisive Koczor statement to Schipplock's address was not contradicted: "Look at the display board before you go into the dressing room." The keeper had that given to the attacker after the game on August 9, 2015 - when the regional league team Jena

prevailed 3-2 after extra time against the Bundesliga club HSV

in the

the

.

Cup sensations in the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, as this day had proven, are basically possible, which would have brought us to 2020 and

.

SV Werder Bremen in the DFB Cup against FC Carl Zeiss Jena: First-round disgrace is simply not planned

"I don't think I have to, but I'll do it anyway," replied Werder coach

when asked whether he would specifically point out to his team that in such a first cup round for the favorite, too there is always one

above all: the

.

In Bremen, the city names Heidenheim, Münster, Saarbrücken and Lotte are all synonymous with it.

Another entry, according to Kohfeldt's clear goal, is not to be added to the list on Saturday: At FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Werder Bremen wants to do better than Hamburger SV from 8.45 p.m. (live on TV and in the DeichStube's live ticker).

"We are going to Jena, and the claim, the goal and what will come out of it in the end is that we

survive

this

," says Kohfeldt so comprehensively, so emphatically and convincingly that the

press conference can be held

at this point could have ended.

A Bremen Cup in Jena?

It is simply not intended.

Kohfeldt worked on this during the summer preparation, on this day, September 12, 2020, and not on the Bundesliga start a week later against Hertha BSC, he aligned all the planning.

“Now the

begins for us

.

We refueled the week with freshness.

So there is no excuse, ”emphasizes the coach, who incidentally has not yet been responsible for an embarrassing

failure.

Werder Bremen against Carl Zeiss Jena: This is how Florian Kohfeldt wants to prevent a DFB Cup sensation

It was 6: 1 and 6: 1 for

against Wormatia Worms and Atlas Delmenhorst, a smooth two-set win for tennis friend

, who, however, had a small advantage with his current opponent Jena: “You have already played five competitive games and are in the rhythm. "Werder took the opportunity of course and" observed the opponent in detail ".

Part of the professional preparation, also - and Kohfeldt makes absolutely no secret of it - when the main focus is on one's own performance before the duel with the opponent, who is three classes lower at home.

“It is always important how you approach something like that.

From the first second on, you shouldn't

give

anyone in

the feeling: Something's going on today, "says Kohfeldt - and demands of his players:" We have to be extremely focused and dynamic, which means that we play a lot of quick actions, so that is to increase the likelihood that Jena will become more error-prone. "

If this succeeds, it in turn increases the likelihood that

will live up to their role as favorites and that the Ernst Abbe sports field of

not

experience

a new

sensation.

In any case, Raphael Koczor can no longer give the subtle request to look at the scoreboard as he did at Schipplock.

The man has been playing for TSV Steinbach in the Regionalliga Südwest since summer 2019.

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