About Kohfeldt's “three year old”: Werder at Eintracht Frankfurt with a great chance

SV Werder Bremen will play against Eintracht Frankfurt on the sixth matchday of the Bundesliga.

For coaches it is a fitting coincidence to be “three year old”.

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Bremen - Chance is sometimes a reliable buddy.

At

least

for

, at least these days.

Because three years after taking office as head coach of

on October 30, 2017, Kohfeldt and the Bremen team are facing a game at

- he is doing that again, it should be said.

Because Eintracht is not only the Bremen host on Saturday (3:30 p.m.), it was also at Kohfeldt's debut as boss on the Bremen sidelines.

The cross comparisons through time are ideal.

How was the situation then?

How is she today

Werder Bremen versus Eintracht Frankfurt: Florian Kohfeldt's anniversary - "A lot has happened in the three years"

The first question is easy to answer.

deeply in a mess three years ago, after ten games under coach Alexander Nouri they were penultimate with five points.

Game one under Kohfeldt didn't change that either.

The game was lost 1: 2 at Eintracht, unfortunate, but the premiere was in the sand.

Nevertheless, Kohfeldt and the team subsequently worked their way out of the basement step by step.

And now?

No new sporting mess in sight!

But also no guarantee that it will stay that way.

Werder are seventh after five match days, tied with opponents

(eight points each).

And Kohfeldt can say a sentence that certainly didn't cross his mind three years ago: “We're going to Frankfurt without the really, really big rucksack because we've worked out a good starting position.

It's an important game and we're looking forward to it. "

Three years ago, Kohfeldt was faced with the task of realigning and realigning a team that had gotten completely into trouble.

The fact that this is the case again now and as a result of the near relegation in the preseason is another common feature of yesterday and today, alongside the same opponent.

However, Kohfeldt is currently significantly further along this path than it was in October 2017. Logical, everything was new back then, now the rebuilding is based on the experience of "one and three quarters of years in which we have experienced a relatively steep rise," says Kohfeldt.

Followed by the tough

, the "ultimate challenge" as Kohfeldt calls it.

Only with luck could the fall into the abyss been avoided after the upswing.

Anyone who would like to have this summarized without any drama can follow Kohfeldt: "A lot has happened in the three years."

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And a lot more should happen - in a positive sense, of course.

The successful start to the new season is encouraging and gives confidence that

can build

on the initially steep rise under

.

Not immediately, maybe, but in perspective.

In any case, the game in Frankfurt will not - as in 2017 - be characterized by a danger, but by the chance to settle in the upper half of the table.

With a win, Bremen, who have won four out of six away games and lost only one since the Corona break last season, would even be in the

top group of

the

.

And therefore far from the region of relegation.

"We want to show that the team is keen to win this game," says Kohfeldt, who has a personal problem, especially when attacking.

Niclas Füllkrug (already four goals this season) is out with calf problems, his deputy Davie Selke is being treated on the groin in Berlin these days and is also not available.

Although the coach highlights the remaining offensive forces in Josh Sargent, Milot Rashica, Tahith Chong and Nick Woltemade (“We still have goal-scoring people”), none of them has scored in the current Bundesliga season.

However, nobody is forbidden to change anything against

(Saturday, 3:30 p.m., live on TV and in the

the DeichStube), says Kohfeldt: “We want to be brave and clever.

And then there will be one or the other player who agrees to score. ”(Csa)