Werder Bremen lost the Bundesliga match against RB Leipzig 2-0, and they were flawed and harmless.
The game report of the DeichStube *.
Leipzig - third defeat in a row: With top team
RB Leipzig
is
Werder Bremen
on Saturday failed the downturn in the
Bundesliga
to stop - the team of coach Florian Kohfeldt had to completely at the end earned 0: 2 (0: 2) beaten give.
Marcel Sabitzer (26th / penalty kick) and Dani Olmo (41st) scored the goals for Leipzig and ensured that Werder have been waiting for a win for eight games.
Means: Shortly before Christmas, the people of Bremen slide further and further in the direction of
relegation battle
.
Werder Bremen versus RB Leipzig: Romano Schmid makes his starting eleven debut in the Bundesliga
Compared to the 1: 2 home defeat against VfB Stuttgart, Kohfeldt had made two changes in the starting formation.
Kevin Möhwald returned to the team after being suspended, and
Romano Schmid
surprisingly celebrated his starting
XI
debut after his ten-minute Bundesliga debut the previous week.
Yuya Osako and Tahith Chong had to go to the bench for this.
In order to be able to counter the
attacking
strength of the opponent,
Florian Kohfeldt had
tactically come up with something:
Werder Bremen
defended in Leipzig ball possession
in a 5-3-2 basic order, in which Maximilian Eggestein, Möhwald and Leonardo Bittencourt acted as a triple six.
In the initial phase, it seemed quite stable and played its part in ensuring that the teams met at eye level for around 20 minutes.
But then two problems came together for the guests.
First: Werder did not manage - unlike the 1: 1 in Munich - to provide relief and let themselves be pushed deeper and deeper into the back.
Second: Leipzig increased the pace, which the Bremen could no longer follow.
The first big chance for the home side was missed by Justin Kluivert, who shot past the goal from a good position in the 22nd minute.
Werder Bremen: Marcel Sabitzer converts penalty, Dani Olmo increases for RB Leipzig
Shortly afterwards,
RB Leipzig was
even able to look forward to friendly Bremen help:
Ludwig Augustinsson
caused a justified and unnecessary penalty kick by hitting Yussuf Poulsen in the face in the air duel.
Marcel Sabitzer
accepted the gift and made it 1-0 (26th).
For the Austrian it was the third goal of the season, all scored from the penalty spot.
And Werder's (much less pleasant) series of penalties continued: After Chong's foul against Stuttgart, it was the second avoidable penalty in a row that put the team in trouble.
With the lead behind them, Leipzig finally took control of the game and came up with more opportunities.
Sabitzer tried from distance (31st), Poulsen missed the empty goal after a wild excursion by keeper Jiri Pavlenka (36th) and shortly afterwards did not aim accurately enough again (38th).
Shortly before the break, it was
Dani Olmo
who increased to 2-0 after a nice ball relay (41st).
Werder Bremen not able to attack RB Leipzig with problems
In the second round nothing changed in the basic balance of power - and yet another game developed.
RB Leipzig
let Bremen come and go and didn't push the pace that much.
Since Werder developed neither ideas nor penetration in the game forward, the game rippled away.
First spicy scene in half two: Christian Groß brought down Amadou Haidara in the penalty area, but referee Sören Storks did not point to the point again, and the video referee did not intervene because the Bremen player had played the ball (62.).
A little later, Leipzig reappeared in front of Werder's goal - this time Poulsen failed on the
post
(69th).
In the closing stages
Werder Bremen
appeared from time
to time in the Leipzig half, but was still not in a position to pose any problems for the Champions League round of 16 players.
Before the upcoming home game against Borussia Dortmund (Tuesday, December 15, 8:30 p.m.), the team will have to improve significantly if there is not to be the next defeat.
(dco)
RB Leipzig:
Gulacsi - Mukiele (65th Wosz), Upamecano, Orban, Halstenberg - Kampl (46th Adams), Haidara (72nd Sörloth) - Kluivert, Sabitzer (72nd Forsberg), Olmo - Poulsen
Werder Bremen:
Pavlenka - Groß (89th Osako), Toprak (72nd Moisander), Friedl - Gebre Selassie, Möhwald (81st Woltemade), Eggestein, Augustinsson - Bittencourt (81st Mbom), Schmid (72nd Chong) - Sargent
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Final score: 2-0 for Leipzig
Final whistle. Werder deservedly lost 2-0 against RB Leipzig.
90.Min + 3: Osako head again into the arms of Peter Gulacsi.
90th Min + 3:
Another minute.
The referee is about to whistle Storks.
90th Min + 1:
There are still three minutes of stoppage time.
A cross from Woltemade could have been dangerous again.
The Leipzig defense is ready again.
90.Min:
And Nagelsmann also changes again.
Borkowski comes for Kluivert.
88.Min:
Yuya Osako is allowed to play a few minutes for Christian Groß.
Not exactly a savior in the last few months.
86th Min:
Werder with six men in the Leipzig penalty area.
Chong puts the ball on Augustinsson, but he generally doesn't have his best day today and steers the ball into the stands.
84th Min:
Leipzig is closer to the third than Werder to the first goal.
81.Min:
Florian Kohfeldt's double change again.
Woltemade and Mbom come for Bittencourt and Möhwald.
78.Min:
Upamecano sees the yellow box after a foul on Sargent.
78.Min:
After 78 minutes, the Bremen offensive has not yet created a decent chance to score.
The numerous corners and free kicks have not changed this fact.
76.Min
:
Leo Bittencourt should really improve his shot again.
For technical reasons, two opportunities to close it all go to waste.
72nd min:
Bremen also changes twice.
Chong and Moisander enter the field for Schmid and the apparently battered Toprak.
72nd min:
Sörloth and Forsberg come for Haidara and Sabitzer.
Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig in the live ticker - Yusuf Poulsen missed the final decision
69th Min:
Post!
Yusuf Poulsen is perfectly staged by Kluivert and has a huge chance to make it 3-0.
The Dane puts the ball past the Bremen goalie and hits the post.
Groß can then clarify.
68.Min:
RB now lets Werder have some possession.
The means to develop a real scoring chance here are still missing.
65th min:
Joscha Wosz, nephew of Dariusz Wosz, comes for Mukiele.
62nd Min:
Toprak loses the ball in midfield.
This calls Haidara on the scene, which is stopped by Groß in the last resort.
In the penalty area, he just spits the ball away.
But since he also meets a lot of opponents, Werder is lucky that there is no second penalty.
60.Min:
Bittencourt and Schmid cannot be denied their use, but they clearly reach their limits on the Leipzig defense.
Sargent doesn't come into its own at the front.
58.Min:
What else can happen to the bank?
When you think of Chong and Osako's last appearances, the question is whether you just let it go on.
56th Min:
Augustinsson brings out the next Werder corner.
But again the Leipzig defense defends without any problems.
54th Min:
The game has been interrupted several times in the last few minutes due to some unnecessary fouls.
The grumbling on the lawn and on the bench is unmistakable.
51.Min:
Marco Friedl wants to shift the game from the back left to the front right.
It remains with the attempt.
49.Min:
Big tries to build up the game.
He only succeeds to a limited extent.
The list of what Werder does better than last season was quite long.
It can now be reduced to the point "standard situations" #RBLSVW
- Tobias Escher (@TobiasEscher) December 12, 2020
47.Min
:
Mukiele puts Augustinsson and rightly sees yellow.
Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig in the live ticker - the second half is running
46th Min:
Let's go on.
Julian Nagelsmann has changed.
Tyler Adams comes in, Kevin Kampf stayed in the locker room.
Halftime. Werder Bremen are rightly behind 2-0 in Leipzig. After a sensible start, the home team pushed their game on to Werder and earned two goals with goals from Sabitzer and Olmo.
44th min:
Kevin Kampl sees the yellow card after a tactical foul on Kevin Möhwald.
The following free kick is safe again.
Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig in the live ticker - Dani Olmo increases after a remarkable move to 2-0 for Leipzig
41.Min:
The way Werder is playing at the moment, the fantasy is missing that you can take at least one point here.
41st Min: Goal for RB Leipzig! Dani Olmo puts the ball past Groß after Poulsen-Hacke and then only has to choose the corner. He opts for the left and puts his team 2-0 ahead.
40.Min
:
Kluivert nibbled large and crossed towards the six-yard area.
Toprak can just about clarify.
38th Min:
In the meantime, Leipzig could also lead higher.
Werder have to be careful here that they don't concede another goal before the break.
36.Min
:
Now Pavlenka doesn't look good anymore.
With a high ball from Kampl in the middle, the Czech wanders around in the penalty area and lets a clap.
The Leipzig margin goes just over the empty goal.
34th min:
Two Werder corners by Augustinsson lead to nothing.
31.Min:
Romano Schmid has been very committed so far, but so far without luck.
28.Min:
Good counterattack for Werder.
Schmid has quite a bit of space on the way forward.
His pass to Bittencourt comes exactly, but the German-Brazilian wastes the ball.
Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig in the live ticker - Marcel Sabitzer scores 1-0 with a penalty
26.Min
:
Annoying that you are behind here now.
Augustinsson's move wasn't very clever.
There was no danger from Poulsen and still Augustinsson goes with the whole arm in the face of the Leipzig striker.
26.Min: Goal! Leipzig leads 1-0. Marcel Sabitzer hits the penalty in the left corner. That was too good for Pavlenka.
25th Min:
Penalty for Leipzig.
Augustinsson extends his left arm against Leipzig in the penalty area and hits Poulsen in the face.
Clear thing.
23.Min
:
Pavlenka so far very attentive.
He defuses an RB flank on the fly.
21.Min:
Biggest chance of the game!
The ball lands over Kampl and Olmos Hacke in the course of Justin Kluivert.
The Dutchman appears alone from Jiri Pavlenka, but luckily puts the play equipment over the goal.
20.Min
:
When Leipzig is in possession of the ball, the chain of three becomes a five-man chain.
So far no getting through for the Champions League - round of 16.
18.Min
:
Gulacsi in the gate can take a deep breath.
After the corner no Bremer comes to the ball.
17.Min:
Eggestein spits the ball over a Leipziger on Bittencourt, who has some space in the opposing half.
His cross comes sharply, but Sargent can't get the ball. Instead, an opponent clears a corner.
14.Min:
Werder has already scored six goals from set pieces, but this Augustinsson free kick sticks to Sabitzer.
13.Min:
After the first corner of Leipzig, Werder countered Augustinsson.
The Swede is fouled by Pouslen.
Werder comes to a standard from around 35 meters.
12. Min:
The ball possession shares are evenly distributed in the first minutes.
Leipzig is slowly taking control.
10. Min:
Directly the next opportunity for Leipzig.
Sabitzer pulls out of the second row.
Pavlenka has the ball in follow-up.
9.Min:
Kluivert with a half-field flank on the go-around Poulsen.
Pavlenka is there before the Dane.
5. Min:
The tactical formation turns out to be 3-6-1.
Groß, Toprak and Friedl play in central defense, Eggestein and Möhwald on the double six.
2. Min:
Werder right in front with a dangerous situation.
Möhwald gets the ball passed by Sargent just before the goal, but just misses.
Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig in the live ticker - the game has kicked off
1.Min:
Let's go!
Romano Schmid is allowed to kick the ball.
3:28 p.m.:
The teams enter the arena with exaggerated, heroic music.
If you didn't know better, you would think a bullfight is about to take place here.
3:26 p.m.:
The game's referee is Sören Storks (34).
3:23 p.m.:
Werder wants to prevent that of course and win for the first time in Leipzig.
In the previous four games in the Red Bull Arena, Werder have always lost.
Time to end the series!
3:20 p.m.:
With a win against the Green-Whites, the home team can sit at the top of the table - at least until Bavaria starts against Union Berlin at 6:30 p.m.
3:16 p.m.:
Leipzig beat Manchester United during the week and made it to the
last
sixteen of the Champions League.
It is at least doubtful whether the enormous strain of the last few weeks (seven games in 21 days) will be reflected in the players' legs.
Nevertheless, Nagelsmann leaves Angelino, Forsberg, Konaté and Nkunku outside for the time being.
3:11 p.m.: The
fact is that there has to be a clear increase in performance compared to the defeat against Stuttgart in order to be able to take something with
us
today in Leipzig.
RB has been unbeaten in the Bundesliga since the end of October.
Werder, however, has been waiting for a win since the third matchday.
3:05 p.m.
In an interview with Sky, Florian Kohfeldt emphasizes that you can draw a lot of courage from the game at Bayern.
His team wants to put pinpricks and have courage and then be able to score anywhere under certain conditions.
3:02 p.m.:
And while we're already talking about relationships between current and former football professionals: Do you still know the "magic mouse" Dariusz Wosz?
His nephew Joscha is hoping for a joker with the red bulls today.
2:59 p.m.: Concentrated
offensive
competence
today at Leipzig on the square.
With Yussuf Poulsen, Marcel Sabitzer and Dani Olmo, Julian Nagelsmann throws a lot of goal danger on the field.
In addition, Justin Kluivert - known to be the son of former world striker Patrick - is allowed to spin.
2:54 p.m.:
Osako and Chong, however, have to hope for a bet from the bank again.
After the disappointing performance of the two in the game against Stuttgart, it was definitely the right decision.
2:50 p.m.:
A few more words about starting eleven debutant Romano Schmid: The 20-year-old Austrian has been under contract with Werder since 2019.
Last season he showed such an appealing performance in the Austrian league at Wolfsberger AC that many Werder fans asked for his commitment earlier in the season.
2.47 p.m.:
Milot Rashica, Davie Selke and Niclas Füllkrug are missing.
This is particularly annoying for Selke, who was on the verge of making the starting line-up after scoring in the game against Stuttgart.
🗣 Clemens #Fritz in front of #rblsvw:
“We have to be courageous today and not hide.
We want to act with conviction and put pinpricks. ”# Werder pic.twitter.com/JjyiLmn2XF
- SV Werder Bremen (@werderbremen) December 12, 2020
2.39 p.m.:
For the time being, the following actors take their place on the Werder Bank: Kapino, Veljkovic, Moisander, Agu, Erras, Mbom, Chong, Woltemade and Osako.
2.35 p.m.:
Tactically, the whole thing should come down to a 3-4-2-1 system in which Christian Groß, Ömer Toprak and Marco Friedl form the chain of three.
Theodor Gebre Selassie (right) and Ludwig Augustinsson (left) act in the half positions in front, Möhwald and Maximilian Eggestein as double six.
Schmid and Leo Bittencourt should be eighth on the offensive - and help Josh Sargent with the only tip.
Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig in the live ticker - Florian Kohfeldt surprisingly relies on Romano Schmid and Kevin Möhwald
2.32 p.m.:
Well, that's a big surprise: After
Romano Schmid
made his Bundesliga debut against VfB Stuttgart on the previous day, he is in the Bremen starting line-up for the first time today.
Compared to the 1: 2 against the Swabians, this is not the only change in the team of coach Florian Kohfeldt:
Kevin Möhwald is
returning to the team after being suspended.
Tahith Chong and Yuya Osako just sit on the bench.
✊ Our line-up for #RBLSVW: pic.twitter.com/GEYOA8BAgL
- The Red Bulls (@DieRotenBullen) December 12, 2020
The # Werder starting eleven for # rblsvw.💪
⏳ #Kapino, #Osako, #Veljkovic, #Agu, #Moisander, #Chong, #Erras, #Woltemade
⏰ 3:30 p.m.
🎧 https://t.co/4YASNu4ELi
👓 https://t.co/ySFdFeo1BQ
📺 https://t.co/oBFw7h1YdQ pic.twitter.com/N7IUfMELdG
- SV Werder Bremen (@werderbremen) December 12, 2020
2:28 p.m.: And here is the Werder team: Pavlenka - Augustinsson, Toprak, Friedl, Gebre Selassie - Groß, Möhwald, M. Eggestein, Schmid, Bittencourt - Sargent.
2.23 p.m.:
Moin, moin from the Deichstube and a warm welcome to today's live ticker for the game of SV Werder Bremen and RB Leipzig.
The game takes place in the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.
On the preliminary report of December 11, 2020:
Wake up until Christmas: Werder Bremen wants to prevent the crash - and start against RB Leipzig
SV Werder Bremen will play away against RB Leipzig on matchday 11 of the Bundesliga - and want to prevent the fall in the relegation battle.
The preliminary report of the DeichStube *.
Bremen - Claudio Pizarro is said to have frequented her regularly during his late work as a Werder professional, is said to have elicited her cup after cup.
It
is said that the Peruvian was a kind of regular guest
at the espresso machine
in the cabin
at
Werder Bremen
.
In his last season, the coffee lover even linked his nose for goals with the hot drink: Before the game, a cup of espresso, handed by equipment manager Fritz Munder, "then I always scored goals," said Pizarro, which is without question a nice anecdote, with which the arc can be drawn into winter 2020 at this point.
The machine is still at Werder.
"Espresso is a common drink in our cabin," said coach
Florian Kohfeldt
after he was
jokingly asked
on Friday during the press conference before the game at
RB Leipzig
(Saturday, 3:30 p.m.,
live ticker of
the DeichStube) whether the Italian specialty possibly could have helped to transport the vigilance he called for into the team.
"The belief that we can win the game in Leipzig is definitely there," emphasized Kohfeldt.
And unsurprisingly, the 38-year-old's demonstrated conviction no longer had much to do with coffee.
Werder Bremen versus RB Leipzig: Florian Kohfeldt praises impressive opponents, but pays off a bit
After the 1: 2 home defeat against VfB Stuttgart, Kohfeldt had publicly warned that nobody in the club and the surrounding area should underestimate the danger of Werder's situation.
Not won for seven games, most recently lost two times in a row - this is not infrequently the beginning of a sporting downward spiral like the one
Werder Bremen
experienced last year.
"We want to stay safely in the league this season and know that it won't be a sure-fire success," said Kohfeldt on Friday.
“We fight for this with absolute self-confidence and courage.” The next scene of this fight is now the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, where a heavyweight is waiting for the Bremen team.
"What Leipzig did on Tuesday evening was impressive," said Kohfeldt, referring to the team's 3-2 win against Manchester United, which meant they made it to the Champions League round of 16.
Nevertheless, there are possible
solutions
for
Werder Bremen
in the game with the "currently strongest team in Germany".
Kohfeldt: "We work out something, and we radiate it."
Werder Bremen versus RB Leipzig: "Mustn't experience a drop in performance until Christmas"
The coach's confidence and aggressiveness are mainly fed by two sources.
On the one hand, he noticed the increased vigilance in his team during the training week after the Stuttgart game (“I've seen two very good units so far”).
And on the other hand,
Florian Kohfeldt rates
the 1: 2 against VfB as not as bad as large parts of the public do.
"We saw a game against Stuttgart in which the probability was much higher that we wouldn't lose the game than it would end the way it ended up," said the coach, who had good statistics shortly after the game had referred to
SV Werder Bremen
.
On Friday he emphasized with a view to the general performance of his team: "It's not like we're experiencing a dramatic slump." A situation like the one just now, with two defeats in a row, "that doesn't knock anyone over here," assured Kohfeldt. However, it should be clear that
more of his team must come
against
RB Leipzig
if it is not to set defeat number three.
"Of course we mustn't experience a drop in performance until Christmas," he said, which the league games against Borussia Dortmund (December 15) and Mainz 05 (December 19) as well as the cup duel at second division Hannover 96 (December 23) also included a castle.
Werder Bremen versus RB Leipzig: will Florian Kohfeldt be tactically surprised by Julian Nagelsmann?
The team recently demonstrated
that
Werder Bremen are
able to score points against stronger opponents at the 1-1 draw at FC Bayern in Munich.
A game that was “definitely a blueprint” for the duel in Leipzig in terms of attitude and approach, said Kohfeldt, but he is not sure whether RB coach Julian Nagelsmann is not facing a particularly tricky task for Bremen.
“Julian and I have known each other for a few years.
With him you have to be aware that anything is possible, "said Kohfeldt before explaining his suspicions:" You can clearly deduce from the course of our season that we are still against opponents who are a bit lower and give us the ball are not in a position to create an abundance of scoring chances for us. ”So it cannot be ruled out that Leipzig, a team that is generally keen to dominate, take this approach into account.
Say: Werder lets do it.
Kohfeldt has come up with a plan for this, too, and it also boils down to the coach's almost mantra-like goal setting: "It's about getting this vigilance and galling back on the field again and again." That is the basis, only that way it work.
And if there should happen to be an espresso machine in the Leipzig guest cabin - it certainly wouldn't hurt either.
(dco) Also interesting: Also interesting: This is how you see the Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen and RB Leipzig live on TV and in the live stream.
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