SV Werder Bremen deservedly lost the first Bundesliga opening game of 2021 after a disappointing performance against Union Berlin with 0: 2 - the follow-up report from DeichStube *.
Bremen - It is not known how many bitter tears the marketing experts from sponsor Wiesenhof cried.
There must have been a few.
Because what they wrote
on the shirt of
Werder Bremen
for the introduction of a new meat-free product line for the game against
Union Berlin was
on the one hand bitterly ironic confirmed by the players on the pitch, because also the performance in the 0-2 bankruptcy was kind of meatless.
On the other hand, the slogan was thwarted on the chest.
“Green Legend” was written on the shirts - but nothing of what Werder had shown was legendary.
"Green Disaster" - that would have been better.
After 90 minutes, in which the team of coach Florian Kohfeldt was not up to the opponent in the truest sense of the word, a mood remained that did not correspond to what the Bremen had hoped for before the game.
A victory and more stability in the table - that was the stated goal.
But in the end it remained to be seen that the
SV Werder Bremen
team
lacked the stability to actually be stable in the table.
Even more: The differences to Union Berlin - to a club that certainly does not have better qualifications than Werder - were devastatingly clear.
“Bocksauer” appeared on Kohfeldt after the match and eschewed every euphemistic word.
“Just bad” was the performance on a “pitch black day”.
“There is nothing to tell that was good,” said the coach, who usually always finds a positive approach, no matter how small.
Not this time.
There was simply none.
Werder Bremen against Union Berlin: Kevin Möhwald is out for a short time
The offensive?
Harmless.
Also because the midfield with Yuya Osako, Leonardo Bittencourt and Romano Schmid (in the absence of Kevin Möhwald, who suffered from a gastrointestinal virus) simply bounced off physically superior Berliners.
However
, sports director Frank Baumann vigorously countered
the strong impression that
Werder Bremen is
too weakly positioned in the central part of the team and has too little robustness to offer - just as one should have expected from the players on the pitch.
“We didn't have a physical deficit,” he said, “the problem was that we didn't even get into the duels because we weren't quick to act and didn't invest enough, especially in the first half.” That Werder hardly managed to finish and certainly did not have any compelling opportunities, must be seen as a consequence.
Even when in the final quarter of an hour the Bremen team had not only Josh Sargent but also the returnees Niclas Füllkrug and Davie Selke as well as Tahith Chong, a total of four attackers, on the field, nothing happened.
Does a lot help a lot?
Not in this case.
Union Berlin is “a lot ahead” of Werder Bremen
Union Berlin, on the other hand, had two attackers to offer in Taiwo Awoniyi, a loan from Liverpool FC, and Sheraldo Becker, a right-winger discovered at ADO Den Haag, who more than once embarrassed the Bremen defense at speed.
And they scored the goals too.
Becker 0: 1 (12th), Awoniyi 0: 2 (28th).
On Saturday, the Union duo stood in for the fact that the Berliners did a lot better than the Bremen team in terms of scouting and squad composition.
Baumann, to whom this criticism is directed, acknowledges: “Union did a good job this season and last season.
The club is making a lot of its opportunities at the moment. ”And the table also shows that the Köpenick
Werder Bremen are
currently“ a lot ahead ”, but there are also other comparisons in which Werder would not do so badly, says Baumann:“ Union can of course be cited as an example.
Compared to other clubs, however, we are currently making more of our opportunities. ”See bottom line Schalke 04 or the financially better off table neighbors 1899 Hoffenheim and Hertha BSC.
Werder Bremen versus Union Berlin: "If you play like this, you won't win a Bundesliga game"
The fact that their own opportunities do not lead to a secure midfield for the time being is due to Werder's own blame because of the zero performance on Saturday.
"We missed an opportunity," said Baumann.
The chance only existed on paper, not on the pitch.
The ex-professional and honorary captain lacked "a satisfactory explanation" that it was so.
For the upcoming game at Bayer Leverkusen, he is now demanding a clear reaction from the Bremen professionals: "Be awake, be quick to act, do everything physically, act as a team, get into the duels and then lead consistently - if we can't do it we definitely have no chance "Or how Kohfeldt put it after the game against Union". who's playing so who wins no Bundesliga game "And its taken before the game saying that.
Werder Bremen
in terms of individual quality" at eye level " was with Union, he had to cash in again for the moment because it had been brutally refuted: "That was the case today." (csa)
To the last message from January 2nd, 2021:
Bad start into the New Year: harmless SV Werder Bremen conceded home bankruptcy against Union Berlin
Bremen - New Year, old problem:
SV Werder Bremen was
unable to put an end to
its weakness
at home in the first Bundesliga game in 2021, against
1. FC Union Berlin
it was a deserved 0: 2 for the team of coach Florian Kohfeldt on Saturday afternoon (0: 2) defeat.
On the offensive, the Bremen team delivered a more than harmless performance - the comeback of striker Niclas Füllkrug didn't change that either.
In the table, Werder missed the hoped-for connection to the secured midfield.
Compared to the 3-0 cup success at Hannover 96,
Florian Kohfeldt made
four changes in the
SV Werder Bremen
starting line-up
.
Niklas Moisander, Milos Veljkovic, Jean-Manuel Mbom and Tahith Chong had to go back to the bench, Ömer Toprak, Marco Friedl, Leonardo Bittencourt and Yuya Osako returned to the starting line-up.
Kevin Möhwald would also have had a good chance of starting the game against Union, but fell out for a short time with a gastrointestinal effect.
For his colleagues on the field, the year 2021 began extremely unpleasant.
Not even 30 minutes were played, the guests from
Union Berlin were
already comfortably
leading
2-0 - and
Werder Bremen
had helped a lot with both goals.
Before the game, Bremen fans had a banner that read “Thank you Union!
For the 3: 0 against Düsseldorf “hung up at the Weserstadion, and it almost seemed as if the team wanted to thank the Berliner Schützenhilfe in the relegation battle from the previous season.
False start into the new year: Werder Bremen against Union Berlin far too harmless
In the twelfth minute, a sharp pass into the depths of Union central defender Robin Knoche was enough to bring the entire
SV Werder Bremen back
into dire straits.
Taiwo Awoniyi
served
strike
partner
Sheraldo Becker
, who in turn hit dry with left to make it 1-0 into the far corner.
Marco Friedl in particular did not look good in this scene because he had lost sight of the goalscorer.
Even before the 2-0 draw, the Austrian made a serious mistake a little later.
At his own corner flag, Friedl, pressured by Becker, started to break free, which landed right at Robert Andrich's feet.
Union Berlin's
midfielder immediately staged Awoniyi, who didn't hit the ball properly in the penalty area, but took Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka by surprise (28th).
Bremen then protested loudly because they wanted to have seen a foul by Becker on Friedl, but it was justifiable to let the game continue.
If the hosts had at least two more deals before conceding the second goal in the person of Bittencourt (23rd) and Maximilian Eggestein (28th), nothing went on until the break.
Werder's “Head of Professional Football” Clemens Fritz didn't have much more to say at halftime than to state: “
Union Berlin
has so far been superior to us in all respects.
Everything we set out to do we haven't implemented yet. ”It shouldn't get much better that afternoon.
Werder Bremen against Union Berlin far too lethargic
Kohfeldt reacted and brought
two fresh forces
for the second round in
Davie Selke
(for Osako) and
Jean-Manuel Mbom
(for Bittencourt) to tear his team out of lethargy.
But that didn't change anything about the performance: Werder continued to act without ideas in the game and had great difficulties with the opponent's physical style of play.
It
was almost logical
that
Union Berlin had
the first chance after the break: Grischa Prömel got a free shot from 18 meters, but did not aim precisely enough (56th).
Awoniyi had the opportunity to make a preliminary decision a little later after Becker had done a lot of work: the striker put the ball over the goal in the penalty area (70th).
And
Werder Bremen
?
In the meantime I had a penalty area scene when Selke somehow pushed the ball towards Union goalkeeper Andreas Luthe after a corner with his thigh.
But that wasn't dangerous.
In the 76th minute there was the comeback of attacker
Niclas Füllkrug
, who came into play for Romano Schmid and thus for the first time after his calf injury in October.
However, the 27-year-old could no longer ensure the turnaround.
After all, his return is linked to the hope of improvement, which from the point of view of
SV Werder Bremen
on Saturday afternoon, around 17:23, was only very little consolation.
(dco)
Werder Bremen:
Pavlenka - Gebre Selassie, Toprak (82nd Veljkovic), Friedl, Augustinsson (76th Chong) - Groß, Eggestein, Bittencourt (46th Mbom), Osako (46th Selke), Schmid (76th Füllkrug) - Sargent
1. FC Union Berlin:
Luthe - Friedrich, Knoche, Hübner - Trimmel, Andrich, Lenz - Prömel (76th Griesbeck), Ingvartsen - Becker (88th Teuchert), Awoniyi (83rd Ryerson)
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