The word originally comes from US sport, especially in basketball it has always been a fixed vocabulary there.
But because there is simply no suitable equivalent in the German language, it suddenly appeared on Friday lunchtime in the north German lowlands.
“We all know that crunchtime is now,” said coach Florian Kohfeldt before SV Werder Bremen's Bundesliga away game at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Sunday, 6:00 p.m. in the DeichStube * -Liveticker) - and was not only talking about this one game , but will be of enormous importance to the next two and a half weeks.
Bremen - "Crunchtime", that is generally the phase of a game in which it gets down to the nitty-gritty, in which the decision draws nearer, i.e. each action can decide whether or not it is good or bad.
From a slightly larger perspective, this can of course also be transferred to the course of the season, as
Florian Kohfeldt
did to point out that
a very decisive phase begins
for
Werder Bremen
with the game against
TSG Hoffenheim
.
"Weeks of truth" would have been said earlier, but admittedly it doesn't sound that sexy.
"Now the league games against
Hoffenheim
, against Cologne and against Bielefeld and in between the cup quarter-finals," said Kohfeldt, who of course knows that with good results against the teams in the immediate vicinity of the table, his team will take big steps towards the goal of the season can do, namely to stay stable in the league.
If the cup semi-finals are also reached - the
SV Werder Bremen season
would suddenly take on a shine that many would not even have dreamed of.
So it is certainly not bad news that Kohfeldt is keeping himself and his team ready for it, ready for the "crunchtime".
Werder Bremen against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim: The crucial weeks in the relegation battle for Florian Kohfeldt and Co.
"I have the feeling that the players know what is going on now and that they want to show me that too," said the coach, citing the apparently very intensive training session on Sunday morning with a meaningful smile.
"We have enough friction in a positive sense," emphasized
Florian Kohfeldt
, who was
confronted with the Gladbach change rumors
at the press conference before the Bundesliga game against
TSG Hoffenheim
.
Which should mean nothing else than: There is fire in the team.
For over two weeks, the 38-year-old has been completely satisfied with what he saw during training: “That was great, every unit.
The tension is there, the guys are giving full throttle, and yet there is a certain degree of relaxation in the cabin.
Nobody thinks that anything comes by itself, and I like that very much. "
A statement that certainly played its part in making
Werder Bremen
want to be bolder again on the pitch.
This could already be seen to some extent during the 0-0 draw against Freiburg.
On Sunday against
TSG Hoffenheim it
should be continued if possible.
"Before the Freiburg game, we had a slight correction in our direction," reported Kohfeldt and then spoke of the plan to play bravely at the back of the game "and to come back a lot more to combination football".
Now that the defense is finally tight again, this is the next step in the team's development.
"This is not the telling, but only through the making," said
Florian Kohfeldt
and announced: ". We want to make our so slowly on the way back to play more combination football and perform perhaps dominant" The claim against
Hoffenheim
the He doesn't have to dominate the game, “but we want to win”.
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim in the live ticker: What can Werder expect?
If that succeeds,
Werder Bremen
could move away
from the currently tied opponents - both teams have 23 points,
but
Hoffenheim played
one more game - further into the safe midfield of the table.
The question of whether it might be an advantage for Bremen that Hoffenheim played in the Europa League on Thursday evening (in Villareal the Kraichgauer won 3: 3 against FK Molde), Kohfeldt answered as follows: "No, the opponent will be fresh and rested. ”Didn't anyone say that“ crunchtime ”would be easy.
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