Very bitter evening for SV Werder Bremen!
The team of coach Florian Kohfeldt conceded a completely deserved 0: 4 package against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
The game report of the DeichStube *.
Sinsheim - The chance was there to get some rest.
But
Werder Bremen
clearly lost
the trend-setting Bundesliga game at
1899 Hoffenheim
after one of the weakest performances of the season.
It was 0: 4 (0: 2) after goals from Ihlas Bebou (26th), Christoph Baumgartner (44th), Munas Dabbur (49th) and league debutant Georginio Rutter (90th).
Instead of settling in the middle of the table, Bremen now has to deal more with the downward gaps.
Instead of great relief, there is great disillusionment after the biggest defeat of the season.
The term "six-point game" was once invented for duels like the one on Sunday.
The eleventh in the table went to the twelfth, both with 23 points on their account and with the pressure that in the table basement Mainz 05 had won, the lead of the two opponents on a direct relegation place had shrunk to six points.
The fear of getting really involved in the fight to stay up in the league therefore knocked loudly on the door of both the Hoffenheim and the Bremen team.
Werder Bremen against 1899 Hoffenheim from the start off the role
Werder coach
Florian Kohfeldt
started the ultimately unsuccessful attempt to dispel this fear again
with a starting eleven that had changed to two positions eight days earlier compared to the 0-0 win against SC Freiburg.
Because left-back Ludwig Augustinsson did not manage to cure his muscle injury from the Freiburg game in time, Felix Agu was allowed to play again from the start.
In addition, Kohfeldt, who had raised the game to "crunchtime" at the start, swapped Romano Schmid in midfield for Leonardo Bittencourt, who moved from Hoffenheim to Bremen in 2019.
Striker Niclas Füllkrug stayed on the bench again for the time being - as did his Hoffenheim counterpart Andrej Kramaric.
After 45 minutes, however, it was clear: Hoffenheim didn't need their top striker to upset a Bremen team that had recently been so strong.
SV Werder Bremen
had only conceded six goals
in the games since the beginning of the year, but in the Kraichgau early spring the defense showed its different face, favoring both Hoffenheim goals by Bebou and Baumgartner.
Ironically, the
highly
acclaimed central defenders
Ömer Toprak
and
Marco Friedl
did not look good in either case.
When Bebou made it 1-0, they set up an offside trap just behind the center line that wasn't one.
And when Baumgartner made it 2-0, the Austrian was allowed to walk through the Bremen defenders as if it didn't even exist.
Where are you going to the gate?
Through the middle, please!
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim: Conceding an early goal instead of a penalty
Before the kick-off, Werder coach Kohfeldt was still happy about the warm temperatures and the end of the weeks-long ice age, but the whole thing also connected with the warning that this “must not lead to us becoming lethargic”.
Bad for
Werder Bremen
that Toprak and Friedl had apparently not heard.
But the colleagues also looked anything but spring-fresh and did nothing offensively.
The chroniclers counted two shots on goal from Bremen until half-time, but both were characterized by great harmlessness.
At most, a running duel between Agu and Kasim Adams caused an increased pulse, in which the Bremen player fell in the opposing penalty area.
However, there was no penalty - according to the TV pictures, rightly.
In return, it was 0: 1.
From now on, hoping for a Werder victory was out of the question for statistical reasons.
In the current season, the Kohfeldt team had never been able to turn a deficit into a success.
A 0: 1 turned into a 1: 1 only three times.
So until now Werder has not proven to be a catch-up artist.
And this time there was even a 0-2 mortgage to be paid off halfway through the game.
But hadn't
1899 Hoffenheim
lost a two-goal lead three days earlier in the 3: 3 Europa League against the Norwegians from Molde FK?
Zero shots on goal in the second half: Werder Bremen totally harmless against 1899 Hoffenheim
Was like that.
However, the team, which was severely weakened with twelve failures, did not allow a repetition.
Because only four minutes after the restart, Dabbur used a pass from Bebou to the next Hoffenheim goal.
Almost needless to say that once again nothing went together in the Bremen defense and Dabbur was able to complete unhindered.
With the 3-0 win it was clear early on that
TSG Hoffenheim
, who had previously won four competitive games in a row
, would end their streak.
And
Werder Bremen
conceded the first bankruptcy after four games without defeat.
Despite the clear residue, at least Kohfeldt once again left no stone unturned.
After Schmid came in for the ailing Milos Veljkovic in the second half, Füllkrug, Yuya Osako and Eren Dinkci were also thrown into the game.
Nominally a lot of offensive power, but Werder didn't become any more dangerous.
Shots on goal in half time two: zero.
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7:51 p.m.: After work
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That was nothing from Bremen.
In the second half, the guests did not get a shot on the opposing box.
And so the team of Coach Kohfeldt shouldn't be surprised if they lose 4-0.
Today the green-whites disappointed across the board.
Instead of increasing the gap to the relegation ranks, the Hoffenheim team has now overtaken Werder.
90.Min: And now the 18-year-old Rutter also hits for Hoffenheim!
He pulls off the edge of the penalty area and hits the corner with ice.
Then it's over.
Werder goes down 4-0 against Hoffenheim.
90th min:
The last minute of regular time is running.
How much more do we have to do to each other?
88th Min:
Again the Hoffenheim with an attack, but the air is out.
This is no longer going through with full commitment.
87th Min:
Next change on the part of TSG: Sessegnon comes for Bebou and Rutter replaces Baumgartner.
85.Min:
The cross to Bebou brings nothing.
What's going on in the last five minutes?
84th Min:
Free kick for Hoffenheim in a promising position.
Friedl illegally puts Kramaric on the bottom of the box on the edge of the box.
82.Min:
And Bremen have also changed.
Sargent is replaced by Dinkci.
81.Min:
Sebastian Hoeneß changes.
Kaderabek and Rudy are allowed down.
Bogarde and Adamyan come for them
79th Min:
Hoffenheim keeps the ball in its own ranks and lets Bremen run after meter by meter.
77th Min:
Werder cannot find any solutions offensively.
It's all too tame.
Werder can still play on Baumann's goal for hours and would not score a goal.
75th min:
If this continues, it will be a very long final phase.
72nd min:
The game ripples to itself.
69.Min:
Did Rashica play today?
It seems so.
After all, the Bremer is now being substituted for Mbom.
That was a very weak performance by the wing runner today.
69th Min:
Friedl reaches!
The Bremer comes too late in the duel and sees yellow.
Right decision.
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim in the live ticker: Werder is waiting for the first conclusion in the second round
67th Min:
In the second half, Bremen have not yet managed to get a shot on the box of Hoffenheim's Baumann.
66.Min:
The hosts did not notice that the Hoffenheim team played their last game against Molde in the Europa League on Thursday.
Instead, it looks as if the green-whites are slowly losing their strength.
64.Min:
And then it almost rings!
Once again Bebou picks up the pace and pulls along the line.
In the middle he finds top striker Kramaric, whose attempt at a corner is cleared in dire need.
63.Min:
At the moment we're seeing a lot of idling here.
Werder wants to but can't and Hoffenheim only does as much as they have to.
A bad mix.
61.Min:
Now the Hoffenheim team are also adding.
Goalscorer Dabbur gets a break and makes way for Andrej Kramaric.
59.Min:
Theoretically, Bremen now has enough offensive forces on the lawn to radiate some danger with an attack - but we don't see anything of that.
56.Min:
Double change for green and white.
Bittencourt and Möhwald have finished work.
Osako and Füllkrug join in for the two of them.
54th Min:
Werder tries hard - no question.
But more has to come in order to pose problems for TSG.
52nd Min:
Particularly bitter: Hoffenheim turn every good chance into a goal.
So it will of course be difficult to take a point with you to the Weser.
49th Min:
The starting point was an unnecessary bad pass from Friedl.
The ball is driven to the baseline via Rudy, Samassékou and Bebou.
The latter has the eye and crosses exactly on Dabbur, who gets far too much free space from Toprak.
The Hoffenheimer does not allow himself to be asked twice and hits the far corner.
Werder are now 3-0 down.
49th Min: And the next hit for Hoffenheim!
47.Min: The
reason for the change is certainly the more offensive orientation, but in the first round there was a short injury break for Veljkovic.
As soon as we know more, we will be informed.
47.Min:
The standard doesn't bring anything.
46th Min:
Werder starts directly with a corner in the game.
46th Min:
And Kohfeldt reacts.
Romano Schmid comes into the match.
For him, Veljkovic stays in the cabin.
46th Min:
Kick-off in round number two.
Did Kohfeldt find the right words?
We are excited.
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim in the live ticker: Half-time - deficit for Bremen
6.48 p.m.:
What
kind of
passage was that?
Florian Kohfeldt's team was almost invisible offensive.
No wonder that the Hoffenheim-based company has more and more determined what happens.
And so it happened, as it had to: After a long ball into the top, first Bebou (26th min) and just before the break, Christoph Baumgartner (44th min) hit.
If this is to be something with a point, Werder has to flip the switch.
6.47 p.m.:
Half time in Sinsheim.
Werder go into the cabin with a 2-0 deficit.
Unfortunately that was nothing.
45 + 2 min:
Werder just won't get into the duels here when it counts.
The guests are not allowed to complain and are rightly behind.
44th Min: Goal for TSG!
That can't work.
Werder is sleeping!
The Bremen get a tee from Baumann not defended.
The ball lands at Dabbur, whose take-along ends up at Baumgartner via detours.
The last one gets escort from Friedl and Toprak up to the five-meter space and then trips the ball over the line!
0: 2 from the perspective of Bremen.
41st min:
John invites you to a dance!
His partner?
Veljkovic.
On the left wing, the Hoffenheimer tries to hit the flank, but Veljkovic holds the slipper in and clears for a corner.
39.Min:
Rudy prevents a counterattack by the green-whites with a tactical foul.
The player from Hoffenheim can be happy that he didn't see his second yellow card for this.
37.Min:
Cross or shot?
Möhwald tries to surprise Baumann with a mixture of both - it just doesn't work.
The offensive efforts of the guests are not exactly effective.
34th Min:
After a corner of their own, Werder can be countered.
Once cleared from the penalty area, it's Bebou again, who lets Rashica stand on the sidelines, sprints into the opposing sixteen, Eggestein dances with a body deception - only to have the ball stolen from his feet by Pavlenka.
33rd Min:
The Hoffenheimers, of course, play the lead in the cards.
Werder are challenged and have to be a little more open at the back.
32nd min:
With long balls in the top, Hoffenheim repeatedly puts pinpricks.
The quick-witted Bebou in particular needs constant surveillance.
30.Min:
The guests don't get enough offensive.
The green-whites just don't get into the danger zone.
29.Min:
Again to the controversial penalty scene: No foul play.
Adams works with his arm against Agu, but that's not enough for a penalty.
So, everything right from the referee team.
26.Min: Goal, or not ?! Yes, it counts!
Samassékou sends Bebou in the lead.
The latter runs freely towards Pavlenka and scores.
First a decision is made on the offside, but the VAR is corrected.
Toprak lifted offside.
Very bitter for Bremen, who are now 0: 1 behind.
24.Min:
What if that wasn't a penalty?
Agu was clearly ahead of Adams on the ball and apparently hits him at the heel in the penalty area.
The Bremer falls, but the whistle does not come.
Does the VAR report again?
23.Min
:
Kohfeldt's expression clearly shows: The coach is not satisfied.
There is currently too little from Werder.
Hoffenheim tries to take the initiative.
21.Min:
Friedl loses the overview and lets Bebou run in his own back.
The Hoffenheimer sprints to the baseline, lifts his head and fits into the back space.
Werder watch out and clear the next corner.
19.Min:
After the corner is due, Toprak tries a header, but cannot give his attempt the necessary portion of strength.
Baumann easily picks the cherry out of the air.
18.Min:
Eggestein tries to send Sargent into the penalty area, but Richards and John are careful and can clear the corner with their combined forces.
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim in the live ticker: Careful scanning at the beginning.
16.Min:
Rudy is much too late in a duel and sees the next yellow one.
12.Min:
Werder half asleep!
After a flat cross on the edge of the five-meter space, Baumgartner can withdraw Baumgartner completely freely.
Probably surprised himself that he can shoot so freely, the attempt rather degenerates into a kind of back pass.
Pavlenka says thank you.
11.Min:
So much has not happened here so far and when things get down to business, then only in the midfield.
There is clear potential for improvement here.
But: there is still enough time.
9.Min:
The due free kick lands on Baumgartner's forehead, but Baumgartner cannot handle the play equipment properly and places the attempt clearly next to Pavlenka's box.
8.Min:
We haven't seen an orderly build-up game yet.
Instead, Toprak prevents a pass with his arm and consequently sees yellow.
7. Min:
Not much.
Werder clarifies.
7th min:
First corner for the hosts.
What's around?
5. Min:
Well solved by Toprak.
After a sloppy header from Gebre Selassie, the defense chief is put under pressure by Dabbur and Baumgartner.
First, Toprak cleverly uses the body and then pisses the ball past the next opponent.
3. Min:
The first approach of a nice combination.
The hosts combine in the person of Samassékou, Baumgartner and Bebou through the midfield of the guests, but the pass into the depths is getting longer and longer - no problem for Werder's back row.
2. Min:
High and far brings security - true to the popular district league motto, the defensive rows hit the ball into the opposing half.
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim in the live ticker: The ball is rolling - kick-off!
1. Min.
The choice of side is decided.
From left to right it goes for the green-whites.
The hosts begin!
5:56 p.m.:
The players are ready, it's about to hit the grass.
5:55 p.m.:
With very big steps it goes towards the kick-off.
The ball rolls into Sinsheim in a good five minutes.
5:53 p.m.:
And what
does
Kohfeldt reveal to the Sky colleagues about a possible Gladbach engagement?
“Nothing has changed at all.
Just because a coach has decided to change clubs at another location doesn't change anything for me directly.
I really enjoy being a Werder coach, I've emphasized that a lot.
And there is nothing more to say for me. "
5:50 p.m.:
Why is the Füllkrug only sitting on the bench?
Kohfeldt has the answer for us: “We still have a lot of games ahead of us.
Niclas has had problems again and again this year.
It's so important to us that we don't want to take a risk too soon now.
The realistic scenario is 30 to 45 minutes in order to have him again in the cup against Regensburg in order to be in the starting line-up.
If he is fit and healthy, he is of course absolutely set.
No question."
5.41 p.m .:
"We have to be extremely awake today", Florian Kohfeldt tells his colleagues from Sky.
"TSG have a strong midfield - I saw that on Thursday and I expect that today too."
5.40 p.m.:
Let's
try
the statistics again: Since we're in the year 2021, Werder has only received 6 (!) Goals.
Together with the Wolfsburg team, this is the best in the league.
Who would have expected that after last season?
17.35 p.m.:
On the other hand, there is the negative series of TSG.
Coach Hoeneß's team has been waiting for a threesome for four matches.
But: The opponents weren't necessarily of the worst kind either.
Against Bayern there was 1: 4 on the cap, against Frankfurt they lost 1: 3 and at BVB it was enough to a draw (2: 2).
There was also a 3-3 draw against Molde in the Europa League.
5:32 p.m.:
What's the
saying
- the trend is your friend.
And what does Bremen's good friend tell us?
Florian Kohfeldt's men have been diligent point collectors with five points in the past three games.
It can go on like this today.
5.24 p.m.:
And while we're on the subject of fouls, let's take a closer look at the referee team.
The referee is now called Robert Schröder, comes from Hanover and is supported on the sidelines by his assistants Dominik Schaal and Marcel Pelgrim.
The fourth official is Alexander Sather.
And the video assistant in the infamous Cologne basement?
His name is Florian Badstübner.
5:21 p.m.:
Speaking of being injured: There is a lot of evidence that the people of Bremen are getting on their bones again today.
How else can you explain that the green-whites were fouled 309 times in the current Bundesliga season - the highest value in the belle étage of German football.
It looks similar with the hosts.
TSG from Hoffenheim have been fouled 281 times and are in second place in these statistics.
5.19 p.m.:
What should also benefit Florian Kohfeldt's men: Hoffenheim's life insurance company Andrej Kramaric (13 goals) did not get fit in time and takes a seat on the bench first.
5.13 p.m.:
Nevertheless, the guests shouldn't think about losing.
After all, Bremen have all got their five wins against teams from the bottom third of the table.
These included Schalke, Bielefeld, Mainz, Augsburg and Hertha BSC.
And what does a look at the table tell us?
Werder and Hoffenheim are equal on points in the table, with Werder in 11th place due to the better goal difference (-3 to -7).
So it's clear how the game ends today.
5:10 p.m.:
How difficult today's game will be, shows the statistics of the last ten meetings in the Bundesliga.
Against Hoffenheim Werder could only win once.
In May 2019, coach Florian Kohfeldt's team prevailed 1-0.
The currently loaned Johannes Eggestein scored.
5:07 p.m.:
Möhwald, Eggestein and Bittencourt are supposed to direct the fortunes of Bremen's midfield headquarters, while Rashica and Sargent are supposed to come into the front line.
5:05 p.m.:
As if both teams had agreed: As in the previous weeks, the teams run with a three-man chain, which grows to five men if the opposing needs arise.
Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim in the live ticker: This is how Florian Kohfeldt and Sebastian Hoeneß play!
5 p.m.:
Even if the hosts made us wait compared to the green-whites, the starting exhibition comes on time to the second.
This is how Sebastian Hoeneß's team starts: Baumann - Richards, Grillitsch, Adams - John, Samassekou, Rudy, Kaderabek - Baumgartner - Dabbur, Bebou.
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4:59 p.m.:
Compared to the previous game, Kohfeldt swaps twice.
As expected, it was not enough for Ludwig Augustinsson today.
Agu can plow the left side for him.
In addition, Schmid is left out for the time being - Bittencourt replaces him at headquarters.
4:56 p.m.:
Zetterer, Osako, Selke, Füllkrug, Moisander, Schmid, Mbom, Groß, Dinkci take the Bremen bank.
4:53 p.m.:
How fast are the guests from the Weser, please?
Seven minutes too early, the green-whites knock out their first team.
This is what it looks like: Pavlenka - Friedl, Toprak, Veljkovic - Agu, Eggestein, Möhwald, Bittencourt, Gebre Selassie - Rashica, Sargent.
The # Werder starting eleven for # tsgsvw.🔥
⏳ #Zetterer, #Osako, #Selke, # Füllkrug, #Moisander, #Schmid, #Mbom, # Groß, #Dinkci
⏰ 6:00 p.m.
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4:52 p.m.:
Friends, welcome to the Sunday evening game between Werder Bremen and TSG Hoffenheim.
The preliminary report on Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim:
Before Werder Bremen against TSG Hoffenheim: Trainer Florian Kohfeldt declares the coming weeks to be "crunchtime"
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 will be.
From a somewhat larger perspective, this can of course also be transferred to the course of the season, as
Florian Kohfeldt
did to point out that
Werder Bremen's
game against
TSG Hoffenheim
(so you can see the match live on TV and in Live stream) a crucial phase begins.
"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 looseness 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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