The Brocken from the Bremer Brücke: Werder coach Markus Anfang expects a difficult cup game in Osnabrück

The last time that SV Werder Bremen and VfL Osnabrück met in a competitive match was in the 1980/81 season. It was the 26th matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga North and the game clearly went to the guests from the Hanseatic city. 4: 1 the final score in the stadium at the Bremer Brücke. The Osnabrückers now have the chance to take revenge. The venue is the same on Saturday (3.30 p.m., DeichStube-Liveticker), only the competition is called different this time: 1st round in the DFB-Pokal. The preliminary report of the DeichStube *

Bremen

- Of course he didn't forget that day. How should he? After all, Markus was never closer to a title in German professional football than on May 31, 2003. At that time, today's

coach was

an active professional with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the DFB Cup final against Bayern. "Unfortunately, the game was over for us very quickly," says Anfang, who was behind with 1. FCK after just ten minutes with 0: 2 and in the end lost with 1: 3. The “Cup final in Berlin” experience was nevertheless something very special, emphasizes Anfang, who, like his current employer, attaches great importance to the competition. No wonder that for the 47-year-olds in tomorrow's first round match at third division

with

only one thing counts: getting ahead!

"We really want to get through the round, and that's how we will perform," announced Anfang, who knows, however, that the Bremer Brücke is a place where

many favorites have stumbled

in the

.

"A real chunk awaits us, because everyone who has played in Osnabrück knows what can be going on there," says Anfang.

As a trainer, he was unable to win with either Kiel or Darmstadt at the Bremer Brücke.

Werder Bremen want to continue the trend from the start of the season in the DFB Cup game against VfL Osnabrück

After relegation to the third division,

started the season well with new coach Daniel Scherning (came from SC Paderborn). After the first game at MSV Duisburg had to be canceled due to positive corona cases at MSV, Osnabrück fought for a 2-1 success in Saarbrücken - although the team had been outnumbered since the fourth minute. "That shows that the team has an incredible amount of will and mentality," says Anfang, whose squad includes three ex-Osnabrückers in Felix Agu, Christian Groß and Niklas Schmidt. And of course they also share the big goal of

before the game, which describes the beginning as follows: "We absolutely want to continue the trend that we started in the 2nd division in Düsseldorf." (Dco)

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