"It tickles me even more": Werder coach Ole Werner is hot for the HSV derby and knows the recipe for success

Created: 02/26/2022, 09:08

By: Bjorn Knips

Ole Werner will be going into a northern derby against HSV for the first time as coach of SV Werder Bremen on Sunday.

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The northern derby is a top game: Werder Bremen versus Hamburger SV is a duel of first versus second.

The preliminary report of the DeichStube* for the derby on Sunday (1.30 p.m., DeichStube live ticker).

Bremen – Ole Werner didn't talk much at all.

"I'm really looking forward to my first real

," said the

coach before the second division cracker on Sunday (1.30 p.m., DeichStube live ticker

at

- and the emphasis was clearly on "real".

Because Werner, as a former coach of Holstein Kiel, is of course familiar with northern duels against HSV, but these are really not comparable to the famous northern derby.

“This is the biggest football game in the region.

It's nice to be a part of it," emphasized

at the press conference on Friday and wasn't worried that it

could get uncomfortable for

Volksparkstadion, which was already half full during the Corona period : "I always love it when you know that many are against you.

Then you have to survive as a group with your own fans behind you.

That tickles me even more – and many players feel the same way.”

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Only a few Werder pros are already familiar with the

phenomenon as an away game.

But Werner refrains from preparing the other players with corresponding videos of games from the past.

They should simply look forward to this special game and do it as always, according to the

coach : "Take everything positively and then concentrate on the game, because that increases the probability of success." Every point is important in the promotion race, he says Werner, "but of course we want to come back with as many points as possible".

A preliminary decision would not be made against

one way or another.

These weeks it is all about staying in a good starting position until the end of April.

Currently this could not be better.

Werder arrive as leaders after seven wins in a row and a draw.

The 1-1 draw against bottom Ingolstadt just under a week ago didn't damage their self-confidence.

warned against a strong

and announced in view of the "unique style of play" of the hosts, as he said: "We have to adapt a bit." But the Bremen coach allegedly does not want to make any fundamental changes against the second-placed team - with good reason: “We are

, we are currently top of the table, that's how we want to appear." Nevertheless, it cannot be completely ruled out that the green-whites will show a slightly different face than usual, that the Hamburgers, who only have one point less on the account, may treat the Hamburg team a little more specifically .

"I don't want to let anyone look at my cards," said Werner and grinned.

Little mind games like that are also part of a

.

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But the Werder coach is not someone who pushes things too far or throws out any slogans.

That wouldn't go with his sober North German style at all.

And yet he lets everyone feel that this special game leaves him anything but cold, that he also perceives this tingling like the fans.

But it is his job to channel these feelings and to lead them to a successful result if possible.

He relied on “normal everyday work” during the week.

Maybe with a touch more emotion than usual. Unlike the week before in preparation for the Ingolstadt game, the pros at

were fully focused from the first minute of training.

Now all that's missing on Saturday is a good final training session, says Werner, then that can be done

against

on Sunday.

He expects a full throttle start on both sides.

Not an entirely safe story.

And this is Werner's formula for success: "In the end it will be decisive: Which team can stay true to themselves and do their thing?"

Of course, if Werner has his way, the answer should be Werder.

However, he has never been able to defeat HSV with Kiel, but he has not lost any of the four games.

But he certainly celebrated in 2009 when

in the

famous four duels in just 19 days in three competitions (DFB Cup, Uefa Cup and championship).

"For family reasons, I was a little more at Grün-Weiß back then," recalled the native of Schleswig-Holstein.

As a coach, he now wears the diamond himself and can help write this very special story in the 156th North Derby (all competitions).

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