A look into the piñata: At Werder Bremen, improvisational talent is in demand after the change of coach in Dresden
Created: 03/06/2022, 04:46
By: Malte Bürger
Coach Ole Werner wants to continue the high flight in the 2nd Bundesliga against Dynamo Dresden on Sunday (1.30 p.m., DeichStube live ticker) with Werder Bremen.
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SV Werder Bremen plays Dynamo Dresden at home on the 25th matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga.
The game on Sunday (1.30 p.m., DeichStube live ticker) is a look into the piñata after the guest coach change.
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Bremen – They are already a bit out of fashion, these rustling paper bags full of colorful surprises that used to be available at the kiosk around the corner for relatively little money.
Dynamo Dresden's
coach Guerino Capretti is still counting on their effect ahead of the guest appearance at
Werder Bremen
(Sunday, 1.30 p.m.,
DeichStube live ticker
) - at least in a figurative sense.
"We're a little grab bag for Werder, because with a new coach you never know exactly how the opponent will play," said the man who replaced the dismissed Alexander Schmidt at the Saxons during the week.
And the 40-year-old is not completely wrong in his assessment, because his Bremen colleague
Ole Werner
admits that the change in personnel had an impact on the preparations.
"It's a special situation when the opponent changes before the game.
That makes things more unpredictable because you can't draw any conclusions from
Dynamo Dresden
's last games ," explained Werner at the
SV Werder Bremen
press conference .
"You then try to deal with what the coach stood for in his last stations."
Werder Bremen vs. Dynamo Dresden: Change of coach at the opponent makes Ole Werner's preparation more difficult
The focus inevitably went to North Rhine-Westphalia, more precisely to SC Verl. Capretti had worked there from 2017 to the end, leading the former regional league team to the 3rd division.
So
Werder Bremen
's assistant coach Tom Cichon, who is responsible for monitoring opponents, and the analysts got hold of video material from that time.
But Ole Werner
already had a certain wealth of experience.
"In the past I've seen one or the other game of SC Verl because we gave or lent players there when I was in Kiel," explained the 33-year-old.
"In this respect, I know what he did there, but that's no guarantee that he'll do it one-to-one in Dresden."
This is what SV Werder Bremen's starting XI against Dynamo Dresden could look like!
So at the Osterdeich you're feeling a bit in the dark when it comes to what the team will ultimately face.
"You work in probabilities, anticipating what could suit the opponent with the staff available to them," says the
SV Werder Bremen
head coach, describing his preparation.
"We are prepared for various things, but we still have to reckon with the fact that we only have a little more clarity when we hold the line-up sheet in our hands." Sounds dangerous, but Werner remains calm as usual.
"It's certainly an advantage for us that we've basically played against all the basic rules that are common in football in the past few weeks."
Werder Bremen: Senses fully sharpened against relegation candidate Dynamo Dresden?
And anyway, he likes it better when it's his players who put their stamp on the game and thus ensure the desired developments.
However, that's exactly what should have happened before - not too long ago, in fact.
In the most recent home game against FC Ingolstadt, which is in a slightly worse position in the table than Dresden, who are also threatened with relegation.
The result is well known:
Werder Bremen
tried enormously and ultimately only played 1-1.
Unsurprisingly, no one in the Bremen camp is particularly keen on history repeating itself in a similar form on Sunday afternoon.
However, Ole Werner
registers a completely different atmosphere around his team, and there are no climatic disturbances.
"I didn't have to sharpen my senses again, they were sharpened from the first day of training," he made clear.
"We had a very good quality, aggressiveness and intensity, especially in the team tactical units.
But we have been warned - both from the first and the Ingolstadt game.
We know that less than 100 percent will not be enough.”
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Werder Bremen against Dynamo Dresden: Table leaders want to defend first place in the promotion race
As unpleasant as the 0:3 defeat against Dynamo was a few months ago, it currently took up little space in the preparation of
SV Werder Bremen
.
"It wasn't an issue now - but it wouldn't have been if there hadn't been a change of coach," said Ole Werner.
“A lot has happened here, in Dresden as well.
But it is also clear that this result shows the quality of the
Dynamo Dresden
squad .
It will be our task to counteract our quality with our own good performance.”
Especially since the leader - even if it is not said out loud - would like to defend his first place.
The season is gradually turning into the home straight, a countdown of ten games separates
Werder Bremen
from a possible return to the first division.
It is a final sprint in the promotion race, which is still being approached in a deliberately calm manner, at least verbally.
"There may be situations where you talk about the table constellation, so far we haven't had that," said Werner.
"Besides, everyone knows the
table
anyway ." Anything else would indeed be a miracle - even without the accompanying bag.
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