Self-confident instead of worried: Despite problems - Werder puts their own strengths in the foreground before the Schalke duel

Created: 04/21/2022, 17:27

By: Daniel Cotaeus

There should be three points in the top game at FC Schalke 04: That is the hope of Ole Werner, coach of SV Werder Bremen.

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Bremen - SV Werder Bremen is traveling to the top game in the second division at FC Schalke 04 with some injury worries. After three draws in a row, the second-placed Green-Whites want to win at the top of the table.

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Bremen – The press conference before the top game in the second division at

was exactly 13 minutes old on Thursday afternoon when

was obviously fed up with the rather worried tone that had previously prevailed within the digital round.

"It's true that we also know what we're capable of," the

coach suddenly emphasized after he had announced bitter personnel reports at the beginning and was then asked in detail about the opponent's strengths.

After those of table leaders

, who recently stringed together five wins in a row, in Simon Terodde and Marius Bülter now has the best strike duo in the 2nd division - and who is now welcoming a second-placed SV Werder, who will be on their way to Gelsenkirchen.

Werder Bremen want to go into the top game at FC Schalke 04 with self-confidence and a focus on their own strengths

Painful failures in defense -

,

, maybe also

-, plus they haven't won in three games - the famous signs before the enormously important duel in the fight for

, they could do

much better from the point of view of

be.

As I said, this impression persisted for 13 minutes during the press conference.

Before he could really settle down, however,

vehemently countered.

"With all the things that have already been mentioned and with all the lads that we may be missing, we just have to keep in mind what kind of quality we have and that we want and will bring that to the pitch.

That's the most important thing for me," said

before the top game at

- and announced: "We want to go there, show Werder football and be brave.

That's what I'm looking forward to.

We want to show that we as a team can hold our own in such an atmosphere and under difficult circumstances.” On the way to the big goal it would be

a more than just valuable step for

Werder Bremen coach Ole Werner before the Schalke game: "We want to show that we can survive even in difficult circumstances"

With 54 points under their belt, Bremen currently have two fewer than leaders

, who have stabilized just in time for the final spurt of the season since coach Mike Büskens took over.

In an away win,

jump back to first place and thus put themselves in the best possible starting position before the games against Kiel, Aue and Regensburg that will follow.

"Of course we're going into the game to win it," said Werner, for whom it will be his first appearance in the Schalke Arena.

"First against second, a great stadium that's sold out - it's going to be a really great kick," says the 33-year-old, who can count on the support of 6,253 Werder fans.

And he hopes that his team will finally take the lead again, which the Bremen team failed to do three times in a row – against Sandhausen, St. Pauli and Nuremberg.

In the end, each of these games only earned one point.

"Of course we worked things through from the last game," said Werner, referring to

's recent appearance against 1. FC Nürnberg (1-1), when the home side fell behind in a weak first half and despite great chances in the final phase, had not completely turned the game around.

"We have expressed that we cannot be 100 percent satisfied with this," said

.

Then the view is straight to

been judged.

And that – despite all the unfortunate personal omens – full of anticipation and optimism.

"The team worked very hard and is really looking forward to the game," assured the head coach, who incidentally has already played against the Royal Blues this season.

Werder Bremen coach Ole Werner ahead of the Schalke duel: "The team is really looking forward to the game"

On the second day of the game,

, then still coaching Holstein Kiel, suffered a 3-0 home defeat against the Bundesliga relegated team, who, like his current employer, would like to return to the top league.

At that time,

Dimitrios Grammozis was still on the bench at

A lot has changed since Büskens took over in March (for example, the team is playing with a back four again).

"They're not only more stable at the back, they've also become more effective up front," said the

observed.

Then, at the end, he briefly praised the "high individual quality" of players like Simon Terodde and Marius Bülter, but quickly reiterated: "It's all the more important for us to let that develop as little as possible.

We'll have a clear idea of ​​how to defend it.” Confident instead of worried – that's how it should work at Schalke.

(dco)