Insanity!

Werder Bremen dismantles Schalke 04 and is the leader again!

Created: 04/24/2022, 09:26

By: Björn Knips, Daniel Cottäus, Yannick Hanke

Madness in the top game!

Werder Bremen smashed FC Schalke 04 4-1 - Ilia Gruev's goal kicked things off.

© IMAGO / Mika Volkmann

SV Werder Bremen clearly won the top game of the 2nd Bundesliga against FC Schalke 04 4-1 and regained the lead in the table.

The game report of the DeichStube.

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The weakened

celebrated

an almost unbelievable 4:1 (2:0) victory at

They had all won their first five games under their new coach Mike Büskens, but against

and his coaching team optimally adjusted Bremer they had no chance.

After a corner trick, Ilia Gruev (8th) and Niclas Füllkrug (26th) put the guests on the road to victory early on.

Then Marvin Ducksch ended his short goal drought and made everything clear with a brace (51st and 54th).

Simon Terodde's Schalke goal came too late (88').

Werder had forgotten the series of three games without a win in a row (all 1:1)

thanks to the clear

Werder Bremen against Schalke 04: Ilia Gruev dusts off - the early lead in the top game

Werder coach

was allowed to play six

ran – and Mitchell Weiser and Felix Agu acted on the outside.

At least the offensive of

could start with a regular cast: substitute captain Leonardo Bittencourt and Romano Schmid should stage the attackers Marvin Ducksch and Niclas Füllkrug.

And that worked straight away: after a long ball from Schmid, Füllkrug headed for the Schalke goal, but shot just wide under pressure (1').

It was a clear signal:

didn't want to hide despite or maybe even because of the personnel problems.

The green-whites were well prepared for the game against

, especially for the set pieces.

Unlike usual, Ducksch took his first corner briefly on Bittencourt, the ball deliberately landed in the free-standing Weiser in the penalty area.

His shot, which was not particularly dangerous, sent 04 keeper Martin Fraisl forward – and there Gruev swept the ball away with a header to make it 1-0 (8').

Werder Bremen against Schalke 04: huge cheers!

Niclas Füllkrug increases before the break

finally

took the lead again.

That didn't work out for three games.

And Werder didn't give up, Friedl immediately had the chance to make it 2-0 with a header (13 ').

Bremen defended well at the back, putting top scorer Simon Terodde out of action or offside.

In the 22nd minute it got hairy: After Füllkrug lost the ball, a Schalke counterattack rolled in the direction of the Bremen goal, Terodde managed to finish, but shot over it.

And that was also due to Ducksch, who had sprinted back and disturbed the attacker.

At Werder everyone really fought for everyone, no one was too bad for a path.

A great deal of cleverness or, to put it better: optimal preparation, was added to the great effort.

Ducksch also took the next corner briefly on Bittencourt, the ball came again to Weiser in the penalty area, whose cross

in to make it 2-0 (26 ').

Huge cheers also on the Werder bench, where Christian Vander in particular was hearted.

The goalkeeper coach is responsible for set pieces and had obviously discovered a weakness at

.

Werder Bremen against Schalke 04: Marvin Ducksch with a brace - Werder leaders again

The hosts were shocked – and

wanted to take advantage of that.

Ducksch aimed at the post (28th) shortly after the 2-0.

The goalscorer just can't score anymore, that's what the Werder fans thought.

As in the 42nd minute, when Ducksch missed the 3-0, well served by Füllkrug.

And shortly after the break, his clever Ducksch free kick only hit the post (48th).

But this 28-year-old has a very special quality, he just doesn't let missed opportunities get him down.

So he tried it again immediately after good preparation from the jug and literally forced his luck: Schalke's Ko Itakura deflected the ball unstoppably to make it 3-0 in Bremen (51').

The relief was

clearly noted.

And it got even better for him because Itakura helped him again.

The Japanese again gave a decisive impulse to a Ducksch shot (53').

4-0 after less than an hour – what

with 60,000 spectators

, in which of course only the 6,000 or so Werder fans cheered.

They were allowed to continue celebrating because

didn't let much burn.

Only shortly before the end Friedl and Co. were not careful and allowed Terodde to make up some of the result (88th).

No problem, Bremen can now complete the

against Holstein Kiel, Erzgebirge Aue and Jahn Regensburg .

(kni) Also read: "It was an almost perfect day" - the votes on Werder Bremen's victory against Schalke 04!

Werder Bremen against Schalke 04: read the game in the live ticker

SV Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker today: All goals, news and information about the top game in the 2nd Bundesliga are live in the DeichStube live ticker!

Final score: 4:1 for Werder.

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3:22 p.m .:

Werder deserves a 4-1 win against Schalke and is now the leader of the table again.

Efficiency was the deciding factor at the end of the day, Ducksch has found his way back to his old goal threat.

Schalke, on the other hand, were not completely without a chance, but were largely unimaginative and uninspired in their offensive game.

Defensive mistakes were also severely punished by Werder.

3:21 p.m .: And that was it!

Werder deservedly won 4:1 against Schalke.

90 min +3:

Schalke penetrates Werder's penalty area again, but there's no getting around it.

90 min +1:

There are three minutes of added time.

88 minutes: Goal for Schalke!

It's the connection hit to 1:4.

Churlinov puts on well, Terodde uses the ball.

85 min.:

Weiser goes out, Mbom comes for him.

In addition, Agu will be replaced by Schönfelder.

84 min:

Churlinov crosses into Werder's penalty area, but Itakura doesn't have enough power with his header.

The ball goes out of the goal.

Bittencourt has previously seen a yellow card, it is his 7th card.

81 min:

Dinkci storms towards the Schalke goal, but his shot rolls miserably through the penalty area and out of bounds.

No danger for Fraisl this time.

78 minutes:

Marvin Ducksch is substituted, the double packer has done his job.

Dinkci is new to the game for Werder.

In addition, Mai comes for Gruev.

Meanwhile, a chip cross from Calhanoglu goes into goal.

76 mins

: 1-0 goalscorer Ilia Gruev signals to the bench that he wants to be substituted.

He seems plagued by cramps.

No wonder, after all, the lively midfielder ripped off endless kilometers today.

74 mins:

Just under 15 minutes to go.

Can Schalke think of anything else offensively?

Werder's defensive league knows how to prevent individual actions, but they themselves are still looking for the goal.

71 min:

Mike Büskens saves Zalazar, who failed to show any efficiency in his actions today.

Idrizi comes into play for him, who should give Schalke's offensive game a new touch.

68 min:

Gruev tries from a distance, but the Werder shooter to make it 1-0 is denied a goal this time.

The ball sails past Fraisl's box to the left.

67 mins:

Anthony Jung sees his 6th yellow card.

66th Min .:

Werder can claim 13:11 shots on goal, of seven shots that really went on Fraisl's goal, four were in it.

And Schalke?

Only one shot really forced Pavlenka to intervene.

62 min:

Schalke make another change, Vindheim has to leave the field and Aydin comes on.

61 min:

Bülter storms towards Pavlenka, but at the last moment masked man Friedl intervenes and is able to prevent a shot from the Schalke striker.

60 mins:

Schalke have to take full risks and increase the pressure on Werder's defence.

Werder, meanwhile, exchanges Schmid for Schmidt.

57th min:

And suddenly Schalke is active again in Werder's penalty area.

Terodde doesn't catch the ball properly, it goes next to the goal.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: Werder outclassed Schalke – Marvin Ducksch with a brace

53 minutes: Next goal for Werder!

What's going on here?!

Ducksch puts together a brace and Werder suddenly leads 4-0.

Schalke goalkeeper Fraisl has no chance against the ball deflected by Itakura.

And the Werder fans in the stadium are in seventh heaven.

51 minutes: Tooooor for Werder – and what a!

Füllkrug serves Ducksch fantastically, who doesn't give Fraisl a chance and sinks the ball in the right corner.

3-0 for Werder.

49 mins:

Weiser crosses to fill krug, but the Werder striker cannot convert the good cross.

Schalke is now defending against it.

48 mins:

Ducksch free-kick, which hits the post.

Fraisl probably wouldn't have gotten the ball anymore.

46 min:

And it continues in the Veltins Arena, Churlinov is in for Drexler.

2.30 p.m .:

It’s going to continue straight away, Werder wants to step up, Schalke want to achieve at least one more draw.

2:21 p.m .:

Werder can hardly blame themselves.

Scored two goals, there's a zero at the back, Ole Werner's team can withstand the pressure.

Defensive shortcomings were exploited coldly, with a bit of luck Ducksch could even have made it 3-0 for the green-whites.

Schalke, on the other hand, is not without a chance, but not necessarily enough in its offensive efforts.

Ergo, the 2-0 lead at half-time reflects the course of the game quite well.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: Break in the Veltins Arena – Werder leads by two goals

2:17 p.m .:

And now it’s half time in the Veltins Arena!

45 minutes:

Is there anything else before the break?

In the last few minutes, the action has mainly taken place in midfield, both teams are looking forward to the half-time whistle in a dynamic game.

42 min:

Ducksch wins the duel against Palsson, appears in front of Fraisl, but the ball goes wide.

The 2-0 lead for Werder remains.

40 minutes:

Five minutes until half-time.

Schalke doesn't give up and keeps moving towards Werder's goal with their offensive line.

However, Ole Werner's team has the goals on their credit side.

However, this does not detract from the atmosphere in the Veltins Arena.

38 min:

Vindheim shoots from long-range, but the ball sails over Pavlenka's box.

36 min:

Yellow card, again for a Schalke player.

Now it's Dominick Drexler who climbs into the body of a Werder player and pulls him to the ground.

Drexler is missing in the next game with a yellow card.

34 minutes:

Schalke scored an offside goal!

Zalazar's ball finds its way into Pavlenka's box, but Aytekin reacts quickly.

32 min:

So far 7: 5 shots on goal for Werder, who also have a little more possession than their opponents Schalke.

As of now, Ole Werner's men would be leaders in the 2nd Bundesliga after the 31st matchday.

31 min:

Yellow card for Vindheim.

In a duel with Agu he climbs on the foot of Werder, Aytekin doesn't allow two opinions.

28 minutes:

Werder is pushing for the 3-0!

However, a shot from Marvin Ducksch only hits the post, the Bremen team still have a comfortable lead.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: Niclas Füllkrug extends the lead!

26 minutes: Goooooor for Werder!

Ole Werner's team follow suit, Niclas Füllkrug heads in to make it 2-0 for Werder!

Assist giver is sage.

25 mins:

A free-kick for Werder, Bittencourt pushes the ball over to Agu, but his cross fails to score anything.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: Simon Terodde forgives freestanding!

22nd Min.:

And now the big chance for Schalke!

Terodde appears in front of Pavlenka, but sens the ball over the goal.

20 min:

Schalke don't let up and increasingly want to keep the ball in Werder's half.

As a result, Mike Büskens' team has not yet had a great chance, Werder knows how to score defensively.

18 min:

A cross to Simon Terodde, who appears in front of Pavlenka but can't get the ball.

But: It would have been offside anyway.

16 min:

Werder breaks out of their own penalty area and starts a switch action, which, however, comes to nothing in Schalke's penalty area.

14 min:

Schalke pushes for an equaliser, Terodde plays the heel at Vindheim in Werder's penalty area.

However, this does not result in a clear goal chance.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: Ilia Gruev puts Ole Werner's team in the lead!

11 min:

Excitement over a supposed kick by Vindheim against Schmid.

However, the slow motion shows that it wasn't as bad as assumed.

Referee Aytekin keeps a cool head and knows how to settle the situation.

8 minutes: Goooooor for Werder!!

Ilia Gruev gives Bremen a 1-0 lead.

Schalke keeper Fraisl puts the ball from Weiser in front of the goal scorer's feet.

6 min:

Nicolai Rapp is booked for a foul on Rodrigo Zalazar.

5 min:

Schalke push forward, Vindheim's cross miserably goes wide of the Werder goal.

3 min:

Drexler crosses to Bülter, but his shot is blocked by the compact Werder block.

1. Min:

Huge chance for Werder!

Füllkrug runs freely towards Fraisl, lobs the goalkeeper from Schalke 04 – and forgives.

The ball goes wide of the goal.

1st min: Aytekin whistles, the game between FC Schalke 04 and SV Werder Bremen is on!

Werder Bremen vs. FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: The top game is on!

1:28 p.m

.: And now the teams are already arriving.

Everything is set for the clash between FC Schalke 04 and SV Werder Bremen, hopefully an entertaining game!

1:22 p.m .:

The blue and white wall prepares your team loudly for the match against Werder Bremen.

And immediately the protagonists, i.e. the two teams, come onto the pitch.

1:17 p.m .:

It starts in just under 15 minutes, then referee Deniz Aytekin whistles the first top game today in the 2nd Bundesliga.

In the evening, FC Sankt Pauli and 1. FC Nürnberg will meet.

Here the ball rolls from 8.30 p.m.

1:15 p.m .:

With a view to Werder’s upcoming game against Holstein Kiel, some players have to be careful – they could face a yellow card suspension.

Marvin Ducksch and Ilia Gruev have each collected four yellow cards, Marco Friedl has nine yellow cards.

1:12 p.m .:

How does Werder actually want to stop Schalke’s Simon Terodde?

Ole Werner has the following answer ready: “That is a task.

We have to help each other, you won't be able to turn him off for more than 90 minutes.

But we want to be on the ball as much as possible so that there are hardly any chances from the opponent in the penalty area."

1:09 p.m .:

Werder-Bremen coach Ole Werner speaks on “Sky” about unused opportunities in his team’s last games.

"But we are in good spirits for the final sprint," Werner spreads green and white optimism.

“We trust the guys who come in.

We try to catch everything for 90 minutes,” Werner explains about his line-up today.

1:06 p.m .: By

the way, the referee of today’s game is Deniz Aytekin.

The atmosphere in the Veltins Arena, which is filled with 62,271 spectators, is great. Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 want to offer their fans the best football entertainment when the weather is sunny.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: top scorers in the 2nd Bundesliga meet

1:03 p.m .:

SV Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 also means the meeting of the top scorers.

Simon Terodde already has 24 goals and could once again become the best scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Werder, on the other hand, has two reliable goal-getters in Marvin Ducksch (17 goals) and Niclas Füllkrug (15 goals).

1 p.m.:

What connects the two teams?

In 2021 Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen were relegated from the 1st Bundesliga at the same pace, only a year later they could be promoted together again.

The season after the top tier of German football is unbroken on both sides.

12.57 p.m .:

For the friends of the statistics: SV Werder Bremen and FC Schalke 04 have met 118 times in competitive games so far.

The record could hardly be more balanced: Werder and Schalke can each claim 47 wins, and 24 draws.

When it comes to goals, Werder have a slight advantage, 169:166.

12:54 p.m .:

And what is the current form at Werder Bremen?

Ole Werner's team has recently played 1-1 three times in a row, before that there was a win against Darmstadt and a defeat against Heidenheim - the first ever under Markus Beginn's successor.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: There was a draw in the first half of the season – and Mike Büskens and Ole Werner were not yet in office

12:52 p.m .:

The form curve for FC Schalke 04 is clearly pointing upwards.

The last five games have all been won, Mike Büskens has not lost at all as coach of the "Knappen".

12:4 goals from Schalke's point of view speak for themselves, most recently promotion competitor SV Darmstadt 98 was shot out of the stadium 5:2.

12.50 p.m .:

So far there has been a clash between SV Werder Bremen and FC Schalke 04 in the 2nd Bundesliga.

In the first half of the season, the draw was 1-1, with goals scored by Simon Terodde and Niclas Füllkrug.

Fun fact: At that time, neither Mike Büskens at Schalke nor Ole Werner at Werder were in office.

12.46 p.m .:

And so Moin to the live ticker for Werder Bremen’s top game at Schalke 04!

Should Werder win the top game in Gelsenkirchen, Ole Werner's team would be top of the table again.

Schalke, on the other hand, is already enough to defend their place in the sun.

If Mike Büskens' team wins against Werder, they already distance the green-whites to five points.

12.42 p.m .:

Fährmann, Lode, Matriciani, Sané, Aydin, Churlinov, Flick, Idrizi and Latza take a seat on the bench of the “Knappen”.

12.40 p.m .: Opponents and league leaders Schalke 04 go into the top game against Werder Bremen with the following starting line-up: Fraisl - Vindheim, Thiaw, Kaminski, Calhanoglu - Itakura, Palsson - Drexler, Zalazar - Bülter, Terodde.

12:37 p.m .:

Zetterer, Mai, Schönfelder, Nankishi, Schmidt, Mbom, Assalé, Woltemade and Dinci sit on the Werder bench.

12.36 p.m .:

Compared to the previous week against 1. FC Nürnberg, Mitchell Weiser and Ilia Gruev start for Christian Groß (Corona) and Milos Veljkovic (muscle fiber tear).

In addition, captain Ömer Toprak is still out due to calf problems.

Werder Bremen against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker: the line-ups are there!

12.30 p.m .: And coach Ole Werner goes into the game against FC Schalke 04 with this starting eleven: Pavlenka – Jung, Weiser, Agu, Friedl – Bittencourt, Schmid, Rapp, Gruev – Ducksch, Füllkrug!

 in the 

live 

 against 

: Kick-off in the Veltins Arena is this Saturday at 1.30 p.m., the live ticker starts here at around 12.30 p.m. with the starting eleven line-ups of both teams.

All goals, news and information from the second division game can be found here live in 

 the DeichStube

To the preliminary report of April 21, 2022:

Self-confident instead of worried: Werder Bremen puts their own strengths in the foreground before the Schalke game

Bremen –

(Saturday, 1.30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker

with some injury worries

.

After three draws in a row, the second-placed Green-Whites definitely want to win at the table leader.

The preliminary report of the

!

Bremen – Die Pressekonferenz vor dem Zweitliga-Topspiel beim FC Schalke 04 (Samstag, 13.30 Uhr, DeichStube-Live-Ticker) war am Donnerstagmittag exakt 13 Minuten alt, als Ole Werner ganz offensichtlich genug hatte vom doch eher sorgenvollen Ton, der zuvor innerhalb der digitalen Runde geherrscht hatte. „Es ist schon so, dass wir auch wissen, was wir können“, betonte der Trainer des SV Werder Bremen plötzlich, nachdem er zu Beginn bittere Personalmeldungen verkündet hatte und anschließend ausführlich nach den Stärken des Gegners befragt worden war. Nach denen des Tabellenführers Schalke 04, der zuletzt fünf Siege am Stück aneinanderreihte, in Simon Terodde und Marius Bülter inzwischen das beste Sturmduo der 2. Liga stellt – und der nun einen zweitplatzierten SV Werder empfängt, der sich angeschlagen auf den Weg nach Gelsenkirchen machen wird.

Werder Bremen will mit Selbstbewusstsein und dem Fokus auf die eigenen Stärken ins Topspiel beim FC Schalke 04 gehen

Schmerzhafte Ausfälle in der Abwehr – Ömer Toprak, Milos Veljkovic, vielleicht auch Christian Groß –, dazu seit drei Partien nicht mehr gewonnen – die berühmten Vorzeichen vor dem enorm wichtigen Duell im Kampf um den Aufstieg, sie könnten aus Sicht des SV Werder Bremen deutlich besser sein. Wie gesagt: 13 Minuten lang hielt sich dieser Eindruck auch während der Pressekonferenz hartnäckig. Bevor er sich so richtig festsetzen konnte, steuerte Ole Werner aber vehement gegen.

„Wir müssen uns bei all den Dingen, die jetzt schon genannt wurden und bei all den Jungs, die uns vielleicht fehlen, einfach mal vor Augen führen, was wir für eine Qualität haben und dass wir die auch auf den Platz bringen wollen und werden. Das ist für mich das Allesentscheidende“, sagte Ole Werner vor dem Top-Spiel beim FC Schalke 04 – und kündigte an: „Wir wollen dort hinfahren, Werder-Fußball zeigen und mutig sein. Das ist es, worauf ich mich freue. Wir wollen zeigen, dass wir als Mannschaft auch in so einer Atmosphäre und auch bei schwierigen Umständen bestehen können.“ Auf dem Weg hin zum großen Ziel wäre es für Werder Bremen ein mehr als nur wertvoller Schritt.

Schon gelesen? So seht Ihr Werder Bremen gegen Schalke 04 live im TV und im Live-Stream!

Werder Bremen-Trainer Ole Werner vor Schalke-Spiel: „Wollen zeigen, dass wir auch bei schwierigen Umständen bestehen können“

Mit 54 Punkten auf dem Konto haben die Bremer derzeit zwei weniger als Spitzenreiter Schalke 04, der sich seit der Amtsübernahme von Trainer Mike Büskens gerade noch rechtzeitig für den Endspurt der Saison stabilisiert hat. Bei einem Auswärtssieg würde Werder Bremen sicher wieder auf Platz eins springen und sich damit in die bestmögliche Ausgangslage vor den dann noch folgenden Spielen gegen Kiel, Aue und Regensburg bringen. „Wir gehen natürlich in das Spiel, um es zu gewinnen“, sagte Werner, für den es der erste Auftritt in der Schalker Arena wird. „Erster gegen Zweiter, ein tolles Stadion, das ausverkauft ist – das wird ein richtig geiler Kick“, ist sich der 33-Jährige sicher, der auf die Unterstützung von 6253 Werder-Fans zählen kann. Und der hofft, dass seine Mannschaft endlich mal wieder in Führung geht, was den Bremern zuletzt drei Mal in Folge – gegen Sandhausen, St. Pauli und Nürnberg – nicht gelungen war. Am Ende brachte jede dieser Partien auch deshalb nur einen Punkt ein.

Auch interessant: Schalke-Boss spricht vor dem Duell mit Werder Bremen über das Topspiel und den Aufschwung seines Vereins!

„Wir haben die Dinge aus dem letzten Spiel natürlich aufgearbeitet“, sagte Werner und meinte damit den jüngsten Auftritt des SV Werder Bremen gegen den 1. FC Nürnberg (1:1), als die Hausherren in einer schwachen ersten Hälfte in Rückstand geraten waren und trotz großer Chancen in der Schlussphase das Spiel nicht mehr komplett gedreht hatten. „Wir haben zum Ausdruck gebracht, dass wir damit nicht zu 100 Prozent zufrieden sein können“, sagte Ole Werner. Dann sei der Blick direkt auf Schalke 04 gerichtet worden. Und zwar – trotz aller unglücklichen personellen Vorzeichen – voller Vorfreude und Optimismus. „Die Mannschaft hat sehr konzentriert gearbeitet und freut sich sehr auf das Spiel“, versicherte der Chefcoach, der in dieser Saison übrigens schon einmal gegen Königsblau angetreten ist.

Schon gelesen? Elfmeter-Ärger im Hinspiel - für Werders Leiter Profifußball Clemens Fritz spielt die Szene keine Rolle mehr!

Werder Bremen-Trainer Ole Werner vor Schalke-Duell: „Die Mannschaf freut sich sehr auf das Spiel“

Auch interessant: So könnte die Startelf-Aufstellung des SV Werder Bremen gegen Schalke 04 aussehen!

Am zweiten Spieltag kassierte Ole Werner, damals noch als Trainer von Holstein Kiel, eine 0:3-Heimpleite gegen den Bundesliga-Absteiger, der ebenso wie sein aktueller Arbeitgeber unbedingt zurück in Liga eins möchte. Damals saß bei Schalke 04 noch Dimitrios Grammozis auf der Bank. Seit Büskens im März übernahm, hat sich viel verändert (so spielt das Team etwa wieder mit Viererkette). „Sie stehen nicht nur hinten stabiler, sondern sind auch vorne effektiver geworden“, hat der Trainer des SV Werder Bremen

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)