Kiel is ticked off, now it counts in Aue!

Werder are determined: "We are hot without end"

Created: 05/06/2022, 17:55

By: Daniel Cotaeus

Werder Bremen around coach Ole Werner wants to improve their position in the race for promotion with a win against Erzgebirge Aue.

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SV Werder Bremen plays away against Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday (1.30 p.m., DeichStube live ticker) and wants to take another step towards promotion on the 33rd matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga.

The preliminary report of the DeichStube.

Bremen - It's a proud number - 58 years - and that's why it's good so shortly before the away game of

at

(Sunday, 1.30 p.m.,

) also definitely as an encourager.

58 years – that's how long it's been since Bremen last lost a game against an opponent who were already relegated at kick-off.

It was 2: 3 against 1. FC Saarbrücken, followed by 16 more relegated duels, of which Werder didn’t lose a single one and even won most of them clearly – just as it would go in the next game of this kind if possible target.

As is well known, Aue has already been relegated when Bremen compete in the Erzgebirgsstadion on Sunday and fight to improve their own position in the

of the 2nd Bundesliga shortly before the end of the season.

Werder Bremen vs. Erzgebirge Aue: The pressure in the promotion race increases over the course of the 33rd matchday

Ole Werner

may not have paid much attention to this statistical oddity,

but he is already looking forward to the game against

"We're hot as hell," emphasizes the head coach of

, who attests to himself and his team that they have now come to terms with the bitter 2:3 home defeat against Holstein Kiel.

"We're in a good mood.

During the week we found the right mix that is needed for the Aue game," says Werner - and explains: "On the one hand, of course, there is tension and concentration, because both are simply needed.

On the other hand, it’s also about enjoying what we do, namely playing football.”

Also and especially in the hot final phase of a season that is "very important".

Don't worry too much, just don't get tense on the pitch, that's exactly what Bremen didn't manage to do in the second half against Kiel - and that's exactly what should (and must) work

better at

Regardless of the fact that the schedule of this 33rd match day could ensure that the pressure on

increases significantly before the start of their own game, because the competition in the race for

has long since played their games on Sunday and may have submitted.

Werder Bremen against Erzgebirge Aue: Coach Ole Werner changes the usual processes a bit

"We can't change the game plan, so it's the way it is," says

and assures that he has given little thought to this topic: "I don't really care.

We have to look after ourselves and do our homework.

We can't influence everything else anyway.

Our focus is solely on winning in Aue.” Which could be difficult enough under certain circumstances.

coach and head of sport Pavel Dotchev

has already announced that he wants to become a "stumbling block" and "stress factor" for

.

After all, his team is about saying goodbye to their own fans in the third division with a win in the last home game of the season.

"We assume that Aue will bring all the quality the team has to the pitch," says Werner, who also expects the opponent to react to the recent 6-0 defeat against Darmstadt want to show.

"But the fact is: If we reach our performance limit, we will also be able to assert ourselves," says Werner.

In order to be able to help the players as fully as possible, the coach of

this week - contrary to what was announced immediately after the Kiel game - screwed something up with the usual processes.

SV Werder Bremen vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue: big win?

Coach Ole Werner does not want to demand that

In public, to the media, no professional from

has spoken out - and probably won't do it again until the last game of the season against Jahn Regensburg.

"We wanted the guys to concentrate on their work on the pitch and do everything to keep their minds on their core business,"

explained the isolation, which does not include the three non-public training sessions in the stadium should be: "It was more because we pretty much rocked our other training ground."

Despite all the ambition, anticipation and determination of

- unlike his striker Niclas Füllkrug, Werner did not

demand the best possible win against

"We should keep our foot on the gas throughout the game, of course, but we don't talk beforehand about how many goals we're going to score, when, how and where." (dco) Have you read it?

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