Lots of tailwind, but nobody takes off: Werder coach Werner warns of Frankfurt's "power and speed"

Created: 08/26/2022, 19:29

By: Bjorn Knips

Coach Ole Werner is still unbeaten with SV Werder Bremen this season - before the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt, the head coach warns of the "power and speed" of the opponent.

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SV Werder Bremen meets Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday (3.30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker) at the Wohninvest Weser Stadium.

After the spectacular 3:2 victory at Borussia Dortmund, the green and whites, who are still unbeaten in the Bundesliga, want to do better in the home game against the Hessians.

The preliminary report of the DeichStube.

Bremen – First the return to the

, then this spectacular race to catch up to a record 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund –

is on everyone's lips in football Germany, oh what, in football Europe.

is happy about that, he also gave free rein to his emotions last Saturday in Dortmund, but the coach of SV Werder Bremen is ahead of the home game on Sunday against

(5:30 p.m. in the

) has long since returned to everyday mode: "Nothing has changed.

I still work the same hours and mostly deal with the same people.

And everything that happens around it, I only get to a certain extent and is not that relevant for me either.”

Werder Bremen coach Ole Werner on Eintracht Frankfurt: "They will also play a good role this season"

His focus is almost exclusively on his own team and thus on the next task.

And she has the talent.

"

is the reigning European Cup winner," emphasizes

.

Just in case someone forgot.

Because Eintracht is not only without a win this season, but also far from their Euro form.

With two points, the Hessians are in the bottom of the table.

"They will also play a good role this season," predicts the head coach of

and warns: "In terms of power and speed, Eintracht stands out

from many other teams in the

Werder Bremen coach Ole Werner before the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt: "We have to be clear about our own ball possession"

That's why the Werder coach demands a special physicality from his players, "you have to fight the duels properly".

That worked well in Dortmund.

But that alone is not enough for

.

"We have the opportunity again to show that we can play football against such a physically present team.

We have to be clear in our own ball possession and create chances to score.” It's still the same:

want to act even when promoted and not just react, as many teams do against supposedly better teams.

Before the start of the season, there were certainly doubts as to whether the green-whites were of sufficient quality for this more demanding path.

Lo and behold, the collective works.

The long and intensive preparation pays off.

came out of the summer break earlier than most of their competitors in order not only to be fit but also to be well-rehearsed.

The automatisms in the attack cannot be overlooked.

Niklas Schmidt's equalizer in Dortmund was no more a coincidence than Oliver Burke's winning goal. 

Werder Bremen against Eintracht Frankfurt: Coach Ole Werner calls for fewer goals

So it works - and yet there is also a problem, not even a small one.

In the first three games of the

season, the back rattled six times, distributed evenly across all games.

Of course that has been an issue in the past few days, Werner confirms: "You shouldn't concede two goals every week if you want to score points in the league.

That can still succeed, we have the offensive power to do so.

But it's the job of the entire team and of us as coaches to bring the good defensive performance into even fewer goals.” In doing so, he has a special focus on the work in front of the penalty area.

Both goals in Dortmund resulted from long-range shots, and Stuttgart also had one of those goals against

been successful.

"We can do better than that," says

.

Werder Bremen celebrated their last Bundesliga home win at the end of February 2021 against Eintracht Frankfurt

So nobody leans back on the Osterdeich.

Although there is a noticeable amount of laughter during training at

these days , they are said not to be looking in the rear-view mirror.

"Dortmund was no longer a big topic of conversation on the pitch and in the dressing room, it was all about

," says

.

But he really wants to push away last weekend's coup.

"Of course we like to take the tailwind with us."

But that's why no one picks up.

Rather, everything is done to continue on the road to success.

’s last win in the

was celebrated

in the Wohninvest Weser Stadium .

By the way, the opponent at the time was called

– so that would fit.

(knee)