Speed ​​control 2.0: Werder wants to show in Leverkusen that they have learned from previous mistakes

Created: 09/15/2022, 19:13

By: Malte Bürger

Werder Bremen wants to survive against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

Coach Ole Werner knows that his team has to reach their limit for this.

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SV Werder Bremen plays Bayer Leverkusen away on match day 7 of the Bundesliga (Saturday, 3:30 p.m., DeichStube live ticker).

This is how coach Ole Werner approaches the game - the preliminary report of the DeichStube.

Bremen – Sometimes footballers are easy to inspire.

A standard rain barrel is enough and the mood during training increases.

Like on Thursday, when head coach Ole Werner had the professionals from

artistically place the ball in the plastic container.

"We always try to incorporate things that provide variety," he explained afterwards.

What was meant was unity, but this sentence can easily be transferred to Bremen's competitive games.

Because nobody wants to be predictable.

On Saturday we go to

(3.30 p.m.,

), where the next sense of achievement is supposed to come from – especially since the hosts are currently only second to bottom in the table.

But Ole Werner doesn't really care about this fact.

"In terms of quality in the squad,

is one of the top 3 or top 4 in the league, and that's what the ambitions are there for," emphasized the 34-year-old.

"The team is certainly an example of how the table doesn't mean anything after six matchdays." Atletico Madrid also felt the effects of this on Tuesday in the Champions League, the Spaniards lost 2-0 at the BayArena.

“They can or must win against Freiburg beforehand, against Augsburg anyway.

Then such a team is in a completely different position,” emphasized

before the

game .

"But that's just how it is sometimes: Certain things don't fall in front of your feet, even though there's actually not that much lacking in terms of performance."

Werder Bremen against Bayer Leverkusen: Coach Ole Werner wants to prevent defeat - the team has to go to the limit

Now it could be that just in time for Bremen's appearance in the Rhineland, the hosts' form curve will point upwards.

"We worked on it for weeks and took the first step today," said

's Robert Andrich after the most recent international appearance.

"Before the international break, we definitely want to get a threesome."

would suffer more , but

wants to avoid another defeat at all costs: "We know that we need a performance over 90 minutes that is at the absolute limit of what we can play.”

The unpleasant experiences from the recent past should help.

Because the climber is in for a fast-paced challenge – just like a few times before.

"Especially in the games against Stuttgart and Frankfurt, but also in Wolfsburg, we were dealing with teams that have a very high speed in the offensive area," remembers Werner, whereby the spectacular 3: 4 against Eintracht in particular serves as a warning.

At the time, Werner admitted afterwards: "It was the first time since I've been at

that we've been confronted with this tempo, this speed of play." And his team didn't really cope with it.

Werder Bremen versus Bayer Leverkusen: coach Ole Werner and his players have to defend a lot of speed

That should be different this time.

"If you want to defend your opponent's speed, then you have to get the gaps and the space behind the chain properly controlled," he said.

"It has to do with the distances between the different parts of the team and with recognizing when you can be played deeper and when not."

finally found their way into the game against Frankfurt offensively, but could no longer compensate for the initial mistakes .

Also striking: Where

still stood out in the first three games with an impressive pressing, there wasn't that much to see lately.

For

, however, this is a logical development.

"On the one hand, teams now know how we behave.

Nevertheless, we also know how the other teams behave.

The important thing is what you can influence yourself,” he emphasized.

“Two of the last three games had a completely different character.

We played against teams who didn't even try to develop a game with short balls from behind."

Werder Bremen does not want to fall into the Frankfurt trap again against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday

As a result, Bremen didn't really get around to disrupting the opponent early on against the intended clubs VfL Bochum and FC Augsburg.

"Then it's not about winning balls high, but rather having to defend the long balls further away from the goal when running up high," said Werner.

A different picture could now be offered

against

have more opportunities to press.

But that alone is not enough for Werner.

"For us, the following topics are very important: timing, compactness and recognizing game phases combined with the question of when I should start high or when I have to defend rather low." After all, Bremen don't want to fall into the Frankfurt trap again.

Otherwise the away trip to Leverkusen would quickly go to waste.

Unlike in training, the fun would be pretty low.

(mbu)

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