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Worries about relegation are growing: bloodless VfB Stuttgart loses important home game against Bremen

2023-02-05T16:49:19.410Z


VfB Stuttgart lost 2-0 (0-0) against Werder Bremen on matchday 19 of the Bundesliga. The live ticker to read.


VfB Stuttgart lost 2-0 (0-0) against Werder Bremen on matchday 19 of the Bundesliga.

The live ticker to read.

  • VfB Stuttgart – Werder Bremen 0: 2 (0: 0)

  • Ducksch meets: Stuttgart shocked

  • Stage meets: Werder takes the lead

  • Guirassy has to leave injured: Pfeiffer comes

VfB Stuttgart vs. Werder Bremen: Lineups

Line-up VfB Stuttgart

Müller - Anton, Mavropanos, Ito, Nartey (70th Sosa) - Karazor, Haraguchi, Endo, Führich (70th Kastanaras), Perea (46th Dias) - Guirassy (23rd Pfeiffer)

Lineup Werder Bremen

Pavlenka - Stark, Schmidt (70th Gruev), Friedl, Pieper, Groß, Jung - Bittencourt, Stage - Füllkrug, Ducksch

Gates

1-0 Stage (59'), 2-0 Duksch (77')

Conclusion:

That was not enough from VfB Stuttgart.

In addition to the consistency in the last third, the Swabians missed the disciplined Bremen mentality and therefore deservedly lost.

If VfB wants to keep up the class, they have to improve significantly in the coming weeks.

WHISTLE

90 minutes:

Four minutes of added time.

88 minutes:

Stuttgart now mostly has the ball, but doesn't know what to do with it.

The Swabians themselves no longer believe in a turning point.

That is noticeable.

82 minutes:

VfB seems beaten.

Many a spectator no longer believes in the turning point and has left the stadium.

Marvin Ducksch scores 2-0 against VfB Stuttgart

77 minutes:

The preliminary decision?

Marvin Ducksch simply takes a shot from the left corner of the penalty area and the ball hits the upper right corner to make it 2-0.

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Mavropanos (right) unintentionally shot the ball to Stage, who sent the ball in from the edge of the penalty area into the left corner to make it 1-0.

© IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/Wolfgang Frank

70 minutes:

After a long injury break, Borna Sosa comes into play.

Does he now bring new impetus to the Swabian game?

67 minutes:

VfB is still alive.

Karazor puts through to Führich on the right, but his shot is blocked to a corner.

Stage gives Werder Bremen the lead at VfB Stuttgart

59 minutes:

Werder Bremen take the lead out of nowhere: Mavropanos unintentionally ricochets the ball to Stage, who carefully shoots the ball from the edge of the penalty area into the left corner to make it 1-0.

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Werder Bremen takes the lead against VfB Stuttgart out of nowhere.

© IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/Wolfgang Frank

50 minutes:

Nothing has happened here since the restart.

The game ripples along.

46 minutes:

The ball rolls again.

Half-time conclusion:

VfB tried hard, but once again lacked consistency in the last third.

In addition, they have to do without their top striker Guirassy, ​​who left the field injured, which does not make the task easier against lurking Bremen.

In the second half, the Swabians have to shift up a gear.

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VfB goalkeeper Florian Müller clears the ball to a corner.

© IMAGO/Blatterspiel

HALFTIME

45 minutes:

Führich takes heart again and pulls away – but Pavlenka parries.

39 minutes:

Rescue at the very last moment: Nartey unfairly tackles Schmidt, who is rushing towards goal, just before the penalty area.

The subsequent free kick from the sixteen limit sails well over the Stuttgart goal.

38 minutes:

After a long time, VfB appears in front of the goal.

Anton shoots the ball from the right corner of the penalty area on the left over the goal.

35 minutes:

Suddenly the ball wriggles in the Stuttgart net!

Füllkrug had headed in, but the team of referees decided it was an offensive foul.

26 minutes:

In terms of sport, things are meanwhile modest.

Both teams struggle to create dangerous attacks.

VfB attacker Serhou Guirassy has to leave the field injured

23 minutes:

Shock for VfB Stuttgart!

Guirassy has to leave the field.

Luca Pfeiffer comes into play for him.

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Serhou Guirassy and Niklas Stark in a duel.

© IMAGO/Press photo Baumann

15 minutes:

Now the Bremen!

Bittencourt is played free on the right in the penalty area and the midfielder immediately takes aim from the inside.

But Müller is on the post and parried.

13th minute:

The initial phase clearly goes to VfB, who have big plans here.

8 minutes:

What a mistake by Pavlenka!

After a back pass, the Bremen keeper steps over the ball and the rushing Guirassy gets the ball. However, the VfB attacker then only shoots at Pavlenka - a missed opportunity.

6 minutes:

First chance for VfB: Führich enters the penalty area from the left and pulls away.

But the ball hisses clearly over the Bremen case.

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Hiroki Ito (left) and Atakan Karazor (right) in a duel with Niclas Füllkrug.

© IMAGO/Press photo Rudel/Robin Rudel

2nd minute:

The mood in the sold-out Mercedes-Benz Arena is boiling, which is also due to the guests from the Weser.

1st minute:

The ball rolls.

Can VfB Stuttgart win the first Bundesliga season under Labbadia?

The next 90 minutes will tell.

WHISTLE

VfB newcomers Gil Dias and Genki Haraguchi are starting eleven candidates

After his routine performance in the DFB Cup at SC Paderborn (2-1), VfB professional Genki Haraguchi can hope for a starting XI.

Newcomer Gil Dias could also play from the start, as he not only impressed with his goal in the cup and the actual winger from Silas and Tiago Tomas is still injured.

Borna Sosa, who was out for a long time due to a groin problem, should meanwhile be back in the squad.

A starting eleven is still too early for the Croatian, which is why either Nikolas Nartey or Josha Vagnoman should start.

Werder Bremen ended their negative series against VfL Wolfsburg

Werder Bremen got off to a furious start to the season, but had a slump at the beginning of 2023, which caused some worry lines on the forehead on the Weser.

For example, they lost 7-1 against 1. FC Köln and SVW also lost 2-1 at home to Union Berlin.

Coach Ole Werner breathed a sigh of relief on the last matchday when Bremen showed in a 2-1 win against VfL Wolfsburg that they can still do it.

In terms of personnel, the coach has to do without Mitchell Weiser, who is suspended after his fifth yellow card.

In addition, Felix Agu (patellar tendon problems) and Romano Schmid (torn inner ligament) are in rehabilitation training.

VfB Stuttgart is under pressure to play against Werder Bremen

Stuttgart – VfB Stuttgart is deep in the relegation battle.

Under new coach Bruno Labbadia, the Swabians have not yet managed to win in the Bundesliga.

But the coach already has one competitive win on his credit side: VfB won the DFB Cup at SC Paderborn (2-1) and made it into the quarter-finals.

VfB sports director Fabian Wohlgemuth told our editorial team that he would like the team to gain self-confidence from this sense of achievement.

Before the 19th match day, Stuttgart was in 15th place, a whopping eight points behind the promoted team and tenth in the table from Bremen.

Against Werder, VfB, threatened with relegation, is under pressure.

The game kicks off on Sunday at 3.30 p.m. (DAZN) in the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

List of rubrics: © IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/Wolfgang Frank

Source: merkur

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