As of: February 2, 2024, 1:36 p.m
By: Marius Winkelmann
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Werder Bremen coach Ole Werner warns about the ailing opponent before the game at FSV Mainz 05 (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker).
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SV Werder Bremen faces 1. FSV Mainz 05 on matchday 20 (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker) and wants to achieve their third win in a row.
The preliminary report from the DeichStube.
Bremen/Mainz – Sick boxers, it is said, are the most dangerous.
And
FSV Mainz 05
, as is clear before the home game against
SV Werder Bremen
on Saturday (3:30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker), is more than just ailing.
The troubled Rheinhessen have been waiting for a win for eight league games and have only managed a single three-pointer in the current season.
So it's no wonder that the record of the second-to-last team in the Bundesliga during this period reads like that of a relegated team: five draws and three defeats, plus only three (!) goals scored.
Although the team has stabilized defensively in the last few games under the direction of new coach
Jan Siewert
, there is virtually nothing going forward.
On the Weser, at SV Werder, the mood could change after the recent series of successes (seven points from the first three games in 2024, unbeaten in six games), the entry of the regional investor group and the three winter transfers of Julian Malatini, Skelly Alvero and most recently Isak Hansen-Aarøen, on the other hand, can hardly be better.
Especially since the latter two received their permission to play in time and are therefore expected to be in the Green-Whites' squad for the first time in the Mewa Arena, where 4,000 Werder fans are expected.
Werder Bremen in the live ticker against 1. FSV Mainz 05: Ole Werner praises Mainz's winter newcomers
Ole Werner
will definitely not
underestimate his upcoming opponent.
On the contrary: “I thought Mainz's performances in the last few weeks were better than the results suggest,” says the 35-year-old coach of
SV Werder Bremen
and emphasizes: “Mainz has a good team and a clear idea of how they want to play ." In addition,
1. FSV Mainz 05
has also significantly strengthened itself in the last few meters of the winter transfer phase: midfielder Nadiem Amiri moved from league leaders Bayer Leverkusen to the other side of the Rhine, and striker Jessic Ngankam from Eintracht Frankfurt also joined Zero fives.
Two immediate aids in the relegation battle, which also allow Ole Werner to judge: “They have a lot of Bundesliga experience and will certainly strengthen Mainz.”
Nevertheless, in the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital, they know what the hour has come.
It is essential to score points against Werder Bremen and in the catch-up game against Union Berlin on the following Wednesday in order not to lose sight of the connection to the safe haven at an early stage.
“We still have the chance to avoid relegation,” emphasizes
Christian Heidel
, before the sports director of
1. FSV Mainz 05
adds pathetically with a view to the game against
Werder Bremen
: “We need all of Mainz!
Bremen has to play against an entire city!” Mainz coach
Jan Siewert,
on the other hand, focuses more on football: “We want to create scoring opportunities with courage and enthusiasm.
We look more at ourselves than at Bremen.”
Werder Bremen in the live ticker against 1. FSV Mainz 05: Ole Werner warns against a competitive and hectic game
The North Germans, who are coming with a tailwind, also have four groundbreaking games against their direct competitors in the coming weeks:
FSV Mainz 05
, 1. FC Heidenheim, 1. FC Köln and Darmstadt 98, after which, with optimal results, a huge step towards staying in the league could be made.
But
Ole Werner
doesn't want to look that far ahead.
“We would be wise to focus all the energy we have on the next task.
We don't look any further, you don't always have to open up the big picture."
says the head coach of
SV Werder Bremen
.
This means: First of all, after the victories against FC Bayern (1:0) and Freiburg (3:1)
, SV Werder Bremen
should concentrate fully on the game at FSV Mainz 05 - and if possible follow up with the next three points there.
Which should be difficult enough.
“The stadium will be full and atmospheric.
It will be a competitive and hectic game because Mainz play very straight and won't give us much room,” warns
Ole Werner
about
FSV Mainz 05
's aggressive style .
And further: “We respect the task and know that we will be challenged in all areas.
But we still have the confidence to score points again.” Even against a dangerous, ailing boxer.
(mwi)