Something must have happened this week. After SV Werder Bremen had totally failed the re-start of the Bundesliga with the 4: 4 against Bayer Leverkusen, there was now a completely different Bremen team to be seen for the second time. The 1-0 win on Saturday in Freiburg was followed on Tuesday evening by a remarkable 0-0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Bremen – Four points from two games against the seventh and fourth in the Bundesliga – Werder Bremen has in Relegation battle impressively reported back. For coach Florian Kohfeldt it’s not a surprise, and it’s definitely not the result of any hocus pocus between games. It is due to the better personnel options due to less bad luck for injuries and the hard training during the break due to the corona pandemic. But that is not a guarantee of staying in the class. “We are not at the stage that I can say: If we continue like this, everything will be fine. We still have seven finals, that must be clear to all of us! ”Kohfeldt emphasizes. He receives support from the head of sports Frank Baumannwho after the draw against Borussia Monchengladbach made a clear appeal to the team: “There is no reason to relax now. We’re still 17th, we still have a lot of catching up to do. ”
Werder Bremen does not play against Borussia Mönchengladbach like a relegated team
But at least it plays Werder Bremen no longer like a relegation candidate. Against Leverkusen it looked as if this team could no longer be saved. Against Freiburg it was a combative resurrection that, with a bit of luck, led to the 1-0 victory. Apparently this threesome then brought the necessary self-confidence to fight Gladbach daring to playfully again. “I have been confirmed in my assessment that we are physically on a completely different level than before the break. So we can play our game very differently again, ”says Florian Kohfeldt and explains: “If Davy Klaassen, Maxi Eggestein, Leo Bittencourt, Yuya Osako, Josh Sargent or Milot Rashica can follow the paths they have followed in this game, and still not when they get the ball on their feet, they can are dead, then we have another way to play football. “
The numbers prove Bremen’s new fitness. Against Freiburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach, Kohfeldt’s team has run more than their opponents. Decided against Gladbach Werder Bremen even the sprint classification (225: 197) for itself, which was rare this season. In the end, the green-whites also looked fresher than the guests from the Rhineland. Davy Klaassen and Co. would have deserved to win with their brilliant final sprint and the best chances through Davie Selke. “It’s a shame that it only became a point, but we are happy to take it with us against such a good opponent,” says Baumann.
Werder Bremen in the relegation battle: The direction is right again after 0: 0 against Gladbach
The direction is right. It works again Werder Bremen. But of course not by itself. Especially since not every opponent will do Bremen the favor of wanting to play. It is quite possible that a much more defensive thinking team will be waiting for Schalke. For that has to Florian Kohfeldt now find more solutions. But he has been in good spirits for a long time because the personnel requirements would offer him more variations, he says. Against Borussia Monchengladbach the coach could even afford to have the winning scorer from Freiburg sit on the bench in Bittencourt. “I said to him: ‘Leo, we still have so many games, I now have the opportunity to adjust certain things. Then you come in the 60th minute, ”reports Kohfeldt. The plan would have worked almost perfectly. Substitute Bittencourt, who was very good for the game with his freshness, just missed the winning goal.
An important factor for Florian Kohfeldt is that the players take this path with the SV Werder Bremen call, are not disappointed when they are not playing. That applies above all to the top performers. Now everyone had to stand in the service of the team. Obviously it works. The loud support from the substitute bank is the best proof of this. On and next to the square, Kohfeldt expects “101 percent in terms of passion and intensity”. The club slogan “100 percent Werder”, which is already getting on in years, has probably had its day. For the relegation class more is needed, is the credo of the trainer, which seems to have arrived in the minds of everyone involved. Maybe that’s exactly what happened in the past week. (knee)
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Match report of May 26, 2020:
Zero number as another encouragement: Werder Bremen against Mönchengladbach close to victory
Werder Bremen has continued the small upswing in the Bundesliga. Against Borussia Monchengladbach While it was not enough for the hoped-for victory, the 0-0 not only stopped the uncanny Bremen series from seven home defeats in series, but was also to be seen as another clear progress of the penultimate table due to the performance shown. In the end, the hosts in the empty Weser Stadium were closer to victory than the fifth in the table from Gladbach. A foul on caused a lot of discussion Davy Klaassenwho was not punished with a penalty.
Werder Bremen: Christian Groß starts – Nuri Sahin not in the squad
Bremen had to go into the game against the foal elf without leading figure Kevin Vogt. The hip injury, suffered on Saturday at 1-0 in Freiburg, did not allow an assignment. And because Philipp Bargfrede was also missing due to his yellow-red ban, coach Florian Kohfeldt had to experiment in the defensive midfield. However, he did not do this Nuri Sahinbut with Christian Groß. That says a lot about Sahin’s declining status. The former Turkish international did not even make it into the squad despite the shortage of staff on his position.
Groß acted on the “Six”, but expanded the defense chain at Gladbacher Ballbesitz as another central defender. The system is well known and it worked very well. Werder Bremen acted defensively very disciplined and also had forward-looking actions. One even brought a top chance for Klaassen. The Dutchman ended up too imprecise after presenting Theo Gebre Selassie, his shot posed no problems for Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer (12th).
Werder Bremen: Referee deny “clear penalty”
The scene followed seven minutes later, which was the big topic between Kohfeldt and referee Manuel Grafe (Berlin) was. Klaassen and Borussia world champion Christoph Kramer’s paths crossed in Gladbach’s penalty area – and slow motion showed that Klaassen was not defeating long, but because Kramer had brought him down with a kick on the right foot. Klaassen complained, but neither Grafe nor his video assistant (VAR) responded.
Incomprehensible, because for actions like this there is the video referee. Kohfeldt therefore told the referee team with anger hidden behind the face mask: “That was one clear 911. “Gräfe disagreed, there was a heated debate between the coach and the impartial. And the ghost scenery in the Weser Stadium allowed Graefe’s argument to be heard: contact outside the penalty area and Klaassen had sunk to the ground beforehand. Classic fall in love.
Werder Bremen with good chances against Borussia Mönchengladbach
Besides this excitement, the first half had offered a lot of football chess. Tactics were key – Werder Bremen turned out to be equal to the Champions League contender from the Lower Rhine. The Borussia radiated only through long-range shots from Florian Neuhaus goal danger. After the early Klaassen chance, however, Werder did not have any further options. As a result, the break went goalless – and SV Werder, the league’s shooting gallery for a long time, was able to proclaim three halves in a row without conceding a goal to have stayed.
Milot Rashica opened the second stage of the game with a massive free kick that Sommer could only clap. Friedl’s margin cleared Tony Jantschke (50th). Because the next chances also belonged to the Bremen team – Rashica failed due to summer, Klaassen crashed over (56th / 57th) – had to be acknowledged that the Relegation candidate dominated against the top team. Not that Gladbach was crushed by the pressure, but at least the Bremen game worked. It was almost an hour before Borussia reappeared dangerously in front of the Bremen gate. Niklas Moisander, however, cleared the cross from Marcus Thuram.
Werder Bremen: Davie Selke fails freely to Yann Sommer
The scene nevertheless proved to be a harbinger of a stronger Gladbach phase. And if Thuram hadn’t played the pass on the started Stindl too imprecisely, it would have been Werder Bremen probably fallen behind (70th). But the zero was still there – to the dismay of Bremen, on the other side and despite a big summer mistake. The goalkeeper defeated the ball against Bremer, Sargent’s attempt to shoot got caught in the jungle of Gladbach defense (73.). Shortly afterwards Leo Bittencourt tried from a distance – over (76.). It was the sixth Bremen goal finish since the break. Until then, Gladbach had only one. The second one was almost sitting. Neuhaus’ attempt missed the Bremen gate by just centimeters (78th).
Now a long game characterized by tactical constraints was revived again, the goal scenes piled up – and one minute before the end of regular time, the substitute was Davie Selke free before summer, but did not get the ball past the Swiss. That could have been the victory. Now Bremen have to fear that the teams from Düsseldorf (against Schalke 04) and Mainz 05 (at Union Berlin) placed directly in front of them in the table will continue to pull away. (csa)
Photo gallery: Werder against Gladbach without goals, but with passion
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Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach: live ticker for reading
Whistle Werder Bremen plays 0-0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach. That would have been signed before the game. If you look at the chances of the green-whites, you come to the conclusion that there was more in it.
90 min + 3: Bartels again on the way to the Gladbacher Tor. But three opponents are too many. It remains at 0-0.
90 min + 3: Throw in Werder, far in your own half. The game is over in 30 seconds.
90 min + 2: Will Werder get another chance?
90 min: There is three minutes of stoppage time.
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – Davie Selke with the chance of the game
89 min: Werder is on here! Selke maybe with the chance of the game, from which he just came to the free shot in the penalty area. But his technique is too calculable and Sommer is almost in the right corner before the ball even leaves Selke’s foot.
88 min: A Werder corner flies through friend and foe. Werder remains in possession of the ball and comes to the header through Selke. Too central, too little pressure! There was more in there again!
87 min: Pavlenka flies again into the left corner, where the play equipment flies after a plea shot from Plea. Good parade, which was whistled in advance because of a handball from Plea.
86 min: Last change on the part of the Bremen. Finn Bartels gets a couple of minutes. For him, Milot Rashica gives way.
85 min: And again the chance for Werder. Rashica has space in the penalty area and crosses towards Selke. The winter new addition does not come to the ball.
84 min: Plea in the Bremen penalty area. The Frenchman is decisively disturbed by the very strong Christian Groß. What Gross delivers today is incredibly good.
82 min: In terms of personnel, Gladbach can do better. Herrmann and Benes come for Thuram and Kramer.
81 min: There are actually three points here. Werder felt the better chances, but still cannot set the decisive punch.
80 min: I will now line up with several good opportunities. First Klaassen fails with a cross, then Bittencourt with a direct acceptance after Rashica was able to stage the two well in each case! A Bremen goal would not be undeserved.
78 min: Now it goes back and forth. Florian Neuhaus does not have enough yet and pushes the ball again, just from a distance, just past the goal. That was his fourth shot on goal.
77 min: Leo Bittencourt with a tight shot from a distance. The ball just goes over it. Summer wouldn’t have stood a chance there.
73 min: That was Josh Sargent’s last action. Davie Selke comes for him.
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – summer error, Sargent over it
73 min: It was almost there: Bittencourt and Friedl attack summer and are successful. Sargent comes to the shot from the second row, but cannot accommodate the ball in the goal – also because it is blocked. Here’s how it works: Forcing your opponent to make mistakes and then making capital out of them.
72 min: Double changes on the part of the guests. Bensebaini and Hofmann come for Jantschke and Stindl.
71 min: Good luck for Werder. Thuram tries to fit on Stindl. But it was played too imprecisely. Repelling Werder.
69 min: Still nine changes possible. Who will bring fresh legs next? At Werder, Selke, Bartels and Woltemade could also set offensive.
67 min: Gladbach is now putting more pressure. Werder’s defensive holds up.
64.Min: While Ginter is lying on the ground because Klaassen kicked him in the face with both hands, we can dig out a few statistics: shots on goal 6: 6, corners 6: 3, possession 45%: 55%. The most important statistic is the score. And there are two big zeros on the scoreboard.
63 min: Thuram gets a pass in the barrel. Large and Eggestein clarify in a community union.
62 min: Florian Kohfeldt makes the first change of the game. Leonardo Bittencourt, scorer against Freiburg, steps on the grass for the much improved Yuya Osako.
60 min: Stress in the Bremen penalty area. Marcus Thuram, son of the French world champion Lillian Thuram, does not finish. The next corner is well defended.
59 min: Almost two thirds of the game has been completed. Werder still keeps up well and regularly comes up with opportunities. This was not expected before the game.
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – Klaassen has another chance
57 min: After bustling in the Gladbach penalty area, it is again Klaassen who comes to a conclusion. His shot goes over the case. You have to take advantage of such an opportunity.
57 min: Rashica on the short post again. Again this Swiss goalkeeper is on the spot, who has brought Werder to despair so often.
56 min: Velkjovic sends Sargent outside. As is so often the case, it is run by the attentive Gladbachers.
53 min: Amusing situtaion on the sidelines. Florian Kohfeldt discusses a throw-in situation with Manuel Gräfe. In times of Corona you can also hear something like this via the external microphones.
51 min: Rashica pulls the ball straight into the left corner. Summer parries well to the side, where Friedls also leaves the margin situation unused. Still a great campaign by the home side.
50 min: Interesting free kick situation for Werder. Rashica places the ball 25 meters in front of the goal.
48 min: Yellow card for Tony Jantschke, who kicks Sargent. For him too, this means that he is allowed to take a game break. It was the fifth.
47.Min: It is not only Mönchengladbach that has been exemplary in defensive behavior with standards. Werder is also currently not indebted to anything here.
46 min: The game is running again!
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – goalless draw at the break
Halftime. Manuel Gräfe whistles for the break on time. Werder was able to keep up against the Champions League candidate from the Lower Rhine and could even have taken the lead when Davy Klaassen came free to shoot. A few minutes later, there should have been a penalty for Werder. But referee and VAR saw nothing. Nevertheless, you can build on the performance of the first half.
43 min: In the last minutes Gladbach seems to have gained a slight overweight in possession. The game has shifted to half of the home eleven. Werder should survive the last minutes before the break unscathed.
41 min: Milos Veljkovic is booked for a tactical foul. That is one with consequences. The Serb will be missing against Schalke on Saturday because it was the fifth yellow card.
40.Min: On the other side the corner of the Bremer on the short post. Gladbach strongly defends the standards.
37 min: Florian Neuhaus wants to know it from a distance today. The third attempt is the best. Jiri Pavlenka has to go really long to defuse the ball.
35 min: The free kick goes flat in the Bremen penalty area and becomes a Werder counterattack. The long ball on Eggestein arrives, but the ball jumps to the Bremen eighth, so that the opportunity is wasted. Too bad.
34 min: Theo Gebre Selassie sees the first yellow card of the game. The Czech is late against Thuram and catches him by the foot. Reasonable decision by veteran Manuel Gräfe.
30 min: Surprise effort Christian Groß has so far been flawless. Yuya Osako also knows how to please by going directly into the duels at speed.
28 min: Neuhaus is staged again. From about 20 meters he hits the ball over the goal.
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – both teams on an equal footing
26.min: Up to this point, the green-whites have presented themselves at eye level and with Klaassen’s chance from the 12th minute even had the best opportunity to take the lead so far.
24 min: Will be up front again. Rashica is just blocked at his shot.
22.min: A shock moment for Werder. After a long ball on Thuram, Pavlenka jumps in the French with both arms ahead. Fortunately, his initial cries of pain do not turn out to be sustainable.
19.min: In the repeat, you can see a foul by Kramer on Davy Klaassen, which could have given a penalty. However, the VAR apparently did not find it necessary to look at the situation.
19.min: Werder has been doing really well so far. Again, Rashica can directly recapture the ball.
18.Min: Marco Friedl surprisingly kicks the corners from the right today. And they are not that bad. But summer is still paying attention.
17.Min: Foul the Gladbacher in a half position. Rashica kicks the ball towards the penalty spot, but Thuram heads the ball away. But Werder, in the person of the previously strong Christian Groß, recaptures the ball and takes a corner out.
15 minutes: This is how it can be done. Werder now forces a few balls and thus comes to share of possession in the opposing half.
13.Min: The next corner ends up in the five-meter room, where Yann Sommer is on hand. Niklas Moisander prevents him from catching the ball. Free kick Gladbach.
12.min: The best chance of the game – on the part of the Bremen team. Gebre Selassie puts the ball in the middle, where Klaassen pulls directly. Summer is on the spot and clears the corner, which leads directly to the next Bremen corner.
11.min: Long ball from Pavlenka on Sargent. The young US boy can control the ball and keep it in his own ranks. It has often looked very different this season.
9.min: Friedl is far too easy to take out of the game, which is why the Gladbachers can relatively easily push the ball into the box. Pavlenka then spreads out on the long post and clarifies the situation.
7.Min: Gladbach tries both wings early. On the right is Stefan Lainer, who will mainly meet Marco Friedl today
4.Min: The guests have the first conclusion of the game. Due to the early pressing of Marco Rose’s team, Werder loses the ball. Oscar Wendt is released on the left wing and plays in the back. Florian Neuhaus shot poses no danger to Pavlenka.
2.Min: The corner kick lands on the first post where Osako extends into the empty space.
1.Min: Werder straight forward with speed. That leads to the first corner.
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – kick-off in the Weser Stadium
8:30 p.m .: The game is running! Gladbach toasts!
8:29 pm: There is currently a minute’s silence for the victims of the Corona crisis. The teams are already distributed around the center circle.
8:28 pm: At least to address the cabin Kevin Vogt was with the team. Another proof of the importance of this game.
8:25 pm: The referee of the game is Manuel Gräfe today.
8:20 pm: With now seven home defeats in a row, Werder could today catch up with Tasmania Berlin (65/66) and Hansa Rostock (04/05), who each received eight home defeats in a row.
8:18 pm: A look at the statistics shows that Werder is particularly vulnerable at home: ten winless home games in a row leave anyone who keeps up with Werder cold and cold.
8:15 pm: When the game kicks off in around 15 minutes, the guests are all about an important victory for reaching the Champions League spots. At the weekend there was a setback against the direct opponent Bayer Leverkusen.
8:12 pm: After the 1-0 success in Freiburg, the Werder fans have a little hope again. Against Mönchengladbach, however, a further increase in performance will be needed to keep points in the Hanseatic city.
8:09 pm: In the first leg, at Gladbacher 3-1, Bensebaini and Hermann met twice. Both are waiting on the bench for their assignment.
8:05 pm: One more word about the Gladbach line-up: The foals are running with full offensive power. Marcus Thuram, Alassane Plea and Lars Stindl want to pose problems for the Bremen defenders today.
8:00 p.m .: Werder is offering three anniversaries today. Milos Veljkovic and Niklas Moisander each play their 100th Bundesliga game today. Yuya Osako is running for the 150th time in the top German division.
7:56 pm: Kohfeldt doesn’t even put Sahin on the bench. Instead, the 20-year-old Bundesliga greenhorn Ilia Gruev takes a seat there today. In addition, their colleagues Stefanos Kapino (goal), Sebastian Langkamp, Michael Lang, Ludwig Augustinsson, Fin Bartels, Nick Woltemade, Davie Selke and Leonardo Bittencourt are waiting for their substitutions.
7:53 pm: What does Groß ’Aufstellung actually tell us about the importance of Nuri Sahin? After the Freiburg match, Kohfeldt had declared that the former Turkish international had not been taken into account for “sporting reasons and tactical considerations”. He said nothing about the 31-year-old’s attitude, shape, and current quality. The fact that Kohfeldt now prefers a solution with Groß, who has spent most of his career in the third and fourth leagues, rather than a solution with the nationally and internationally decorated Sahin, can not only have tactical reasons.
7:48 pm: But where will big play? In the central defense of a chain of five or in defensive midfield where his real sporting home is?
7.45pm: Christian Groß in the starting XI – that was last in December 2019 when the 1-6 against Bayern Munich. Since then, the 31-year-old, who had been brought up to the pros at the start of the season because of a shortage of staff from the U23, has only been used once – for ten minutes at the 1-2 in Augsburg.
7:42 pm: A quick look at the left side of the defense: there is play Marco Friedl, not Ludwig Augustinsson. The Swede is part of the squad, but an assignment from the start is obviously too early after a long break. Friedl had recently convinced in Freiburg and quickly got a grip on the muscular problems that troubled him after the game.
SV Werder Bremen against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the live ticker – Groß and Osako in the starting XI
7:38 pm: The second surprise in the starting eleven bears the name Yuya Osako. The Japanese had only been substituted in the past three games, but is now preferred to Leo Bittencourt, the match winner from Freiburg. Probably a charge control for Bittencourt in the English week. In the storm center, Kohfeldt again chose Josh Sargent – the weak Davie Selke is only sitting on the bench again.
7:35 pm: It was not enough for Kevin Vogt. The defensive specialist is missing from the Bremen squad because he suffered a hip injury in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over SC Freiburg. It is a surprise who coach Florian Kohfeldt sends to the square instead of Vogt: Not Nuri Sahin, but Christian Groß. As in Freiburg, Sahin is missing from the lineup. Johannes Eggestein is not there either.
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19:30 o’clock: Overview of the Bremen team: Pavlenka – Veljkovic, Moisander, Groß – Friedl, Klaassen, Osako, M. Eggestein, Gebre Selassie – Rashica, Sargent
7:25 pm: Above all, it will be interesting to see whether Kevin Vogt made it into the matchday squad in good time.
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7:20 pm: Welcome to the live ticker for the game of SV Werder Bremen against Borussia from Mönchengladbach. Here we start with the lineups.
To the preliminary report of May 25, 2020:
Werder Bremen: turnaround? The fourth attempt must be against Gladbach
Bremen – Anyone who has touched the hot stove once as a child knows that it is better not to do better again. And who this season as a fan of Werder Bremen on the turn who hoped for the good, who knows: don’t do it again, it hurts too. Despite all the painful experiences, the belief that everything will be fine is reawakened even after the 1-0 victory of the second to last team at SC Freiburg. The hard-won success as a change of course? It would be nice for Werder, but the story of this season says something else. And that’s not a good omen for the home game against Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday (8.30 p.m., live on TV on Sky, Live ticker in the dike room).
Matchday 13 delivered a 3: 2 at VfL Wolfsburg. Matchday 14 then a 0-1 at home against SC Paderborn. On matchday 18 Werder won 1-0 at Fortuna Dusseldorf, the game was lost 0: 3 against 1899 Hoffenheim. And the sensational 3-2 in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup against Borussia Dortmund was followed by a more than sobering 0-2 home defeat against Union Berlin. In other words: As soon as a tender smile sneaked into Bremen’s faces this season, there was the next chin hook. And what appears to be the end point of a crisis and the starting point of one Upswing had been a flash in the pan.
Werder Bremen has to reload against Gladbach in the Bundesliga crisis
That explains why Werder coach Florian Kohfeldt is so careful with the recent 1-0 in Freiburg and also for Werder Bremen favorable results of the competitors commented little emotionally. “I’m not concerned with what the others are doing. We have to score – the other one will come or it won’t come. “
In fact, crashing Mainz defeats like the 0: 5 against Leipzig or last minute goals for Fortuna Dusseldorf like the 2: 2 in Cologne do not help if Werder does not now and then win his own what-now-complex With Results refills. Kohfeldt: “I rely on everyone in our company to understand that we now only have finals. We cannot allow ourselves to be in a different constitution than on Saturday. ”
Werder Bremen hopes to learn from Borussia Mönchengladbach
There was commitment and passion, Werder Bremen acted like a team that opposed itself with all its might descent stems. And yet the performance of Freiburg against the fifth in the table from the Lower Rhine will not be enough, head of sport Frank Baumann warns: “Gladbach is an absolute top team, we have to go a step further. ”And Kohfeldt sincerely wishes that the important 1-0 finally brought the learning effect that the other victories had not delivered:“ I hope that the success of the Team confidence means that we can win games. And I hope the team saw exactly what we need to win these games. ”
Of course, he also said sentences like this after Wolfsburg, Düsseldorf and Dortmund. And of course he is currently thinking about why there were always setbacks. “That was the main point that we discussed with my team of trainers in the past day and a half, and it really concerns me,” says Kohfeldt. His boss Frank Baumann, on the other hand, would like to ignore the topic: “It doesn’t matter what was in January, February or last autumn.” (Csa)
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