The Nuremberg professionals trudged off the field in frustration. The anger at the “Club” was great after the 1: 2 (1: 0) against Werder Bremen in a gripping and high-intensity football game. One week after the first defeat away from home, 1. FC Nürnberg was hit at home against in the second division on Friday evening. With the second defeat of the season, coach Robert Klauss’s team missed staying at the top of the table. “We couldn’t control the game after the break,” commented Klauss.
Striker Niclas Füllkrug (80th minute) and substitute Leonardo Bittencourt (88th) turned the game around with their late goals for Bremen, who were unable to exploit their chances for a long time and repeatedly despaired of the outstanding goalkeeper Christian Mathenia.
Mathenia described the defeat as “very annoying”. “That wasn’t good enough for a home game, too passive,” said Christopher Schindler. The central defender missed the courage in own possession after the 1-0. In front of 25,000 spectators in the sold-out Max Morlock Stadium, Nikola Dovedan, who is only 1.71 meters tall, headed a precise cross from Taylan Duman into the Bremen goal in the 19th minute. “I had the feeling that the goal didn’t help us,” said Schindler. Füllkrug and Bittencourt rewarded the assault of the powerful attacking guests in the second half.
The “club” did not manage to provide enough relief and hardly ever came to deals offensively. “The way we did it, it was foreseeable. We let ourselves be pushed in,” said Schindler of the goals conceded late. The Nürnberger stay at 21 points.
There was intense action on the lawn. Werder’s shortcoming was the conclusion for a long time. Marvin Ducksch failed several times due to strong Mathenia, as did Manuel Mbom and Romano Schmid. A free kick by Ducksch hit the post (71.). “Mathenia made the game of his life. He saved everything,” said Werder coach Markus Anfang.
“The defensive line still did a good job,” said the angry Mathenia. Nuremberg’s mask man Asger Sörensen bravely threw himself into the duel in defense a week after a cheekbone fracture in his face. After the break, Tom Krauss also made a 45-minute comeback after his concussion from the cup game against Hamburger SV.
The offensive flywheel was Mats Möller Daehli just before the break. The Norwegian repeatedly evaded the man marking by Bremen Ilia Gurev by dodging on the wings. After a solo on the left, Möller Daehli also gave Duman a great chance to make it 2-0, but his shot was blocked on the line (22nd).
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