Werder Bremen played wildly in their first Bundesliga home win in 583 days. Fans cheered Niclas Füllkrug in a 5-1 win over Mönchengladbach.
A drunken fan raced onto the pitch before the final whistle and the east curve deliberately overstated the impending European Cup storm. After a green-and-white gala at the Weser stadium, the enthusiasm knew no bounds: Werder Bremen are fomenting the Bundesliga as a strong attacking climber.
“We are Werder Bremen! Green and white the emblem”, echoed several rumors about the arena after the 5-1 (4-0) won Saturday night against Borussia Mönchengladbach, “the Weser champions. The phenomenon!” It was the first victory in the upper house of German football in 583 days.A man with a prominent tooth gap had a special part in it: Niclas Füllkrug.
“A huge knot broke out, the first half was world-class,” said the striker, who scored the first two goals. The discussion about whether or not to go to the World Cup will gain momentum. “Gap for Germany”, fans shouted during his interview with Sky.
Moenchengladbach: Sommer – Scally (77. Liner), Friedrich, Elvedi, Bensebaini (88. Netz) – Weigl, Kone (88. Reitz) – Hofmann, Kramer (83. Ngoumou), Stindl (77. Herrmann) – Thuram. – Coach: Farke
Referee: Matthias Joellenbeck (Freiburg)
Injustice: 1: 0 pitcher fill (5th), 2: 0 ducksch (8th), 3: 0 pitcher fill (13th), 4: 0 Bensebaini (37th, own goal), 4: 1 Thuram (63 °), 5 : 1 Wise (73.)
Spectators: 42.100 (sold out)
Yellow paper: – Koné (3)
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After less than a quarter of an hour, the match, which was one-way from the first minute, was actually already decided. Füllkrug (5th) opened the scoring, in the 13th minute the scorer scored again, it was his six and seven goals of the season, so he alone is leading the scorer table.
Meanwhile, his attacking mate Marvin Ducksch ended a 613-minute goal drought. In a phase in which the guests, at least from time to time, threatened the Northern Germans’ goal, it was the 4-0 – own goal by Ramy Bensebaini (37th). After the team change, Marcus Thuram (63rd) has at least scored the consolation goal. Five minutes later, Mitchell Weiser restored the old distance.
Two Bremen records had already been set at half-time. A 3-0 lead after 13 minutes was a Bundesliga club record, and a 4-0 lead after 45 minutes was also a record and Bremen had never been ahead more at half-time. 42,100 spectators greeted the hosts with thunderous applause in the locker room.
Gladbach manager Daniel Farke, on the other hand, trudged into the locker room with a grim face. His protégés let themselves be bought from kick-off and too often they were only second winners in one-on-one duels. Significant: Füllkrug won 81.3% of his tackles as a forward in the first half.
Regardless of the big gap, Farke sent his starting XI back into the field at the start. Borussia was clearly trying harder now, the game was more balanced. Bremen did not worry as soon, but still gave the opponent little chance to develop and moved more and more on the counterattack.
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