Werder Bremen did not cover themselves with glory as a Bundesliga club in the cup: In the first round there was a 2: 3 at third division team Viktoria Köln. Nevertheless, there are bold tones before the start of the Bundesliga against FC Bayern Munich.
For Werder’s captain Marco Friedl (25), despite the Hanseatic League’s elimination from the third division cup, a win in the Bundesliga opening game on Friday (August 18, 2023, 8:30 p.m. / DAZN and Sat.1) against FC Bayern Munich is not utopian.
Bremen’s Friedl: “Bayern are beatable”
“Of course we need a completely different performance than in the cup, but Bayern are beatable,” said the Austrian in a Sky interview on Tuesday, August 15.
However, the statistics clearly speak against a home win for the North Germans in the sold-out Weser Stadium. SVW’s last win against the defending champions (5:2) was almost 15 years ago in the Allianz Arena. Since then there have been four draws and 22 wins for the record champions.
Friedl is probably not interested in the statistics, he only sees the current chance that Bayern are battered and vulnerable after the 0: 3 in the Supercup against RB Leipzig. Even top star Harry Kane (30) can’t change that.
Friedl says: “Of course we’re all happy that such a player is playing in the Bundesliga.” But: “There have been one or two strikers in my career that you had to defend,” said the 25-year-old Austrian. Friedl was trained at Bayern from 2008 to 2018.
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Werder and the former permanent rival from Munich will open the new season in the Bundesliga next Friday. In the 1980s and 2000s, Werder was Bayern’s closest competitor in the league. However, since September 2008, Bremen have not won against the German record champions.
That should change now! “We need this absolute top day and will try to finally do it again after 15 years,” said Friedl. “We are all professional athletes. If we didn’t have in mind that we could win these games, then we would be out of place.” (sid, dpa)
2023-08-15 18:30:33
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