With a 3:1 (1:1) home win over SC Freiburg, Bremen improved on the surprising success of the previous week, remained unbeaten in the sixth Bundesliga game in a row (three wins, three draws) and jumped to 9th place in the table.
Bremen earned their success through a concentrated defensive performance and efficiency in the end. Overall, it is impressive to see how the team has grown little by little over the past few months and has now been able to defeat two top teams in a row, Munich and Freiburg.
Werder without Weiser
The Bremen team surprisingly had to do without Mitchell Weiser (muscular problems in the adductor area). Felix Agu took over the right flank for Munich’s goalscorer. Olivier Deman moved into the starting line-up and played on the left side, where Agu had last played.
Marvin Ducksch returned to the team after serving a yellow card suspension. For him, Nick Woltemade moved back into second place. Leonardo Bittencourt, who was also suspended against Munich, had to give way to Senne Lynen.
Agu in the style of Weiser
In true Weiser style, Agu joined the attack after seven minutes and narrowly missed a cross from Justin Njinmah. What referee Robert Hartmann missed: Sidillia stepped on Bremen’s heels on the way to the ball. The VAR reported. Penalty for Werder. Ducksch securely converts to 1-0 (9th)
Then there was a five-minute break because chocolate coins sailed from the Werder block into the penalty area. The weekly protest against the DFL’s investor regulations, for the consistent application of the 50+1 rule and the commercialization of football.
Freiburg takes the initiative
When it was possible to play again, Freiburg took command. Höler failed with a diving header past the brilliantly reacting Michael Zetterer in the Werder goal.
Eight minutes later the ball was in the Bremen goal. Vincenzo Grifo gratefully accepted a penalty from Olivier Deman to make it 1-1 (27th). Werder’s left wing player stumbled into Weißhaupt’s heels in a safe situation, unfortunately in the penalty area.
Njinmah scores to make it 2-1
After the break, Jens Stage had the first chance, but hit his long-range shot over the goal (51′). Two minutes later Justin Njinmah also tried with force but at the same time with precision. His shot from 17 meters hit the bottom left – 2-1 for Werder (53′).
In contrast to the first half, Werder stayed on the accelerator after taking the lead again and did not let Freiburg take the initiative again, but was also unable to take advantage of Freiburg’s disorder to score the decisive third goal.
Chance to decide
So it remained a tight box but without any great chances on either side. Freiburg moved the game back into the Bremen half, Werder was waiting for a counterattack. Leonardo Bittencourt got the ball in the center circle, immediately grabbed it and hit the crossbar (82′). Nick Woltemade prevailed in the best Gerd Müller style, but Freiburg’s keeper steered the ball towards a corner. Felix Agu missed the best chance to decide, free in front of goal after a fine pass from Woltemade (87th).
Then the Weserstadion celebrated Julian Malatini’s dream debut. The young Argentine, who had just come in for Agu, continued courageously in the opponent’s half, won the ball, moved towards the goal, let Atubolo get out cold and pushed the ball in to make it 3-1 (90th + 3). You can’t imagine better.
Werder: Zetterer – Stark, Friedl, Jung – Agu (90th Malatini), Schmid (72nd Bittencourt), Lynen, Stage (86th Groß), Deman – Ducksch (72nd Woltemade) Njinmah (86th Borré)
2024-01-27 19:58:20
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