EThis level of nervousness was rarely at the level of rstligan. Werder Bremen and FC Heidenheim fought hard in the first of the two relegation matches, at least devotedly on this Thursday evening, after which all important questions remained open. The strong Swabians earned the 0: 0 for the extremely weak home Germans this season, because they appeared fearless from the start and Werder was involved in a variety of duels for over ninety minutes. In addition, the Bremen lost their playful line more and more. After the 0-0 in the first leg, Werder is threatened with the second Bundesliga relegation after 1980 in the second leg this Monday (8:30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga relegation as well as with DAZN and Amazon Prime).
A horror performance for fans of the club, which is popular throughout Germany and looks back on a miserable season. On the other hand, Werder has been better away this season than at the Weserstadion, and everything goes on from 0-0. However, without the Bremen captain Moisander, who saw the yellow-red card in the 87th minute. Another handicap for the Bremen team on the way to the decisive game in Heidenheim.
Bremen coach Florian Kohfeldt then spoke of a “bad game”. His team had not implemented the plan. Nevertheless, the coach was still confident: “The only advantage is that it is 0-0 at half time. Heidenheim has not scored an away goal. We have a final on Monday. We have to score an away goal. ”Werder striker Niclas Füllkrug also saw it this way:“ We can take home that we are weak at home and strong at home. ”Heidenheim coach Frank Schmidt, on the other hand, was satisfied, who spoke of a“ very disciplined performance ”. It was one wheel in the other. “If we can do one, it will fall and get up again. We confirmed that today. You have to be able to deal with pressure, that is part of it. ”
Old size is ephemeral
Old size is ephemeral, and a duel with a growing opponent is particularly tricky when it comes to two trembling games. Here the SV Werder: Blessed years ago with four German championships, six DFB cup wins and a triumph in the European Cup winners’ cup – but today in the greatest risk of falling. There the up-and-coming FCH, promoted three times under coach Schmidt, from fifth to fourth, from fourth to third and from third division to second division. While the Bremen team saved themselves in a last Bundesliga effort by the remarkable 6: 1 victory over 1. FC Köln for the time being from the crash into the second division, the Heidenheimers interpreted as third in the table in the 0: 3 defeat in Bielefeld against the second division champions Arminia not even a bit like first division format.
Football, however, is weatherproof and a day-to-day business, and so Schmidt had said before the business trip to the first relegation game on the Weser: “The clocks are set to zero, we want the sensation and want to try everything for it.” the Heidenheim-based Swabian even spoke of a “life chance” for his players, which he called to the courage with the slogan, “sometimes you have to try the impossible to achieve the possible”. On the other hand, his Bremen colleague Florian Kohfeldt was satisfied with the late upswing of his team and the nerve test passed against Cologne, but immediately prevented the feeling that he might have survived the worst. Ultimately, “not tactical matters would decide, but mentality, intensity and the willingness to withstand the pressure”.
Opportunities shortly before the end
The Heidenheimers did not lack the right mentality in the first 45 minutes. Again and again they involved their even higher-class opponents in pressing moments and put Werder so consistently that the Bremen almost never got over harmless ball relays. The more aggressive appearance of the FCH in a 3-3-2-2 system seemed more coherent, as a result of which rooms in front of their own goal were compressed and space was found for the game to the front. However, the first round did not offer any noteworthy opportunities because the gap to the goal shot did not open up here and there.
This continued after the break, so that even the sky rumbled about this more and more frayed, minute-less game and set gruesome signs with thunder, lightning and heavy rain. The nervousness at Werder continued to grow, as evidenced by a number of bad passes. This did not result in a really liberating act until the end, even if the Bremen had their big chance when Heidenheim’s keeper Kevin Müller could not hold the ball. Josh Sargent’s shot was cleared just before the goal line. On the other side, Timo Beermann put a header just next to the goal.
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