1. FC Heidenheim almost crashed the Bremen party on the occasion of the club’s 125th anniversary on Saturday afternoon (February 10, 2024) and took three points from Werder in a 2-1 (2-1) win.
The atmosphere in the stadium, which was very good on the occasion of the club’s 125th anniversary and the biggest fan choreo in Bremen of all time, was quickly crashed by the Heidenheim guests: Lennard Maloney (12th) and Jan-Niklas Beste (18th) brought the FCH 2-0 lead within six minutes. The away team’s celebration had not yet been fully processed when Romano Schmid made the connection for the home team (19th).
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Bremen’s final offensive is unsuccessful
In the second half the game slowed down a lot. The game didn’t pick up again until the 70th minute, when referee Robert Schröder noticed a possible handball from Heidenheim’s Patrick Mainka on the sidelines. Jens Stage shot the ball into Mainka’s hand. But the referee stuck to his decision “no penalty”.
In addition, Ole Werner brought in two fresh offensive players in Nick Woltemade and Rafael Borré – and that quickly paid off. A little later Borré hit the post – Heidenheim was lucky. FCH coach Frank Schmidt reacted to Werder’s attack and aligned his team defensively.
Although the guests weakened the home side’s offensive power, Ducksch was still denied by visiting goalkeeper Kevin Müller, and in seven minutes of stoppage time, Dawid Kownacki put a header on the left outside post. Werner went “all in” with his home team, even keeper Michael Zetterer had a chance to head the ball – but Heidenheim saved the victory over time.
Bremen in Cologne, Heidenheim hosts Leverkusen
On the next match day, Werder will be visiting 1. FC Köln on Friday (8.30 p.m.). Heidenheim plays at home on Saturday, the opponent is Bayer Leverkusen (3:30 p.m.).
