Bremen opening defeat: This is how the Bundesliga location is in danger

Romano Schmid first went to his knees near the edge of the penalty area with the final whistle. The best footballer, who is currently still under contract with SV Werder, processed the 1: 4 start-up defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt in the crouch-his team had never been found at eye level in the Waldstadion. Actually, the Austrian international had been identified as a sales candidate for this summer, but if the noble technician were still sold, this would hardly be conveyed in the current emergency. “Removing, relegated”, it at times resounded from the fully occupied ranks. The fact that the guest block later conveyed on Schmid and Co. was perhaps the best of a Bremen business trip, which ended with the same findings as in the cup bankruptcy against Arminia Bielefeld (0: 1): In this line-up, Bremen threatens to make its status as a first division location.

The squad is flooded with injuries and sales. Sports Managing Director Clemens Fritz is increasingly the accusation of inactivity, against which Werder’s honorary captain stopped on Saturday. “We’ll do something else,” promised the former professional, who once again referred to the economic constraints: “We can only do what is in our budget.” The framework for the salary structure could not be blown up by actionism on the transfer market.

May be, but the failures of Mitchell Weiser (cruciate ligament tear) and Jens Stage (foot problems), two of the most reliable supports and best scorers of the past few years, have long been known. The greatest need is currently in the outer positions in the chain of four. On the left, Felix Agu with false passes in front of three (!) Of the four goals by Can Uzun (22nd), Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (25th and 47th) and Ansgar Knauff (70th) an appearance as well as the trained central defender Julián Malatini. After all, Frankfurt’s U21 international Elias Baum will soon come.

“There are a few things to do, that’s clear,” says Bremen’s new coach Horst Steffen

It is unlikely that the entire transfer backlog dissolves up to the “Deadline Day”. “There are a few things to do, that is clear,” said coach Horst Steffen, 56, who quickly summarized the one -sided game: “In total, it is a fair result because the harmony was better. And we can continue to work.” The primary task is to acquire the “necessary intensity”. The coach, who came from SV Elversberg, found the debut of “Two boys from the A-youth” positively; The substitute Patrice Covic and Karim Coulibaly were meant, but youth promotion will hardly be left over the Bundesliga remaining. Anyone who looks at the opening program – games against Leverkusen, Gladbach, Freiburg and Bavaria – will find the first candidate at the classic false start on the Weser.

In retrospect, it becomes more and more clear why Ole Werner, who just barely scratched the European Cup twice with Werder, was so dissatisfied with Bremen’s transfer policy that it was ultimately separated. In the Werder environment, the frustration grows with every day that passes without reinforcements. After all, Karl Hein, a goalkeeper from Arsenal, was borrowed. The national goalkeeper Estonia, 23, is to become a competitor to Talent Mio Backhaus, 21. Although the successor of the stem keeper Michael Zetterer, sold to Eintracht and barely required, was blameless at the counter hits, but in the penalty area the goalkeeper hardly got a ball with bleached hair.

Captain Marco Friedl aptly classified the mixed debut of the new number one: “Unhappy for him. He was unsure twice while getting out. It is not perfect from the start.” Otherwise, the head of the defense, which is strongly opinion, bit on the tongue on the overarching topics. Only one thing had to get rid of the green and white spokesman. He had confused him that Sky reporter Katharina Kleinfeldt held him for the new Frankfurt goalkeeper because of his Zetterer jersey: “I am a Werder-Bremen player if you don’t know.” Later in the mixed zone, the Austrian, which has been playing for the North German since 2018, showed little understanding of the confusion, after all, the moderator had already interviewed him after the bus. “It was quite strange and actually ridiculous,” said Friedl and added succinctly: “What can I say? It fits the situation.” Then he hobbled into the cabin with a bandage around the knee.