Werder Bremen missed a partial success in the mission to stay up and is struggling with the annoying goals conceded after the half-time break.
However, there is also no explanation for the weakness: “In the accumulation, as we had recently, you have to say that this is an issue, but I don’t have a conclusive explanation at the moment,” said coach Ole Werner after the 1st: 2 (0:0) against TSG Hoffenheim, threatened with relegation, and the fourth game without a win in the Bundesliga.
As in the 2-2 draw at Borussia Mönchengladbach and the 1-2 draw in Augsburg, the Hanseatic League conceded goals against Hoffenheim right after the break. This time it was even a double strike from Andrej Kramaric (50th minute) and Christoph Baumgartner (52nd), which initiated the Bremen bankruptcy. The issue of susceptibility had been discussed in table eleven in the past few weeks. “That’s why it’s difficult to find a conclusive explanation for that,” Werner added.
TSG’s success was not jeopardized by a goal from central defender Amos Pieper (76′), a shot at the post by Maximilian Philipp and a penalty taken by Werder in injury time.
Hoffenheim can breathe easy
Captain Marco Friedl complained that Werder kept breaking down after half-time and making individual mistakes. In view of the winless series, the 25-year-old Austrian spoke of a normal period that a promoted player goes through. “We’ve said many times that there are phases where you don’t win three or four games. Now it’s such a phase,” he said after the game.
The feeling of the opponent was completely different, who brought in the second win in a row and now has a three-point lead over the relegation rank of relegation. The visibly relaxed Hoffenheim coach Pellegrino Matarazzo took a deep breath after the happy win in Bremen, but did not succumb to relief. “I’m happy about the win, but there’s no relief yet.”
Matarazzo said his team won “not undeservedly” because of the team spirit and the fight. “We weren’t the worse team,” Werner had previously said at DAZN.
Hoffenheim’s eyes are now on the duel between the relegation candidates next Sunday (7.30 p.m. / DAZN) against Schalke: “We have a very important game next week,” said Matarazzo, adding “that we also want to win”.
