With courage, diligence and a lot of commitment, at least in the last of the two relegation matches, Werder Bremen has avoided the threat of relegation from the football League but still. A 2:2 (1:0) filed the first League club on Monday at 1. FC Heidenheim to the table third in the second division, ultimately due to the away goals rule to the Class to remain in Germany’s highest football class.

Jan Ehrhardt

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the Bremer mainly benefited from an early own goal by Heide home Norman Theuerkauf (3. Minute) and a late hit by Ludwig Augustinsson (90.+4), but, in particular, by the significantly improved performance compared to the 0:0 in the first leg last Thursday. The Heidenheim goals from Tim Kleindienst (85., 90. +6) change nothing more.

“I’m just glad and happy that we did it. We were so often dead. Shit season, good end,“ said Werder coach Florian Kohfeldt at DAZN. “I know what it means for the city and what it means for the people.” Already before the match, he had found the right words, his team predicts that it is very, very important that you keep a cool head. “The mixture of a cool head and emotions will be in addition to the Football is the key.” And this requirement was to be a team consistently.

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unlike the Heidenheim, which was to be noted the great tension and nervousness clearly in the light of this important match, which can allow you to have the first Bundesliga rise for the club from Baden-Württemberg, joined Bremen from the beginning, urge focused and with a great Offensive. It was a surprise, it was in the first meeting of the two teams four days ago, all of these qualities to see, almost nothing at all. Not so, however, on this cool and cloudless evening, with Almost every Pass found its target, nearly every path was wrong. And so it took just 55 seconds before striker Joshua Sargent appeared for the first Time in front of Heath, home goalkeeper Kevin Miller.

The coach Frank Schmidt had set up his Team with two attackers in the storm center, Tim Kleindienst and Denis Thomalla, significantly more offensive than in the first leg. “If you want to win, you must score a goal”, and he said simply. However, this Plan did not. On the contrary, Not only Theuerkauf made border, with its completely victim of liberation from the own penalty area, the goal is exactly the way in the upper-left corner of the own goal took place (3.), for the worst possible game to maintain. Heidenheim was also far too vulnerable to quick counter-thrusts, Werder have found a lot of easy routes through the Swabian ranks. First, Milot Rashica (9 examined.) Müller by a long shot, shortly after Davy Klaassen’s head. Bremen was in these early minutes is already more dangerous scoring chances than in the whole of the first leg.

“We have not lost a game and it’s still not done, this is brutal,” said Heidenheim-captain Marc Schnatterer after the game. And his Trainer added: “It is no matter how it has come to be, We are excreted. Right now, the disappointment prevails.“