Werder Bremen News

Sour news for Aron Jóhannsson and Werder Bremen. The striker must undergo an operation in Tübingen for his left ankle and will not return to team training for a further three months.

On Tuesday afternoon, while thirteen Werder players are away with their respective national teams on international duty, a new training week has begun for the rest of the squad at the Weser-Stadion. Philipp Bargfrede trained individually this afternoon and will continue to train alone for the rest of the week. Niklas Moisander has also returned to team training.

The plan: There are exactly 14 days between the Gladbach game and Werder’s next match in Freiburg. That gives the team a lot of time to work on things following the 1-3 defeat. Head coach Florian Kohfeldt wants to avoid any knee-jerk decisions and focus on “a good, long week of training” before the next game. Werder won’t be playing a friendly during the international break. There are too few...

For the third time already this season, an international break will put Bundesliga football on hold for a weekend. For head coach Florian Kohfeldt, the break has not exactly come at a bad time. A total of 13 Werder players took off for international duty after the game against Gladbach. Aside from a number of scheduled friendlies, many of Werder’s internationals will be fighting for some...

Werder fell to a 1-3 home defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday. “We made mistakes and didn’t get the goals when going forward. We didn’t set ourselves up for a good game,” said Max Kruse after the game. Florian Kohfeldt’s side have some work to do following their second home defeat in a row. “We don’t need to question our groundwork, but we need to work on the individual mistakes,” said...

Werder suffered a 1-3 home defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach this afternoon. It was a tight first half with both sides respecting each other and waiting for the opposition to slip up. It took Werder 20 minutes to really announce themselves in the game, but they still failed to create any real chances. Borussia made Werder pay for their lack of bite just before the break, when Alassane Plea put...

Flexiblity is an important trait which has been useful for Werder so far this season. Whether the team plays 4-3-3, a flat 4-4-2 or the traditional diamond, the different formations have the potential to shape Werder’s game. Thus it isn’t surprising that head coach Florian Kohfeldt has a number of plans in his head for every games.

Florian Kohfeldt wants his team to approach this Saturday’s home match against Borussia Mönchengladbach with courage – doing so will help Werder get back to winning ways. Coach Florian Kohfeldt believes that the Green-Whites have learnt from back-to-back Bundesliga defeats and are ready for their next opponents. On Saturday at 15:30 CET, the Foals, who recently lost to Freiburg in the Bundesliga...

When Florian Kohfeldt names his team on a matchday, like all Bundesliga managers, he names seven substitutes. However, this could be about to change. The DFL Commission spoke out in favour of increasing the number of substitutes from seven to nine at the beginning of the week. A decision is still to be made.

There’s a 20-year age different between Claudio Pizarro and Johannes Eggestein. One brings experience and has an unparalleled eye for goal, whilst the other has started to cement himself in the Werder first team in his third year as a professional. Pizarro believes that Eggestein is “an ice-cold striker.”

The DFL confirmed the dates for matchdays 15-21 on Wednesday morning. Five of Werder’s games will take place on Saturdays, with a couple of big games being chosen for the late kick-off at 18:30 CET. The games against current table-toppers Borussia Dortmund and Europa League side Eintracht Frankfurt will be played under the lights.

Nuri Sahin has never played against Borussia Dortmund, the club where he came through the youth academy. This was likely to change this season, as the midfielder left to join Werder. However, with the Green-Whites now being drawn against BVB in the cup, Sahin could now face his old side three times this campaign. When asked if it was a dream tie, the midfielder replied “It would be if we were...

Building on what wasn’t done well: Werder will quickly shake off yesterday’s disappointment in Mainz, work on the performance and then look ahead to next weekend. This is exactly how the team started their Monday morning after their 2-1 defeat in Mainz. The squad started the new week with a training session on Monday morning and further sessions await the team in the forthcoming days. “We will...

SVW were beaten 2-1 in Mainz on Matchday 10. “We left it too late to start playing football. It was a case of too little, too late,” explained Maximilian Eggestein after the game. It was the second defeat in a row for Werder in the Bundesliga. “We will speak to the players. But it is not worth having a meltdown over,” said Werder coach Florian Kohfeldt.

Werder have dropped to sixth place in the Bundesliga table after losing 2-1 in Mainz. The home side were focussed from the start of the game and had the better of the chances. Mateta put Mainz in front (25’) after a missed clearance from Niklas Moisander. They then made it 2-0 in the second half through Gbamin (51’). Florian Kohfeldt responded by bringing on both Johannes Eggestein and Claudio...

SV Werder will face Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 of the DFB-Pokal, with the game taking place in the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. The draw was made on early Sunday evening. The match will take place either on Tuesday, 05/02/19 or Wednesday 06/02/19. An exact kick-off time will be named at a later date.

Florian Kohfeldt has a lot of difficult decisions to make these days. Philipp Bargfrede and Niklas Moisander have both returned from their respective injuries and are in the mix to start against Mainz. Johannes Eggestein, Florian Kainz and Martin Harnik, amongst others, also performed well in the DFB-Pokal mid-week. Florian Kohfeldt will have a selection headache, but it’s a good problem to have.

Werder Bremen overcame their DFB-Pokal hurdle against Flensburg without any problems, now the attention returns to Bundesliga action. Florian Kohfeldt’s side travel to FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday evening (18:00 CET) on matchday ten of the Bundesliga season. The Green-Whites travel to the Rhine valley with fond memories of previous trip to Mainz. Here is our preview to the match.

Philipp Bargfrede and Niklas Moisander have returned to training following their recent injuries. Both trained with the rest of the team on Friday afternoon.

Werder secured a commanding victory in Lübeck tonight, winning the game 5-1 and advancing to the round-of-16 of the DFB-Pokal. “We were focused, and we did what we came here to do,” said head coach Florian Kohfeldt after the game.