Werder beat Czech outfit FC Zbrojovka Brünn 2-0 in their final friendly in Zillertal...
Werder beat Czech outfit FC Zbrojovka Brünn 2-0 in their final friendly in Zillertal...
Werder beat Czech outfit FC Zbrojovka Brünn 2-0 in their final friendly in Zillertal. Theodor Gebre Selassie opened the scoring. Fin Bartels grabbed the second.
Line-up and formation: Viktor Skripnik once again made the most of his squad, with only Wiedwald, Junuzovic and Bartels completing the game. Levent Aycicek, Julian van Haake and Felix Kroos missed out through injury; Clemens Fritz also sat out the game due to a personal engagement and headed home earlier than his teammates.
4th Minute: The first chance goes to Ujah but his header is too weak to cause any real problems.
10th Minute: Tidy play from Di Santo and Junuzovic finds Maximilian Eggestein but the youngster's effort is spectacularly kept out by the keeper.
13th Minute: Chance for Brünn! Jan Malik forces Felix Wiedwald into making a save. The ttackers strong effort is tipped behind for a corner.
33rd Minute: Goal for Werder! Theodor Gebre Selassie is the scorer! Junuzovic swings in a delightul corner and the defender heads home to make it 1-0!
68th Minute: Second goal for SVW! Bartels doubles the lead after excellent work from Hajrovic! The latter played a wonderful through ball, leaving Bartels with the relatively simple task of firing home, which he did in style.
Summary: After a tough training camp you could see that the players were tired, but they put in a good performance regardless. Skripnik's men led 1-0 at the break and didn't look back. They fought hard after the break and got the second goal that their endeavours deserved.
Match reaction:
Torsten Frings: "You could tell that they've been working hard in training but everyone did well and we're happy. Keeping a clean sheet was excellent."
Match stats:
FC Zbrojovka Brünn: Melicharek - Malik, Kerestes, Kostál, Bucht - Buchta, Vavra, Chrien, Zavadil - Reznicek, Skoda (70' Pasek)
Werder Bremen: (1st Half) Wiedwald - Gebre Selassie, Gálvez, Lukimya, Garcia - Bargfrede, Bartels, Junuzovic, Eggestein - Di Santo, Ujah
Werder Bremen (2nd Half) Wiedwald - Zander, Pavlovic, Hüsing, Sternberg - Makiadi - Hajrovic, Junuzovic, Öztunali, Grillitsch -Bartels
Goals: 0-1 Gebre Selassie (33'), 0-2 Bartels (68')
Referee: Christoph Schiefer
Attendance: 500
