"I loved playing at Weser Stadium"

Diego looks back on a wonderful three years along the Weser and is looking forward to returning to Weser Stadium.
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Friday, 29.04.2011 / 04:08

Diego wore the Green-White diamond-clad jersey for three years. And the dribbling artist returns to Weser Stadium Friday night with Wolfsburg for his first appearance here since departing Werder. WERDER.DE spoke with the 26-year-old Brazilian ahead of the showdown....

Diego wore the Green-White diamond-clad jersey for three years. And the dribbling artist returns to Weser Stadium Friday night with Wolfsburg for his first appearance here since departing Werder. WERDER.DE spoke with the 26-year-old Brazilian ahead of the showdown.

Hello Diego, what feelings do you think you'll have in your first appearance at Weser Stadium as an opponent of Werder Bremen?
It will be strange but something special. I always loved playing at Weser Stadium. I always identified myself with the atmosphere and the Werder fans. It will be a great thing Friday and I am really very much looking forward to the game.

Since your transfer Weser Stadium has received a face-lift. How do you think the fans will welcome you Friday night?
I was always welcomed very friendly from Werder fans. So I assume that it won't be any different Friday night. Despite the sports rivalry, there is still a good relationship from both sides.

Did you make any contact to former players ahead of the game? Are there players with whom you regularly talk on the phone?
Yeah, of course. Actually I talk to Naldo regularly on the phone and also talk to Clemens Fritz on occasion as well as the former Bremen players Mesut Özil and Hugo Almeida.

Many Werder fans secretly wish you would return to the Weser! Have you thought at all about that or could you imagine playing again in Bremen?
I really don't want to talk about future plans at the moment because the current situation has absolute priority, and it wouldn't be fair to the club. But regardless of that, of course I wouldn't totally close the door to a club that gave me so much fun for so many years. You never know what the future holds. I don't want to rule out a return to Bremen, but not at this time. I have a lot of goals that I want to reach with Wolfsburg, where I am very happy.

 

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