Werder Bremen suffered their first 2008/2009 pre-season defeat on Saturday evening in front of 8,000 fans in Bremerhaven. The Green-Whites were deservedly beaten 1-3 by Turkish side Trabzonspor Kulübü.
Werder Bremen suffered their first 2008/2009 pre-season defeat on Saturday evening in front of 8,000 fans in Bremerhaven. The Green-Whites were deservedly beaten 1-3 by Turkish side Trabzonspor Kulübü.
Werder Bremen suffered their first 2008/2009 pre-season defeat on Saturday evening in front of 8,000 fans in Bremerhaven. The Green-Whites were deservedly beaten 1-3 by Turkish side Trabzonspor Kulübü.
Early on Werder could have taken the lead but Sebastian Prödl’s header was magnificently saved by keeper Kivrak whilst at the other end, Tim Wiese was called into action minutes later to save from Tayfun Cora. Then, in the 34th minute, Umut Bulut put the Turkish side in front with a delicate lob over the advancing Werder keeper. Shortly afterward, Werder could have considered themselves unlucky not to have won a penalty when Rigobert Song appeared to take down Markus Rosenberg in the box but the referee saw no infringement. Just before the break, Hugo Almeida came within centimetres of connecting with a pass after some clever play between Frings and Hunt but the Portuguese international failed to make contact and the Turkish side took their narrow lead into the break.
Werder had the first chance of the second period through Sebastian Prödl but it was soon 2-0 for the Turks. Ibrahim Yattara profited from a poor pass by Petri Pasanen and fed Gökhan who doubled his sides lead (53’). Werder reacted positively to the situation and were back in the tie in the 65th minute when Sebastian Boenisch drove home a low shot but the Green-Whites hopes of recovery were short lived. Göhkan restored the two goal lead for Trabzonspor with his second strike of the evening to seal the tie for Trabzonspor and doom Werder to their first defeat of the pre-season preparations.
As part of the German Football League (DFL) foreign initiative, Werder Bremen will be in action again this Tuesday, 05.08.2008, against Levski Sofia.
The game at a glance:
Werder Bremen:
Wiese (46‘ Vander) - Fritz (46‘ Pasanen), Naldo, Prödl, Boenisch - Baumann (46‘ Özil), Frings (64‘ Vranjes), Jensen (64‘ Niemeyer), Hunt - Rosenberg (85‘ Husejinovic), Almeida (46‘ Sanogo)
Trabzonspor:
Onur Kivrak (46’ Tolga Zengin)- Hrovoje Cale (84‘ Giray Kacar), Rigobert Song, Egemen Korkmaz, Tayfun Cora (70’ ferhat Cökmüs) - Ceyhun Gülselam, Selcuk Inan (86’ Solmaz), Ibrahima Yattara (77’ Baris Memis), Serkan Balci - Gökhan Ünal (86’ Adnan Güngör), Umut Bulut
Goals: 0:1 Bulut (34’), 0:2 Gökhan (56’), 1:2 Boenisch (65’), 1:3 Gökhan (84’)
Attendance: 8.000 at the Nordseestadion in Bremerhaven
