Cleverness missing in front and back for three points

It may be hard to believe but it's true. Werder dominated but only drew 1-1 with Gladbach.
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Sunday, 15.02.2009 / 13:11

It was not an easy question for Werder fans to ask themselves after the final whistle. Should they be more aggravated about the missed chances or about the goal allowed coming out of nowhere...

It was not an easy question for Werder fans to ask themselves after the final whistle. Should they be more aggravated about the missed chances or about the goal allowed coming out of nowhere? For the club bosses, it was no choice. Head coach Thomas Schaaf said: "I am more aggravated about the goal allowed than about the missed chances. We worked so hard to get the lead and then just give it away a couple minutes later."

 

Manager Klaus Allofs could understand his head coach's feelings. "There was hardly any time to really have a good feeling about being in the lead, and the ball was in the goal again. That is really aggravating. We patiently fought for the 1-0 lead and only three minutes later Gladbach do it so easily. It is disappointing that at the moment we just don't have the quality in the back to keep things from burning. This giving away of points is the difference between playing among the leaders and being stuck in the midfield."

 

Torsten Frings agreed: "We have to accept the blame ourselves. We can never give up a goal like that. We just don't have the cleverness." But it seems that Bremen lacked the cleverness in front of Gladbach's goal on Saturday as well. The stats tell a clear tale: 35-6 shots on goal for Bremen, 19-2 corners, 53-12 crosses. "That was unbelievable. I cannot explain it. We had so many 100 percent chances. We would have deserved the victory. But we didn't have the coolness. And correcting that will get harder and harder the longer this phase of nothing working goes on," said Frings, shaking his head after the final whistle.

 

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