What a European cup night?! What a victory?! And what a great team?! The pictures of Werder's celebrations at the HSH Nordbank Arena tell a great story about a sworn unit...
What a European cup night?! What a victory?! And what a great team?! The pictures of Werder's celebrations at the HSH Nordbank Arena tell a great story about a sworn unit...
What a European cup night?! What a victory?! And what a great team?! The pictures of Werder's celebrations at the HSH Nordbank Arena tell a great story about a sworn unit. Seconds after the huge triumph, a group of Werder players raced to the sidelines, picked up injured defender Per Mertesacker and carried him and his swollen ankle over to the team's fan curve to join the celebrations. Already there were the overjoyed captain Frank Baumann, who literally risked his neck for the winning third goal; and Sebastian Prödl, who was subbed in for "Merte" and played excellent in reaching his second final in his first season. Also in the middle of the celebrations were Daniel Jensen, on crutches after an Achilles tendon operation; and Claudio Pizarro, who once again scored a critical goal.
"All of Bremen can be proud of this team. And I hope the mood stretches out over the entire region in the next couple weeks. I know that expectations are gigantic but you can be happy right now for this team. Reaching two finals is something extremely extraordinary," said manager Klaus Allofs. And Torsten Frings added: "Our coach Thomas Schaaf gave us a vision of the extraordinary feat we could achieve if we reach both finals."
Claudio Pizarro was also beside himself in joy after the nerve-racking match against Hamburg. "I have never been in a European cup final. But now we have achieved that. We gave everything we had and our fans can see that we never game up," said Pizarro. And now the Green-Whites want to finish the deed and bring home the trophy. "Now we need to win both cups," said Tim Wiese. And Clemens Fritz added: "We want to go down in the history books. Now we need to use our chances to win the titles."
