Werder Bremen won the in-official showdown between the champions and cup winners by capturing the 2009 SuperCup. Thomas Schaaf’s team played compact defence in a convincing
Werder Bremen won the in-official showdown between the champions and cup winners by capturing the 2009 SuperCup. Thomas Schaaf’s team played compact defence in a convincing
Werder Bremen won the in-official showdown between the champions and cup winners by capturing the 2009 SuperCup. Thomas Schaaf’s team played compact defence in a convincing and earned 2-1 win in Wolfsburg. Per Mertesacker scored in the 20th minute and Clemens Fritz hit in the 81st with Grafite evening the game in the 67th. Torsten Frings missed a penalty two minutes into injury time.
Wolfsburg:
Hitz – Riether (63’ Pekarik), Barzagli (84’ Simunek), Madlung (46’ Costa), Schäfer – Zaccardo (46’ Ziani), Misimovic, Kahlenberg (63’ Baier), Gentner – Grafite, Esswein (77’ Caiuby)
Werder Bremen:
Wiese – Fritz, Naldo (88’ Pasanen), Mertesacker, Tošiæ (73’ Boenisch) – Frings, Niemeyer (46’ Harnik), Hunt (73’ Özil), Bargfrede (73’ Vranjes) – Moreno (60’ Futacs), Sanogo
Goals: 0-1 Mertesacker (20’), 1-1 Grafite (67’), 1-2 Fritz (81’)
Yellow card: Costa
Red Card: Baier (90’ +1, Handled ball)
Special occurrence: Hitz held penalty from Frings
Referee: Günter Perl (Muinch)
Volkswagen Arena: 18,000 spectators
