Werder must reconsider high goals

Clemens Fritz would have rather not won the Targobank Man of the Match honour and had Werder Bremen collect three points at home.
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Sunday, 24.01.2010 / 08:57

This has not happened in seven years. Werder Bremen had to accept their fourth straight loss in the 3-2 defeat at home against Bayern Munich and now must consider re-thinking...

This has not happened in seven years. Werder Bremen had to accept their fourth straight loss in the 3-2 defeat at home against Bayern Munich and now must consider re-thinking their expectations for the season. "When you lose four times and also don’t play as strong as we have, then we have to forget about goals such as the Champions League or the Champions League qualification. The gap is very big. And uncertainty after the last four games is there," said manager Klaus Allofs loud and clearly. "We have to start another streak, then we have a chance of moving upwards. But for that we need to have a total willingness on the pitch. We have to invest more in our game," added Allofs.

 

The players have already internalised the message and know that they have to concentrate on the basics. "We are not looking at the table today," said Marko Marin. "We can’t risk looking upwards until we start winning again." And defender Per Mertesacker agreed. "We have taken a big hit, we also have a personnel situation. We have to look at the fact that we still grabbed the 2-2 equaliser. There is a lot of potential in this team. But we can’t just talk about that but have to show it as well. We have to try to rediscover ourselves where we see ourselves. So we have to improve game to game," said Mertesacker.

 

Head coach Thomas Schaaf also demands an improvement from his team. "There was an improvement today from the Frankfurt game. And with the performance today we could have maybe gained some points there. But Bayern are a different opponent. It was not enough against them. We absolutely need a taste of success. But for that we have to be better. We have to finally play again the way which distinguished us. But we are in a rut in which it’s difficult to talk about international football," said Schaaf.

 

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