End Of The League Cup Road "AufSchalke"

First Team
Thursday, 28.07.2005 / 13:23

On Wednesday evening Werder Bremen bowed out of their first competative tournament of the season. Trainer Thomas Schaafs side went down 2:1 to Fc Schalke 04 in the semi-final of the 'Premiere-League-Cup'. The home side took the lead in the 34th minute in front of a 55,200 strong crowd at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen through Zlatan Bajramovic. Ebbe Sand increased the lead in the 71st minute. Nelson Valdez reduced the defecit in the final minute but time had run too short for Bremen to stage a comeback.

On Wednesday evening Werder Bremen bowed out of their first competative tournament of the season. Trainer Thomas Schaafs side went down 2:1 to Fc Schalke 04 in the semi-final of the 'Premiere-League-Cup'. The home side took the lead in the 34th minute in front of a 55,200 strong crowd at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen through Zlatan Bajramovic. Ebbe Sand increased the lead in the 71st minute. Nelson Valdez reduced the defecit in the final minute but time had run too short for Bremen to stage a comeback.

 

On the whole, Schalke deserved to win the tie but their second goal was to cause an amount of controversy with Ebbe Sand appearing to foul Werder keeper Tim Wiese in the six yard box before heading home. It was a horrendous attempt at a headed clearance by Frank Fahrenhorst that lead to the confusion. Tim Wiese came off his line to claim the ball ahead of Sand, but the 'Old Fox' knew to add enough weight to his challenge on Wiese to nudge him out of his way a leave his path free to head into an empty goal. Referee Helmut Fleischer failed to see a seemingly obvious foul and allowed the goal to stand.

 

'Boro' blows a chance to take the lead

 

Before taking the lead, Schalke were the more penetrative and dominant side. After just ten minutes Kevin Kuranyi shoul have put the 'Royal Blues' in front but was denied by the lightening reflexes of Wiese in the Werder goal and soon after Ebbe Sand had a header curl wide of the post. In the 26th minute Werder launched their first attack on the Schalke goal. Ivan Klasnic spread the play wide to the right were Miroslav Klose swung a delivery across the box to Tim Borowski. The German international somehow managed to slice his effort embarresingly wide with only the keeper to beat.

 

The home side were on the button eight minutes later. A perfectly swung cross from Lincoln on the left found Zlatan Bajramovic who hit a right footed volley with such power and precision that even Tim Wiese at full flight could only get his fingertips to the ball but couldn't deny Schalke the lead.

 

Valdez consolation comes too late

 

Werder improved after the break putting more pressure on their opponents and the introduction of Nelson Valdez for Ivan Klasnic added an extra helping of pep up forward. The wirey Paraguayean hammered a warning shot just wide of Frank Rosts goal in the 63rd minute. Having extended their lead to much dismay from the Werder hopefuls, Schalke looked more likely to score a third than Werder looked like reducing the damage but it was Tim Wiese who saved Werders blusches on two occasions. The 23 year old keeper turned a Lincoln free kick around the post (82') before frustrating the Brazilian again in a one-on-one situation (84').

 

Werder had the better of the closing minutes. Klose broke on the counter and with only Rost to beat he unselfishly passed square to the oncoming Nelson Valdez who rolled the ball into an abandoned goal (90'). Valdez goal was never going to be enough, with the time remaining, for Werder to turn their fortunes.

 

Johnnie Muldoon

 

FC Schalke 04: Rost - Altintop, Bordon, Krstajic, Kobiashvili - Bajramovic, Poulsen (54' Varela), Ernst - Lincoln (85' Hoogland), Sand, Kuranyi (58' Asamoah)

 

Werder Bremen: Wiese - Davala, Pasanen, Fahrenhorst, Schulz - Frings, Baumann (78' Vranjes) - Micoud - Klose, Klasnic (46' Valdez)

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