Werder Bremen enter the final Champions League game in Group C brimming with confidence. Team coach Thomas Schaaf gave clear orders for his side during Tuesday evenings press conference...
Werder Bremen enter the final Champions League game in Group C brimming with confidence. Team coach Thomas Schaaf gave clear orders for his side during Tuesday evenings press conference...
Werder Bremen enter the final Champions League game in Group C brimming with confidence. Team coach Thomas Schaaf gave clear orders for his side during Tuesday evenings press conference: "The maximum goal is still possible and that's what we want to achieve - we're concentrating on the knock out stages and nothing else." The team captain Frank Baumann made clear that this was also understood throughout the team: "Our chances are still quite good, we have to win our home game and Barca are in such good form at the moment that they'll want to show that again in Udinese."
Baumann highly rates his teams chances of reaching their goal: "There is a distinct tension prior to this game but we've always come terms with such situations. You've only got to remember the last Bundesliga game, that we had to win, or the final group game of last years Champions League competition against Valencia." If they are to experience this success, the World Cup runner up from 2002 demands complete concentration from the outset: "We can't afford to sleep the way we did during the opening phases in Athens but I believe we'll be awake right from the kick-off with our fans behind us." Trainer Thomas Schaaf is also of the opinion that playing at home could be a decisive factor in this al so important tie: "In recent times at the Weser Stadium we've managed to provide a dominance that we could turn into results. Here we take the points or, as it is on Wednesday, qualify for the next round."
The Werder trainer was also clear in stating that his men won't underestimate the ask at hand and won't allow his side to be blinded by the recent unease at Panathinaikos Athens: "Of course you here a lot about Panathinaikos but I also know that stuff like that can blind you over 90 minutes. The players can forget about that, we can expect to see a strong Greek performance here."
