Werder internationals Theo Gebre Selassie and Kevin De Bruyne both had extra reason to celebrate Friday night as both of their respective national teams won and they both scored their first goals for their countries...
Werder internationals Theo Gebre Selassie and Kevin De Bruyne both had extra reason to celebrate Friday night as both of their respective national teams won and they both scored their first goals for their countries...
Werder internationals Theo Gebre Selassie and Kevin De Bruyne both had extra reason to celebrate Friday night as both of their respective national teams won and they both scored their first goals for their countries. In total, the third match day of the World Cup qualifiers was full of success for Werder's players.
Theodor Gebre Selassie scored his first goal for Czech Republic in the 3-1 win over Malta. The Werder player had a good showing and played the full 90 minutes.
Kevin De Bruyne also tallied a goal in Belgium's 3-0 victory over Serbia and Werder teammate Aleksandar Ignjovski. De Bruyne assisted on Christian Benteke's goal to make it 1-0 and then scored himself for a 2-0 lead after 68 minutes. De Bruyne then enjoyed the fans' applause when he was subbed out in the 87th minute. Belgium lead Group A ahead of their showdown with Scotland on Tuesday. "Iggy" meanwhile played the full match in Serbia's defensive midfield.
Werder's Austrian trio of Zlatko Junuzovic, Marko Arnautovic and Sebastian Prödl could only play to a 0-0 draw against Kazakhstan in Astana. On Tuesday, the Werder trio and Austria take on Kazakhstan again, this time in Vienna.
Greece and their Werder centre back Sokratis meanwhile played to a 0-0 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina. In four days, the Greeks will take on Slovakia, who also have not lost a match in qualifying.
Mehmet Ekici was left hoping for more as the Werder midfielder sat on the bench in Turkey's 1-0 loss against Romania, unable to help his teammates.
While the World Cup qualifiers took place Friday, Werder junior players Johannes Wurtz and Florian Hartherz played for Germany's U20 national team on Wednesday and beat Italy 4-1. Both players are on Werder's squad for the Green-Whites' test match against Dynamo Kiev on Saturday 13 October 2012 at 3:30 p.m.
Francois Affolter meanwhile played the full match as Switzerland's U21 national team played to a 1-1 draw against Germany in Leverkusen. The teams square off again in four days in Lucerne in the playoffs for the European Championship 2013 in Israel. Affolter and the Swiss came up with a solid result for the return leg on Tuesday.
