Werder's Austrian duo: "We've proven our strengths"

Sebastian Prödl and Zlatko Junuzovic are good friends on and off the pitch. (Photo: Rospek).
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Tuesday, 06.05.2014 / 12:55

With just the match left at Bayer Leverkusen this Saturday, the expected difficult season for Werder has seen a happy end. In the last home match against Hertha Berlin, Robin Dutt's...



With just the match left at Bayer Leverkusen this Saturday, the expected difficult season for Werder has seen a happy end. In the last home match against Hertha Berlin, Robin Dutt's Green-Whites won 2-0 and celebrated a conciliatory conclusion with their fans at Weser Stadium. Werder's Austrian duo Sebastian Prödl and Zlatko Junuzovic have played an important role in Bremen's success all season.

Because of your yellow card suspension Zladdi, you were only in the stands for the 3-1 victory against Hoffenheim. How nice was it for you to play in front of your fans in the final home match against Berlin? In addition, with such a nice finish ...

Zlatko Junuzovic: "The end in the stadium against Hertha was really great. The fans really created a great atmosphere. It's indescribable how strong they have been for us this season. We are three points closer to our season goal."

What traces have two years of relegation fights left on the team?

Sebastian Prödl: "If you survive unscathed, then it's a lesson. We wanted to avoid the relegation battle this season. Unfortunately we went through it again. Fortunately we didn't need to worry until the penultimate match day like last season. These kinds of experiences can make you stronger. But no one really wants to go through relegation battles all the time."

Junuzovic: "It's an extremely uncomfortable situation, which also affects your private life because you just think about it around the clock. This season didn't go as well as we had hoped. Therefore we need to try to improve in all areas. I am very confident that we will do so."

“We withstood enormous pressure”

What were the most important strengths that helped you overcome the relegation battle?

Junuzovic: "Our biggest strength was overcoming enormous pressure. Unfortunately every time we got a little cushion in the table we let up and suffered an unnecessary loss. But then we showed our strengths with the derby against Hamburg and in the match at Hannover where we played as a compact unit. In that regard, we were better than many other teams."

Basti, head coach Robin Dutt said before the season you would play a leadership role. How would you rate your performances?

Prödl: "It's always difficult to talk about your own performance. But I think that I did a good job fulfilling the responsibility that I was given. The numerous games in which we kept a clean sheet speak for good defensive work. But of course we also gave up a lot of goals. That's a shortcoming that we have to get rid of. But I certainly fulfilled a number of goals that I gave myself. Fortunately, I was able to stay injury-free other than a short period and was fit and fully there in the important stages."

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