Success in last match of year

Viktor Skripnik and Thomas Eichin look ahead to the last Bundesliga match of 2014 (Photo: nph).
First Team
Thursday, 18.12.2014 / 16:14

History repeats itself sometimes, in football sometimes more often. In the build-up to the last home match of the year against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday 20 December 2014...



History repeats itself sometimes, in football sometimes more often. In the build-up to the last home match of the year against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday 20 December 2014 at 3:30 p.m., memories of last season came up at the pre-match press conference on Thursday.

Going into the showdown with Dortmund, Thomas Eichin is trying to come up with "positive things". And the manager of sport came up with a good example. "I can remember well that we were sitting here a year ago after a loss in Berlin and were also under pressure ahead of the final home match against Leverkusen. We won that game 1-0 and picked up three important points. Why shouldn't we be able to do that against Dortmund?" asked Eichin.

Who will come up with decisive punch?

Werder coach Viktor Skripnik also would like to give the fans something positive at the end of the year. But the coach would not say which players he will use. Levent Aycicek was able to train again on Thursday after missing the match against Mönchengladbach with adductors problems. With that, the 20-year-old, who scored his first Bundesliga goal in the last home match against Dortmund, will be available to the Ukrainian coach on Saturday. Zlatko Junuzovic meanwhile was ordered to sit out of training for regeneration reasons. "Junu has a slightly hardened thigh muscle. But he will be able to play on Saturday," reassured Skripnik.

The coach said he expects a dangerous opponent. Dortmund, who are playing much lower than their expected level, are like a "beat-up boxer. But even they can really punch back." Who can deliver the decisive punch will be decided on the pitch on Saturday.

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