Anticipation and referee training

Thomas Schaaf is focused but relaxed ahead of the German Cup match against Heidenheim.
First Team
Thursday, 28.07.2011 / 22:19

"We are ready for the cup!" called out Sokratis Papastathopoulos after the last test match before the German DFB Cup start. Following the first match press conference of the season Thursday afternoon, now all of Werder is ready for the season...

"We are ready for the cup!" called out Sokratis Papastathopoulos after the last test match before the German DFB Cup start. Following the first match press conference of the season Thursday afternoon, now all of Werder is ready for the season.

Head coach Thomas Schaaf and manager Klaus Allofs have expressed their anticipation. And it has been clear to see that they are really looking forward to the up-coming season. "Quite a bit of sweat has flown but the atmosphere in this pre-season has been absolutely great," praised Schaaf.

The sports heads are refraining from naming their exact goals for the season. "That wouldn't make any sense now because there are just too many important players missing," said Schaaf. "It's clear with our identity as Werder Bremen that we want to re-establish ourselves as one of the top teams as quickly as possible. We want to achieve as much as possible, and international ranks is the only option. We want to get back there. But it's too early to say if we have realistic chances to achieve that with this team," said Allofs.

The anticipation of the up-coming start of the season is also there for the official referee training group of the German Football Federation DFB. Before the Werder players took the training grounds, a seminar took place on the pitch under the tutelage of Günther Thielking, member of the DFB referee training staff.

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