Pizarro chasing Allofs

Sandro Wagner, Claudio Pizarro, Sebastian Prödl and Philipp Bargfrede all have plenty of reason to celebrate.
First Team
Saturday, 05.11.2011 / 19:38

It was not an easy task for Werder players to describe Claudio Pizarro's performance in the 3-2 victory over Cologne. Superlatives like extraordinary and world class were used last week when the Peruvian shined in the away victory over Mainz. "Piza" scored all three goals for the Green-Whites...

It was not an easy task for Werder players to describe Claudio Pizarro's performance in the 3-2 victory over Cologne. Superlatives like extraordinary and world class were used last week when the Peruvian shined in the away victory over Mainz. "Piza" scored all three goals for the Green-Whites against Cologne and was the match-winner. "Thank God and Pizarro, we got three points today," said Bremen captain Clemens Fritz. "I told Tim Wiese that Claudio is unbelievable. You cannot really say in words how important he is for us. But he is always present, you can always pass to him and he scores the goals. He is the best striker of the Bundesliga," said Fritz. Aaron Hunt praised his teammate and called him a "goal machine". "Not a lot of strikers are placed where he is on the third goal," said Hunt.

Head coach Thomas Schaaf had a harder time finding words. "I really can't say anything new about him. It looks like he is only getting better with age," said the coach. "Claudio is simply extraordinary. Everything that I said in the last couple weeks was confirmed. He brings us back into the game with the first goal, takes over responsibility with the penalty and then scores to give us the victory. He is on an unbelievable run at the moment and that is lifting him," said manager Klaus Allofs about his goal-getter.

Allofs was also a "goal machine" during his playing days, scoring 177 Bundesliga goals. Pizarro needs just 24 goals to match the Werder manager. "I had always felt pretty secure," grinned Allofs about the shrinking lead. "But if he continues to take jumps like this then I have to come up with something. Maybe we will not play him anymore," joked the Werder manager, who added: "I would gladly give him the mark."

 

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