Will and dedication good, result not enough

This free kick from 17 yards by Marko Marin went just over Hannover’s goal. It would have given Werder the lead late.
First Team
Monday, 14.02.2011 / 07:27

Unconditional dedication with a corner comparison of 11-3 and 67 percent ball possession - but in the end Werder Bremen collected "only" one point from the small North Derby against Hannover. "The team did well today but in our situation this one point is...

Unconditional dedication with a corner comparison of 11-3 and 67 percent ball possession - but in the end Werder Bremen collected "only" one point from the small North Derby against Hannover. "The team did well today but in our situation this one point is too little. It was neither a step forward nor a step back because we are running in place on the table," said manager Klaus Allofs. Even clearer was Sebastian Mielitz, who once again showed a good performance for the suspended Tim Wiese: "Draws do not bring us much in the moment. Slowly we need to start getting some victories." Per Mertesacker, who provided the equaliser, was also not satisfied with the one point. "Today's 1-1 is definitely too little. We absolutely wanted to win," said "Merte".

"You could see that we tried everything. But we put ourselves in a bad position with their goal. Until then we had done things very well and were successful in putting the opponents under pressure," said Thomas Schaaf. "We prepared the actions very well and it looked good until getting to the area. But we did not finish it off," said the aggravated Bremen head coach, who praised his players for their excellent dedication. "In terms of will and dedication we cannot accuse anybody of that today. But you could see that not everything is working."

 

Torsten Frings expects similar close matches in the coming weeks. "We know that we are in a serious situation and have to watch out not to drop into the relegation spots," warned the captain. "It will be very close every game day, therefore we have to concentrate entirely on ourselves. But if we keep fighting like this, we will win again soon." Clemens Fritz is also convinced of that. "We saw that everybody fought for the other. We need that in the coming weeks as well," said Fritz.

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