Bargfrede fully back: Seven months of sitting out finally came to an end on Sunday as Philipp Bargfrede was subbed in for Felix Kroos in the 74th minute and played his first Bundesliga...
Bargfrede fully back: Seven months of sitting out finally came to an end on Sunday as Philipp Bargfrede was subbed in for Felix Kroos in the 74th minute and played his first Bundesliga...
+++ Bargfrede fully back: Seven months of sitting out finally came to an end on Sunday as Philipp Bargfrede was subbed in for Felix Kroos in the 74th minute and played his first Bundesliga minutes of the season. The 25-year-old midfielder, who underwent a knee operation after last season, had been able to train with the team for the last couple of weeks but finally celebrated his comeback. WERDER.DE says: It's great to have you back Philipp! +++
+++ Debut for Strebinger, premiere for Caldirola: All of a sudden, things went very quickly for Richard Strebinger. When regular keeper Raphael Wolf got injured while giving up the goal to make it 2-1 in Frankfurt, the 21-year-old was called upon for his first competitive match for the Werder professional team. The Austrian was between the posts in Frankfurt for more than half an hour, albeit not having much of a chance on the three goals he conceded. The game also saw a premiere as centre back Luca Caldirola scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 79th minute. +++
+++ Song for Skripnik: A couple of weeks into taking over his post, the cult around head coach Viktor Skripnik is becoming larger and larger. Werder's team 11 sponsor Radio Bremen even came up with a song for him. "Of course I am happy about that and it's nice. My daughter already uses the song as the ring tone on her phone. If it keeps going like this, maybe there will be a film about me soon," said Skripnik with a smile on his face. Here is the song in full length. +++
+++ Support from home: Injured Franco Di Santo and suspended Alejandro Gálvez were not able to cross their fingers for their Green-Whites teammates live in Frankfurt, but the Argentinean and Spaniard watched the game on TV with WERDER.TV at the Bremen restaurant Leos. While there was still hope at half-time, the disappointment was clearly on the players faces after the 5-2 loss - just like their teammates in Frankfurt. But Di Santo and Gálvez were quick to look forward. "Now we have to get three points against Hanover," was the message. +++
