Crucial victory in Freiburg

Sandro Wagner just after his first goal in the Bundesliga.
Claudio Pizarro
Monday, 07.03.2011 / 08:27

Werder Bremen snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Freiburg 3-1 on the 25th game day of the Bundesliga to leave the relegation ranks. Sandro Wagner, Claudio Pizarro and Marko Marin scored the goals for the Green-Whites...

Werder Bremen snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Freiburg 3-1 on the 25th game day of the Bundesliga to leave the relegation ranks. Sandro Wagner, Claudio Pizarro and Marko Marin scored the goals for the Green-Whites, who started the day in 17th place but ended it on 14th. Papiss Demba Cisse had equalised the game from the spot for Freiburg.

Sandro Wagner after his goal

Head coach Thomas Schaaf made two changes to his line-up with captain Torsten Frings and Petri Pasanen coming in for the injured Dominik Schmidt and the suspended Clemens Fritz. The Green-Whites had the better start to the game and the first chance though Florian Trinks shot wide in the seventh minute. Werder took the lead in the 12th minute as Claudio Pizarro's shot was cleared at the line to Sebastan Prödl whose shot was re-directed in by Wagner for the 1-0 lead. Freiburg gained a bit more run of play though Tim Borowski shot wide late in the first half, which ended with Bremen ahead 1-0.

Schaaf did not make any changes at the break and Freiburg evened the game in the 49th minute on a penalty. Tim Borowski took down Erik Jendrisek in the area, and Cisse stepped up to the spot and struck home to equalise at 1-1. Freiburg appeared to make it 2-1 but Oliver Barth's goal was disallowed in the 57th minute. Schaaf reacted two minutes later bringing in Marko Marin and Marko Arnautovic for Wagner and Trinks. The move paid off in the 76th minute as Marin snatched a mistake by Maximilian Nicu and passed over to Pizarro, who struck into the lower left corner for a 2-1 Bremen lead. Arnautovic had a chance to finish off Freiburg but his chance was stopped by Oliver Baumann, who also made a fine save on Leon Balogun in the 88th minute and Pizarro in the 90th minute. But he could not stop Marin, who had a long run two minutes into stoppage time before rounding the keeper and chipping home the decider.

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