After victory in Düsseldorf, Werder wanted to follow up with a win against Hoffenheim and start a successful run to fight their way out of the danger zone from the start of the year. There’s no faulting the attitude, but it was not enough for the three points, partly due to Werder’s lack of goal threat at one end, but also due to conceding the kind of goals that you tend to concede "when you’re down there," as Florian Kohfeldt put it after the 3-0 home defeat. Werder’s head coach is well aware that there will be repercussions: "We were not unprepared for this situation. Before Christmas, it felt like we were in freefall, but that is not the case now," he explained. The plan is to not panic and show a positive reaction in Augsburg on Saturday at 15:30 CET. Against an "aggressive opponent" who are on a three-game wait for a win themselves, this will be no easy task, but Kohfeldt made clear: "The lads are ready for it."







