Kohfeldt on the game: in Wolfsburg, Werder take on the best defence in the league. The Werder head coach is expecting a “very physical and aggressive” defensive team, which has an extremely flexible back line. However, Oliver Glasner’s side is not impenetrable. “Of course they take calculated risks at times”, explained Kohfeldt, who went on to clarify their strengths, “they have two very physical centre backs and centre mids, who break up play.” Kohfeldt gave warning sin regards to their “dangerous wide-men”, who track back and attack well. How he plans to reign in the “wolfpack” remains a secret. “We will worry about how we can create chances.” But Florian Kohfeldt wouldn’t be Werder’s head coach if he had no answer to the conundrum.
The last meeting: In the past, Werder have often instilled fear in the Wolves. Last season’s 1-1 was simply a continuation of recent good results. From the last seven games against Wolfsburg, Bremen have taken 17 points of a possible 21 and are undefeated in this period. Yet, this was not apparent in the match in the Rückrunde last season until Max Kruse brought SVW level at 1-1.