The 2008 European Championship qualifiers are entering the final phase and although Germany have already secured their place at next years tournament in Austria and Switzerland, there are still a number of Werder players who will be hoping to pick up points with their countries and book their place at EURO 2008.
Just five days after beating Werder Bremen in the UEFA Champions League, Lazio Rome, and with them the whole of Italian football, are at the centre of one of the darkest days in the countries footballing history.
Werder Bremen club captain Frank Baumann has not yet given up hope of taking part against Karlsruhe SC in the Bundesliga on Saturday despite having had his nose broken in a clash with a Lazio player in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Many are still shaking their heads in awe of what they are seeing: „We are about to face an opponent who are good, confident and have achieved something astounding in the league so far”, said Thomas Schaaf
Werder Bremen have made a further slip-up in their Champions League campaign. The Green-Whites performed disappointingly on the night and deservedly lost 2:1 (0:0) to Lazio Rome.
The crisis at Lazio was topic number one at the pre-match press conference on Monday evening ahead of the Champions League clash in Rome. Following a run of defeats in the ‘Serie A’, the Italians are hoping to turn things around with a win in the Champions League.
Fired up and determined to make an impression in this season’s Champions League, the Werder Bremen players climbed aboard one of the two planes stationed in Bremen on Monday morning...
With their win against Hansa Rostock, Werder Bremen have settled themselves comfortably amongst the top three in the Bundesliga and can now focus confidently on their up-coming tasks.
Werder Bremen have notched up their fifth back-to-back home win in the Bundesliga. The Green-Whites enjoyed a narrow 1:0 over Hansa Rostock in a tense northern derby.
In a certain aspect, Hansa Rostock is the ultimate example of effectivity. Just one in the clubs history did they ever manage to win a national championship. In 1991 they became the last East German ‘Oberliga’ championship.
The pick of the ties in the round of the last sixteen of the DFB Cup is, without a doubt the clash between Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen. At the same time the Werder reserves will face the challenge of current German champions VfB Stuttgart.
A concentrated second half performance in the second round of the DFB Cup on Wednesday, 31.10.2007 was enough to see Werder Bremen cruse past MSV Duisburg with a 4:0 win which means the Werder professionals will join their reserves in the last sixteen of the competition.
The ‚Killer‘ is back !!! After more than ten months break, Ivan Klasnic returned to the football stage on Wednesday night – and with great success as he helped the Werder Bremen U23 reserves put FC St. Pauli out of the DFB Cup to progress to the next round.
What a comeback! With just eight minutes played on the first match of this Bundesliga season, MSV Duisburg made a spectacular return to the top flight. Manasseh Ishiaku put the re-promoted side 1:0 up in front of 76,000 spectators in Dortmund.
So far 8,000 fans have booked their places for Tuesday evenings DFB Cup clash at the Weser Stadium between the Werder Bremen U23 reserves and Hamburg’s cult club FC St. Pauli.
Werder Bremen could consider their point at Schalke in the Bundesliga on Saturday as a definite point won. Their opponents in Champions League Group C had mixed fortunes in their respective leagues at the weekend.
Despite having been shown the red card in the DFB Cup first round tie against Eintracht Braunschweig, Werder Bremen’s lofty central defender Per Mertesacker will be eligible to play against MSV Duisburg on Wednesday
In an exciting, pick of the bunch, clash on the eleventh match day of the Bundesliga season, Werder Bremen managed a 1:1 draw at FC Schalke 04. Both goals on the day came from set pieces.
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