Cowardly football: Werder captain pinpoints failings after defeat

Cowardly football: Werder captain pinpoints failings after defeat Following their 1-0 defeat to VfB Stuttgart, there is palpable frustration at SV Werder Bremen over their performance, particularly in the first half. Despite having gone unbeaten in their previous seven Bundesliga matches, Bremen showed a complete lack of attacking intent and courage before the break. Werder captain Marco Friedl did not mince his words when speaking to Sky after the final whistle: “We clearly lost it in the first half. We basically played scared football. We hid when we had the ball, didn’t play good football, and then the long balls came straight back like a boomerang. Simply because, unfortunately, we were really poor.” It was also striking that VfB Stuttgart looked the fresher side on the pitch despite their preceding Champions League defeat to Galatasaray. Friedl also addressed this contrast in his interview with Sky: “Stuttgart played in midweek and generally have a packed schedule. We sat deep and went long very, very quickly and far too often, looking for ‘Fülle’ up front, which makes things incredibly difficult.” This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.