Trio around Bishop meets
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TSG Hoffenheim celebrated an important victory in the fight for where the Bundesliga is and gave the international ambitions of Werder Bremen a shock absorber. Table-15. won 3: 1 (2: 1) in the Bremen Weser stadium and therefore appeared in 14th place in FC St. Pauli. The Hoffenheimers conceded their last defeat in the Bundesliga against the favorite opponent in Bremen almost eleven years ago.
The game in Bremen began a backhand for the guests. Stanley Nsoki (7th) provided Werder’s management with a clean goal. But Anton Stach (28th), Tom Bischof (44.) and Poison Orban (63.) turned the game. Due to the deserved defeat, the Bremeners initially missed the link with the places of the European Cup.
Hoffenheim coach Christian Ilzer had replaced almost half of the starting line – compared to 0: 4 against Union Berlin a week earlier. The hope that something would improve had disappeared after seven minutes. After a flank by Romano Schmid de Bremer, Nsoki directed the ball in his own goal when he tried to clarify. The defender was already the pitch bird in 3: 4 during the first stage. With his red card, he involuntarily launched the Bremen Chase after their deficit of 0: 3.
Despite the first tour, the hosts had trouble in front of 39,400 spectators. The return of the Schmid offensive engine was initially positive. Each action has advanced on him. But due to inaccuracies in the structure of the game, the only thing that has remained with the right approaches to the Hanseatic League. After 15 minutes, the Hoffenheimers became stronger, the game more balanced. Andrej Kramaric (18th) gave a first sign of life. Weder Michael Zetter’s goalkeeper quickly saved the reaction. Ten minutes later, Stach struck his young club to make a deserved compensation. The public also saw a distributed game. However, the guests were more determined and came in the lead shortly before the break thanks to the future professional bishop of Bayern.
In the second half, Bremen coach Ole Werner brought three new ones. Leipzig André Silva’s loan replaced the weakness of Marvin Ducksch as a storm point, Derrick Köhn came for Issa Kaboré, Amos Pieper was in defense for Milos Veljkovic. Köhn also initiated the first chance for Silva (48th), who did not succeed in goalkeeper TSG Luca Philipp. Bremen actions have initially become more imperative. The guests were held against this. In the middle of the Werder Urge phase, Orban (63.) was almost clear for the Hoffenheimers. After that, only a few clear actions get the Brener. Mitchell Weiser (78th) always had the best opportunity to hit the connection. In the end, it was not enough.
