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Milos Veljkovic was one of two Werder players who took part in the 2022 World Cup. The 27-year-old centre-back was in the Serbian national team’s starting line-up for all of their group matches, who ultimately just missed out on the round of 16. In an interview with WERDER.DE, Veljkovic describes his impressions of his performance at the World Cup, one day before his departure from Doha.

Milos Veljkovic and Serbia have been knocked out of the 2022 World Cup. This comes a day after Niklas Füllkrug and Germany also failed to reach the knockout stages of the tournament.

It has been some year for Niclas Füllkrug. At the start of it, there were still question marks as to whether Werder would in fact secure their promotion back to the Bundesliga. But at the end of it, the striker was selected for the national team and came away from the World Cup as the German player with the most goal involvements. Despite Füllkrug’s goals and the victory over Costa Rica in the…

Niclas Füllkrug and Germany have failed to reach the knockouts of the 2022 World Cup. Hansi Flick’s team won their final game 4-2 against Costa Rica, but finished third in the group after Spain lost to Japan. Füllkrug continued his good form as he scored his third goal for his country.

Milos Veljkovic was once again in the starting eleven for Serbia in their second group game of the World Cup. The central defender played 78 minutes of the 3-3 draw against Cameroon and along with his teammates went through an emotional rollercoaster.

Werder forward Niclas Füllkrug scored the first World Cup goal of his career on Sunday evening. Füllkrug scored Germany’s only goal of the game with a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw against Spain.

Milos Veljkovic kicked off his World Cup yesterday evening. During the 2-0 defeat for Serbia at the hands of Brazil, the centre-back started and played the entire match for his nation.

The Germany national team fell to a 2-1 defeat against Japan in their first World Cup game. Niclas Füllkrug began the game on the bench, coming on as a 78th minute substitute.

Things are getting serious for Niclas Füllkrug and Milos Veljkovic: Germany and Serbia kick off their World Cup campaigns this week. The rest of Werder’s internationals have also put on their national team kits this week.

After a successful start to the international break from a Green-White perspective, the trend is continuing for the sides of our boys. Serbia national team won their final World Cup warm up on Friday evening against Bahrain 5-1. Werder’s Milos Veljkovic was in the matchday squad but didn’t see any action.

Before Werder’s players head on their much deserved holidays, there was one final training session on Friday afternoon. Those watching the hour of training saw the squad relaxed and having lots of fun. “When you head into a week without that pressure of a competitive match at the end of it, then it just makes it a lot more fun. You saw that with training today. We were let off the leash a little…

Niklas Stark and Mitchell Weiser were able to return to team training on Friday morning after their illness. Oliver Burke and Anthony Jung, however, are still unwell and were unable to take part.

The friendly tournament planned for Saturday, 19th November at the Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion in Lohne has unfortunately been called off due to security concerns.

The good news just keeps on coming for Niclas Füllkrug! Following on from his nomination for the Germany national team, Werder are delighted to announce that the Green-White goal machine has been voted as the Player of the Month for October. “I’m absolutely delighted that my performances are getting this kind of recognition and that I’ve been voted as the Player of the Month for the second time in…

The Werder players on international duty were for the most part successful on Wednesday. Alongside Niclas Füllkrug, who scored on his debut for Germany during their 1-0 win over Oman, Jiri Pavlenka also celebrated a successful evening. In the Czech Republic’s emphatic 5-0 win over the Faroe Islands, Werder’s shot-stopper played the full 90 minutes and was able to keep his area nice and clean.

Werder striker won his first cap for Germany on Wednesday evening and scored on his debut.

Werder Bremen will face SV Meppen in a friendly during the winter break. The match will take place on Thursday, 15th December at the Hänsch-Arena (18:00 CET).

SVW travelled back home with a 3-1 win from their friendly against Heeslinger SC. The hosts had a couple of good chances at the start of the game, but they couldn't find a way past Michael Zetterer in goal. Then Werder jumped into a two-goal lead thanks to goals from Leonardo Bittencourt and then an ice-cold finish from Eren Dinkci. Marvin Ducksch assisted both goals with some good work in the…

Werder Bremen will take on Heeslinger SC on Tuesday evening without head coach Ole Werner.

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