The friendly match against Chelsea ended in a 4-2 defeat. Two weeks before the start of the competitive season, Werder’s intensive friendly against the Londoners who kick off their league campaign this weekend, gave Viktor Skripnik and his coaching staff a lot of useful insight. "This match was an important step for us in our learning process. We played with a new 4-2-3-1 system for the first time. Due to a number of injured players, we were obviously missing a bit of stability”, says Skripnik after the final whistle.