46th minute: The game is back underway. Nouri makes an attacking change and brings on Fin Bartels for Florian Grillitsch.
50th minute: A great early chance to get back into the game! Gnabry plays Manneh in behind with a perfectly-times through ball but the teenager can only find the side netting from a tight angle.
64th minute: Nils Petersen is played through one-on-one by Grifo but the former Werder player is denied by Wiedwald and Philipp misses the target with his rebound.
67th minute: GOOAAAALL! Santiago Garcia makes it 2-1! Garcia passes the ball to Junuzovic on the edge of the box and continues his run into the penalty area. The Austrian finds the Argentine with an inch-perfect chipped pass and Garcia keeps his cool to volley home. Suddenly the game is wide open!
72nd minute: The game is very open now as Werder are pushing forward and Freiburg aren’t thinking about shutting up shop. Grifo tries his luck from from 20 yards but Wiedwald is behind it.
75th minute: Goal, 3-1 to Freiburg – Amir Abrashi with it. SCF restore their two-goal advantage as Moisander inadvertently heads the ball to him on the edge of the box. His shot is deflected and leaves Wiedwald with no chance.
87th minute: Time is running out for Werder as Fritz’ effort from outside the area is dragged wide.
90+3rd minute: Guido Winkmann blows his whistle to signal full time – SC Freiburg win 3-1 in Bremen.
Summary: Werder started meaningfully and had early chances but couldn’t continue this momentum throughout the half. The Green-Whites stood off Freiburg too much during their build-up play to try to win the ball back at the right time. This passiveness was eventually their downfall however, as Philipp was able to run through the Werder defence too easily to give his side the lead. Werder also had themselves to blame for the visitors’ second goal, as Manneh gave away a penalty which Grifo converted. In the second half, Werder got their game going again and reduced the deficit through Garcia. This strike inspired the crowd as well as his teammates. Wiedwald kept his team within touching distance of their opponents with his one-on-one save on Petersen but he couldn’t do anything to stop Freiburg’s deflected third goal. To be fair to the visitors, they were brave and never “parked the bus” - even towards the end of the game. This showed as their confidence and bravery were repaid as they killed off the game in the last 15 minutes as they got their third goal.
