SV Werder have suffered an agonising 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. SGE took the lead through Ante Rebic (17’) before Niklas Moisander equalised from a corner (25’). Sebastian Haller scored the winner for Frankfurt in the 89th minute.
SV Werder have suffered an agonising 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt. SGE took the lead through Ante Rebic (17’) before Niklas Moisander equalised from a corner (25’). Sebastian Haller scored the winner for Frankfurt in the 89th minute.
Line-up and formation: Florian Kohfeldt made three changes in his first game as SV Werder head coach. Milos Veljkovic, Philipp Bargfrede and Fin Bartels came in for Lamine Sané, Robert Bauer and Ishak Belfodil. Kohfeldt set the team out in a 4-1-3-2 formation.
2nd minute: First big chance for SVW! Zlatko Junuzovic has lots of space on the left hand side and his grounded cross is met by Max Kruse. He shoots from five yards out but Lukas Hradecky makes a good save to deny him.
17th minute: Goal for Frankfurt. Ante Rebic puts Eintracht into the lead with a curling effort. Frankfurt put together a series of passes and Rebic switches the ball onto his stronger foot and, without being closed down at all, has time to curls his shot from the edge of the box, leaving Jiri Pavlenka no chance in the Werder goal.
25th minute: GOAL for SVW! Niklas Moisander pokes the ball home after a goalmouth scramble from a corner. A scrappy goal but they all count!
29th minute: Brilliant save from Jiri Pavlenka. Marius Wolf takes a shot from 20 yards but the Czech stopper is on hand to tip the ball wide for a corner.
40th minute: A huge chance for Zlatko Junuzovic. Maximilian Eggestein makes progress down the right and finds Junuzovic in the middle but Hradecky is equal to the effort from just a few yards out.
42nd minute: Two more chances in quick succession! First Kruse and then Eggestein are denied by Hradecky. But a brilliant end to the half from the Green-Whites.
45th minute: Half-time in Frankfurt. SVW put in a great performance for large periods of the half. In the only poor period, the hosts took the lead but Moisander cancelled it out shortly after. SGE have their ‘keeper to thank that Werder are not in the lead at the break.
55th minute: Eintracht have a massive chance to regain the lead! It is incredible that they aren’t leading, as Prince Boateng misses the goal from two yards out and Willems heads the follow-up over the bar. A let-off for Werder!
64th minute: Another opportunity for Eintracht. The ball falls to an Eagles player in the box but the shot is easily dealt with by Pavlenka.
89th minute: Goal for Frankfurt. A cross from the left and Sebastian Haller is in acres of space in the middle and he volleys it home. Gutting.
90th minute: The final whistle. Werder lose 2-1 in Frankfurt.
Summary: The Green-Whites did brilliantly to come back from a goal down in the first half and had lots of chances to go into the lead just before the break. Florian Kohfeldt’s side were courageous and had lots of variation going forward. They couldn’t keep up the attacking power in the second half however and conceded an agonisingly late goal. After the international break, SV Werder welcome Hannover 96 to the Weserstadion at 18:00 CET on Sunday 19th November.
