50th minute: First bit of good play in the second half. Ludwig Augustinsson takes the shot on with the inside of his boot from 20 metres out, his effort whistles past the post. More of that please!
64th minute: Werder have monopolised possession and are starting to play better going forward, trying to force the Freiburg defence into a mistake. Ishak Belfodil comes on for Max Eggestein in a positive change by Florian Kohfeldt.
72nd minute: Thomas Delaney with a cracker of an effort, which goes just over! It was a great attack by the Green-Whites, which cumulates in a sublime volley from Delaney. Shortly afterwards, Milot Rashica enters the field for Johannsson. Well played, Aron!
79th minute: Next chance for Werder! Niklas Moisander attacks the ball well from a corner, which Schwolow saves well.
87th minute: Haberer misses Freiburg’s second penalty. Milos Veljkovic connected with Petersen’s foot, bringing the forward down. Haberer steps up but his effort clips the outside of the post and goes out for a goal-kick. Shortly before a tussle between Christian Günther and Max Kruse in the Freiburg penalty area results in Kruse going down. There are appeals from the Werder players but the referee says no.
90th minute: That was the last of the action; there were four minutes added on but Freiburg’s defence stayed solid.
Conclusion: Both teams matched each other well and cancelled each other out going forward. Therefore, the game came down to individual errors and Werder committed more of them. In the second half, Werder came forward well but lacked that crucial pass in a game that was devoid of clear-cut chances. The players will have to move on and look forward to the next match, which is on 24th February at 18:30 CET against Hamburg back in the Weserstadion.