Highlights:
1st minute: Post! Not even a minute has elapsed and the post of the Hertha goal has already shuddered. Kruse found Gebre Selassie in space with a wonderful ball over the top. Selassie put Gondorf through whose effort rattled against the post.
5th minute: Kalou manages to find space in the Werder box, taking the ball around Veljkovic and shot from 15 metres out but Pavlenka was equal to the effort.
10th minute: Eggestein scores but Werder don’t take the lead! Gebre Selassie takes the ball from the halfway line, passes to Gondorf who sets up Eggestein. He turns and buries the ball into the corner of the net. His celebrations, however, last less than a minute as referee Dankert checks with VAR and deems that Delaney had illegally raised an elbow in his aerial duel with Lustenberger.
23rd minute: With almost all of the Hertha players pinned back, Werder pass the ball around until Augustinsson takes the shot on with his weaker right foot. However, Thomas Kraft is equal to his effort.
33rd minute: Kruse seeks out Augustinsson with a wonderful pass, Eggestein’s effort was blocked but moments later the deflected effort from Hertha’s Ondrej Duda flies just over the crossbar.
44th minute: Another good Werder attack. Gondorf runs down the touchline, offloading to Kruse, whose shot it deflected by Niklas Stark and the ball hisses over the crossbar. So close.
45. + 2 minutes: Half-time at the Weserstadion. The clear chances have fallen to Werder but the game remains goalless.
