4th minute: GOOOAAAALLLL! 1-0, Ludwig Augustinsson! Just like in the cup game in midweek, Werder get off to a lightning start. Junuzovic takes the corner from the right-hand side and Augustinsson runs on to it with real purpose, cannoning the ball into the net at the front post! The keeper and Wolfsburg defenders were unable to do anything to stop it.
12th minute: Wolfsburg‘s first real attack. Augustinsson manages to make an intervention for a pass intended for Osimhen and for a reward receives a hefty kick on the back of his ankle. The referee decides to award a corner, which comes to nothing.
17th minute: Kruse crosses the ball in from the right hand side to Eggestein who is waiting in the middle. He pokes the ball goalward, past Casteels but it does not have enough pace on the ball to cross the line before a Wolfsburg defender boots it clear. Wolfsburg then counter and Pavlenka is called into action for the first time as he has to collect a cross delivered from Mehmedi.
28th minute: Eggestein again has a big chance to double Werder’s lead. Jóhannsson beats William on the right-hand touchline and crosses the ball beautifully into the six-yard box, where Eggestein is ready to pounce. The forward is unchallenged in the centre but heads the ball straight at the keeper from a few yards out. It should have been two.
31st minute: The second Werder goal is surely on its way. In a nearly exact copy of the first goal, Junuzovic plays the corner to the front post and Max Kruse heads the ball home but William is just able to clear off the line.
40th minute: GOOOOAAAAAALLL for Werder, 2:0, Florian Kainz! Dream goal! He pulls in off of the left-flank, where he bends home an absolute worldie, after a pass from Junuzovic. The keeper is helpless and Kainz doubles the lead.
45th minute: Half-time at the Weserstadion. After a lightning start from the Green-Whites the boys were unlucky not to double their lead early but will be happy at the break and with the crowd fully behind them.