The highlights from the second half:
49th minute: Werder hit the woodwork! Gebre Selassie cuts it back for Milot Rashica, who finds Bittencourt at the far post but Flekken manages to push his close-range effort onto the post.
53rd minute: Flekken with another great stop! Rashica skips past Lienhart at the edge of the penalty area but Freiburg’s keeper manages to parry his shot and the Kosovan hits the rebound over the bar.
59th minute: GOOALLL! 2-1 Werder! Theodor Gebre Selassie. Flekken is finally beaten! Rashica turns provider as his cross finds the head of Gebre Selassie, who beats SCF captain Günter in the air, finding the back of the net.
82nd minute: Werder are getting close to another one. Flekken manages to keep out both Eggestein and Bittencourt’s efforts, before Toprak’s header is cleared away in a goalmouth scramble.
87th minute: Second yellow for Janik Haberer. Freiburg down to ten. Haberer catches Davy Klaassen with his elbow and is given his marching orders by the referee.
90th minute + 3: Goal. 2.2. Nils Petersen. Incredible. Günster’s free kick from the right-hand side finds Petersen at the back post, who heads it in from close-range.
90th minute + 4: Another great save from Flekken. This time he stops Davy Klaassen’s header. Werder are running out of time here.
90th minute + 5: Final whistle! That’s a tough one to take for Werder Bremen.
Match summary: It’s so great to see Yuya Osako back on the pitch. The Japan international needed just ten minutes to make his mark, assisting Milot Rashica’s opener. The match was played at a very high tempo, as SCF searched for an equaliser. Despite some effective pressing from the visitors, their equaliser was nothing more than a gift, with Petersen capitalising on Jiri Pavlenka’s fatal error. Werder were the much better side after the re-start and Thedor Gebre Selassie put them on course for their second home victory of the season. However, Nils Petersen and SC Freiburg had the last laugh with their stoppage time equaliser.
