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Werder vs. Fortuna: remote crime thriller duel in the relegation battle

Bremen (dpa) – Florian Kohfeldt suffers. The completely screwed up season did not leave the crashed whiz of the German coaching industry without a trace.

Anyone who saw the 37-year-old Werder Bremen coach last Saturday after the defeat in Mainz experienced a depressed and disillusioned other long-term optimist. “It was definitely the most difficult moment I have experienced here as a coach,” said the Bremen coach on Friday. “I hope there won’t be a worse moment,” said Kohfeldt, referring to the relegation thriller against 1. FC Köln on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky).

This “worse moment” would be the first relegation in 40 years for Werder, for Kohfeldt – and you can take that away from him despite all the criticism of his person – an absolute heartfelt association. The starting position is clear: the Bremen go after many unacceptable performances and only one home win as penultimate in the last game day. Two points and four goals are behind Fortuna from Düsseldorf, who have to compete at Union Berlin on Saturday.

The rescue to the relegation is not impossible, especially since the Rhinelanders showed themselves as champions of the missed chances this season. Actually, the team of coach Uwe Rösler should have been saved long ago. But because she still gave victories that were believed to be safe several times, she is now in a remote duel with the brakes, which should normally have been relegated long ago.

“It is difficult, but not hopeless,” said Kohfeldt, who has regained his old confidence since Monday. In addition to talking to his family, a look at the table helped him. “It’s not three points and ten goals that we have to catch up.” But even scoring a goal turned out to be a huge problem for the Bremen team at home this season. So far, nine puny little tariffs have been recorded in the Weser Stadium, where strikers like Ailton, Miro Klose or Claudio Pizarro once scored goals on the assembly line.

For Peruvian Pizarro, the foreign professional with the most appearances in the Bundesliga, it could be a bitter farewell on Saturday. The 41-year-old jester ended his career after this season, in which he mostly had to watch injured. Against Cologne, however, he is at least for a short assignment. “I hope and am convinced that it is not his last game,” said Kohfeldt, again the old optimist.

But if Werder could no longer save himself in the relegation, in which there could be controversial duels with the north rival Hamburger SV, Pizarro could not be the only one who had his last appearance for Werder. The future of Kohfeldt will then also be open, although it is not clear whether the coach will continue even if the class remains unchanged. «I understand the question, but I’m fully focused on tomorrow. We have to discuss everything else afterwards, »said Kohfeldt. “The first step lies with the club and then I come into play.”

In 1899 Hoffenheim allegedly courted the coach of the year 2018, who never got a grip on the Bremen crash this season. But Kohfeldt does not deal with this at least publicly. The full focus is on Cologne. “Knives between your teeth and out there,” Kohfeldt stated the route for Saturday. «Nothing else is important either. I really want to make it, and I have the feeling that the team wants it too. »

If not, it should be decided in a timely manner how to proceed on the Weser. Decisions should be made by the end of next week, CEO Frank Baumann announced. For days now, one critic in the media has been chasing another, calling for a fresh start. Baumann announced that the season would be “very, very critically revised”. Everything is conceivable, from a complete exchange of all decision-makers to a continuation in the previous line-up. If it is up to those responsible for Werder, this processing will be postponed for a few days on Saturday.

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