Match Thread: Werder Bremen vs. Mainz 05 | Bundesliga
Werder Bremen 1 - 0 Mainz 05
Bremen scorers: Leonardo Bittencourt (14')
Venue: Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany
Referee: Martin Petersen
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Zetterer | 90+1' | Mio Backhaus | |
| Niklas Stark | 42' 90+3' | Miloš Veljković | |
| Marco Friedl | 26' 90+3' | Derrick Köhn | 70' |
| Alexander Jung | 86' | Amos Pieper | 86' |
| Mitchell Weiser | 90+8' | Marco Grüll | 70' |
| Leonardo Bittencourt | 14' 38' | Abdenego Nankishi | |
| Senne Lynen | Skelly Alvero | 38' | |
| Romano Schmid | 79' | Patrice Čović | |
| Issa Kaboré | 70' | ||
| Justin Njinmah | |||
| Marvin Ducksch | 70' |
Manager: Ole Werner (Germany) | FT'
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Zentner | 9' | Lasse Riess | |
| Danny da Costa | Andreas Hanche-Olsen | ||
| Stefan Bell | 55' | Moritz Jenz | |
| Dominik Kohr | Maxim Leitsch | 55' | |
| Anthony Caci | 44' 81' | Lennard Maloney | |
| Kaishu Sano | Hong Hyun-Seok | 46' | |
| Nadiem Amiri | 46' | Silvan Widmer | 81' |
| Phillipp Mwene | 81' | Arnaud Nordin | 81' |
| Paul Nebel | Armindo Sieb | 78' | |
| Lee Jae-sung | 81' | ||
| Nelson Weiper | 78' |
Manager: Bo Henriksen (Denmark) | 15'
1': We're off!
1': Schmid's header hits the post!! He puts the rebound over!
9': PENALTY FOR BREMEN! Robin Zentner gives away the ball with a bad first touch and lunges into Schmid! Ooh but did he get the ball first? VAR says no! Penalty stands!
12': SAAAAAAAVE! Zentner guesses right and keeps it out! Ducksch denied!
14': GOAL BREMEN!! They take a corner and it bounces around the box and then Leonardo Bittencourt stabs it in!
15': Bo Hendriksen dissents his way into a yellow
16': Njinmah on the counter, he should have this but he shows too much of the ball to Zentner! He comes to claim it!
25': Zentner underestimates Schmid again, Schmid manages to block his kick but it rebounds wide of the post.
30': Ducksch tries to chip it over the keeper but Zentner plucks it out of the air.
38': Bremen substitution: Skelly Alvero on for Leonardo Bittencourt who is holding his leg
42': Niklas Stark comes in very hard on Lee
44': Anthony Caci fouls Schmid to stop the counter
HT Werder Bremen 1-0 Mainz Bremen with the expected lead after one half
46': Mainz substitution: Hong Hyun-Seok on for Nadiem Amiri who was holding his leg right before the break
46': We're back!
47': Schmid has a chance but he stabs it just wide!
51': Nebel witih the shot! Deflects just wide!
53': Sano tries from an impossible angle and doesn't hit the mark.
55': Mainz substitution: Maxim Leitsch on for Stefan Bell
62': Da Costa's shot ricochets off of Jung and into the far post!
70': Bremen substitution: Marco Grüll and Derrick Grüll on for Issa Kaboré and Marvin Ducksch
72': Someone in the Bremen technical area got a card]
75': Horrible error by Zentner!! Spills the shot from Weiser right into his own net! But he's saved by the offside flag.
76': Njinmah with a chance!! He's one-on-one with Zentner! He chips it over him! But it lands on the roof of the net!
78': Bremen substitution: Armando Sieb on for Nelson Weiber
79': Romano Schmid fouls Lee from behind
81': Lee Jae-sung returns the favor to Schmid
81': Silvan Widmer and Arnaud Nordin on for Phillipp Mwene and Anthony Caci
82': SAVE! Zettner just manages to catch the ball but spills it on the way down, his defense has to clean it up
83': Köhn blazes his shot into the sky
86': Bremen substitution: Amos Pieper on for Anthony Jung
90+1': Michael Zetterer carded for time-wasting
90+3': WHAT IS GOING ON?? Marco Friedl and Niklas Stark both sent off!! Stark for throwing the ball away, Friedl for dissent, that's a second yellow for both of them! Wow wow wow wow.
90+8': Mitchell Weiser catches Hong's ankle
FT Werder Bremen 1-0 Mainz 05 That was nuts