Late yellow-red for Metcalfe
© Imago
The Werder Bremen victories sequence ended against the favorite opponent FC St. Pauli. After four consecutive, the green whites were to be satisfied with a 0-0. The Bremeners, who had won the last eight games against the Kiezkicker, missed him at the end of the 31st match game in the fight for the European Cup squares.
FC St. Pauli, on the other hand, has collected another important point in the fight against the relegation of the Bundesliga in the Weser stadium behind 42,100 fans. Shortly before the end, Connor Metcalfe saw the yellow red card in an additional time. The burgers are six points ahead of relegation 16 three of the season before the end of the season. The direct descent is practically no longer possible with nine points and the significantly better goal difference.
Werder coach Ole Werner had surprisingly avoided Oliver Burke. The Briton had unexpectedly explained his departure from the weser during the week and will go in search of a union in the coming season. In front of the North duel, Werner had nevertheless explained to continue to count on Burke. « Players, the team and the club can count on my professionalism, » said the Bremen coach. He « would not take things personally ».
But when the alignments of the Weser stadium became known one hour before the match, the name Burke was sought in vain in the first eleven. Instead, Justin Njinmah was in the starting line -UP.
It will be difficult to prove whether it is due to this change that the offensive efforts of Bremen before the break did not want to start. However, the hosts found no way in the game for 45 minutes. Aside from an offside goal from Jens Stage, Werder did nothing. Given that St. Pauli also only drew attention with an offside goal from Carlo Boukhalfa, the spectators saw a very unsightly match during half.
After the break, the actions of the green whites ultimately became more determined. At the beginning, Niklas strongly put a head after the free kick of Marvin Ducksch right next to the goal, then Burke Replacement Njinmah had his head twice on his (Site notre bureau spécialisé), but passed the goal of Pauli twice in a minute.
In the 68th minute, Werner brought Burke. And the Scotsman almost became a winner of the match. After a beautiful pass from Romano Schmid Schön, the attacker pulled in the distant corner eleven minutes before the end – but it was offside.
