After 18 minutes, Hoffenheim were clearly leading 3-0 against Bremen, and after the 3-4 defeat, the fans’ dissatisfaction grew. An imminent change of coach is also conceivable.
After a strange game against Werder Bremen the situation has changed Hoffenheim and coach Pellegrino Matarazzo further intensified. The struggling Kraichgauer gambled away at the end of the fifth Bundesliga match day, also due to a sending off Stanley Sword an early 3-0 lead in the 18th minute. The guests won in the end, mainly thanks to the triple goalscorer Jens Stage with 4:3 (3:3) against an increasingly helpless opponent.
Also in the anniversary game 125th anniversary missed TSG with the fourth league defeat in a row a liberation blow. The club slipped to 16th place in the table. Before the first Europa League home game on Thursday against Dynamo Kiev, Hoffenheim were weak, especially in defense.
Until Nsoki was sent off because of an emergency stop, the Matarazzo team had scored goals in front of 26,018 spectators in Sinsheim Marius Bülter (5th and 8th minutes) and Adam Hlozek (12th) were already 3-0 ahead. Julian Malatini (21st) and Stage (26th and 39th) brought Werder back to level before the break. Once again the Dane Stage (49th) gave Bremen the lead for the first time immediately after the change.
Angry fans
The Hoffenheim fan scene, which has been at odds with the club management for a long time, among other things because of the separation from long-time manager Alexander Rosenhad partially refused to take part in the celebrations shortly before the game began. In a statement she announced that she would only support the team after 18 minutes and 99 seconds – true to the year it was founded. The anniversary was “ruined by the club management”.