Bundesliga: Werder Bremen Defeated Mainz

The spell is broken and Werder Bremen breathes up: the Hanseatic pilots braked the height pilots of Mainz 05 and recorded clothing to the European Cup places again with their first victory in 2025. The team of coach Ole Werner won the torn Friday evening game of the Bundesliga, despite a strange late double place reference, 1-0 (1-0) and pushed himself up to the direct competitor to one point.

In a turbulent initial phase with a fired penalty of Marvin Ducksch (12th), Leonardo Bittencourt Werder brought the lead in front of 40,500 spectators after a corner (14th). The green-whites then awarded good opportunities for further hits, Mainz only really came up after the break. In injury time, Niklas Stark and Marco Friedl (both 90.+4) saw yellow-red. The Rheinhessen for success coach Bo Henriksen, who had extended his contract until 2027 before the game, ultimately missed the chance, at least for a short time on Champions League To move fourth place.

“Dreaming is allowed, but the first goal is always to stay,” Henriksen said with a view to the game in the Weser Stadium. The Dane was introduced in Mainz almost a year ago, at that time the Rheinhessen floated in acute relegation. The development has been astonishing since then – but the 05s did not start in Bremen. After 48 seconds, a header from Romano Schmid slapped the post. In addition, the guests lacked the necessary tension. So also goalkeeper Robin Zentner, who lightly lost the ball, fouls Romano Schmid, but then gripped at the 911 from Ducksch. A little later he got the ball out of the net because Bittencourt reacted faster than the back team of 05.

Both clubs had to do without their best scorers: At Werder, the yellow -locked Jens Stage was missing, Mainz had to make do without the Jonathan Burkardt, which was injured on the thigh. It takes until the 28th minute of the game before his representative Nelson Weiper came to a dangerous one for the first time, the last successful 19-year-old was still too high. The Henriksen team did not achieve much until the half-time whistle, and then the battered director Nadiem Amiri had to stay in the cabin.

Nevertheless, Mainz came out of the break and after another Werder chance from Schmid (47th) worked with a more aggressive start-up behavior at the equalization, which Danny da Costa came particularly close to the outdoor post with a deflected shot (61.). Werder was looking for the decision on the opposite side by counterattack, but Justin Njinmah awarded (76.) Per Lupfer, Friedl failed a little later on the head on Zentner (83.).