Trio missing from training The Foals began preparations for Saturday’s away game against VfB Stuttgart (15:30...

SV Werder Bremen lost 2-1 (0-0) at home to SC Freiburg and despite taking the lead came away without any points. After both sides couldn’t produce much quality in the first half, the Green-Whites had success straight after the restart. Maximilian Philipp scored after a great pass from Leonardo Bittencourt to make it 1-0 (46’), but this gave the visitors from Freiburg added motivation. First, Roland Sallai equalised to make it 1-1 (66’), before Lucas Höler scored the decisive goal to make it 2-1 (71’). In the end, Ole Werner’s team didn’t manage to come back despite having chances.

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FC Managing Director Christian Keller said, “329 appearances for FC speak for themselves. Only Toni Schumacher and Bodo Illgner were between the sticks more often than Timo. To remain number one over so many years is a feat which you have to work incredibly hard for. But there is more to it than that: Timo developed from a talented goalkeeper to an experienced Bundesliga player in his time here. Whether on the pitch, in the dressing room, on the bench or in the stands, he was always important for the FC team. For that, a huge thank you. The fact that he has the desire to play, that is completely understandable. There is an amount of courage that goes along with that, after so many years at FC to then join another club. For that, we wish him all the very best.”

“Of course we need points, but everything is in our hands and that’s how we’ll approach the remaining fixtures,” said Enrico Maaßen, looking ahead to the last seven games of the Bundesliga season. “It’s important to stay in control in this period and believe in your own strengths.”

FCA had to accept a 3-1 defeat recently against 1. FC Köln in front of a sold-out crowd in the WWK Arena: “Of course, we’re not going to sugar-coat things; we often concede goals too easily, even though we are playing well in the game. We have to be consistent at the back and use everything we have to score goals,” summarised Maaßen.

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Hertha travel back from Gelsenkirchen without any points and deeply disappointed. The 5-2 defeat against Schalke 04 wasn’t helped by conceding too early goals, as well as conceding again almost immediately after half time.“It’s inexplicable to concede five goals against Schalke. It’sa bitter blow, we didn’t expect this,” said Marvin Plattenhardt, frustrated at the team’s performance. “We didn’t play well defensively over large periods of the game, didn’t compete in challenges and lost the ball too much in build-up play.” herthabsc.com has all the immediate reaction to the loss in Gelsenkirchen.

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Following a short summer break after the end of the 2021/22 Bundesliga season, Leandro Barreiro, Jonny Burkardt, Karim Onisiwo, Anton Stach and Silvan Widmer will be back on the pitch in the coming days. The quintet will be in action with their respective national teams in the Nations League and U21 EURO qualifying.