SV Werder Bremen

Four Werder players are away with their national teams during the current international break. WERDER.DE has taken a look at how Olivier Deman (Belgium), Romano Schmid (Austria), Nick Woltemade (Germany U21s) and Isak Hansen-Aorøen (Norway U21s) got on in their first games. 

After putting in some top-notch performances to start off 2024, things took a turn for the worse for Werder Bremen and club captain Marco Friedl. The Austria international tore a syndesmosis ligament in his right ankle during a training session and joined the long list of injured SVW centre-backs. In an interview with WERDER.DE, Friedl spoke about his recovery and confidently looked ahead to making a return to team training.

It did not look good in the match at Hannover 96, and now Werder’s fears have been confirmed. Dawid Kownacki picked up a hamstring injury and will be unavailable for the next few games.

SV Werder Bremen were defeated 3-1 by Hannover 96 in their friendly fixture at the Heinz von Heiden Arena on Thursday afternoon. The hosts took the lead just prior to the break through Lars Gindorf (42’), which was doubled not long after by Muhammed Damar (47’). Although Werder’s U23 player Joel Imasuen was able to get one back for the Green-Whites (62’), Jannik Dehm put the game to bed for Hannover by netting their third in the closing stages of the game (82’).

The Green-Whites were in no way impressed with their performance in the friendly against Hannover 96 on Thursday afternoon. Nevertheless, the game did bring about some positives, such as the opportunity for a number of the players to get some minutes under their belts. WERDER.DE were in the mixed zone after the game to gather the reaction to the defeat.

On Wednesday afternoon, the German Football League (DFL) confirmed the schedule for Bundesliga matchdays 31 to 34. SV Werder Bremen are set to play their final four games of the season on a Saturday afternoon at 15:30 CEST.

What a bitter afternoon for the Green-Whites. After a goalless first half, SVW fell to a 2-1 defeat against 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. The hosts found the net twice in the space of two minutes through Vertessen (50’) and Aaronson (52’), and while Weiser was able to get one back for Werder (63’), the Green-Whites regrettably had to travel back to Bremen empty-handed.

The Green-Whites were left feeling frustrated after their 2-1 loss to 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday afternoon, particularly because they conceded two goals in the space of two minutes against a side that they felt they should have beat. WERDER.DE were in the mixed zone after the game to gather the reaction to the defeat.

SV Werder Bremen are expecting to be put through their paces when they travel to the capital to take on 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday, 16th March (15:30 CET). After struggling through the first half of the season, FCU have established a new-found momentum and returned to the standard that they had set in recent seasons, which is evident from the fact that they now have only have five fewer points on the board than the Green-Whites.

Four Green-Whites have been called up by their respective countries for the final international break of the 2023/24 campaign, and will set off on their travels after Werder’s Bundesliga clash against 1. FC Union Berlin on Saturday to complete the final stage in their preparations for the upcoming EURO 2024.