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There were several Werder players in action on international duty at the start of the week. Fabio Chiarodia and Italy secured qualification for the European U19 Championship on Tuesday afternoon (28/3). Mio Backhaus also played in the same competition for Germany, while Niclas Füllkrug was the final SVW player to feature on Tuesday night against Belgium. Ilia Gruev, Romano Schmid and Jiri Pavlenka all represented their nations in EURO 2024 qualifiers on Monday evening (27/3).

Ole Werner can look forward to some players returning as the training week begins ahead of the home game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Head of scouting and profession football, Clemens Fritz, announced on Tuesday morning (28/3) that Milos Veljkovic (muscular problems), Mitchell Weiser (work load) and Michael Zetterer (illness) would return to team training.

On Tuesday, SV Werder’s preparations began for the home game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Sunday (02/04 17:30 CEST). Even though Werder’s international players are still on their way back from their respective teams, Ole Werner’s squad is beginning to get more complete again. “For us, the break came at a good time because we were struggling with a wave of flu and some guys were out who then had the chance to recover,” explained Clemens Fritz in an interview on Tuesday.

Niclas Füllkrug started for the Germany national side for the first time on Saturday evening (25/3) in their 2-0 win against Peru and impressed. The 30-year-old set Germany up for a win with a brace in the first half. “I get plenty of chances in the box and the ball is played into good areas. I’m pleased that we were able to win comfortably,” said Füllkrug after the match.

Amos Pieper had to work hard again on the training pitch on Friday morning to now enjoy three days off. The 25-year-old had one more thing on the agenda and took the time to speak with journalists about the international break, the national team and the final stretch to the end of the season.

The last break of the Bundesliga is underway before the final nine games are played. We used the week without a game to take a look at the Werder players. Most readers will know that Niclas Füllkrug is the top goalscorer in the league with 15 goals, but here are some statistics that should be less familiar to some.

The DFL have published the dates and times for matchdays 31 to 34. The home games against FC Bayern and 1. FC Köln are both on a Saturday, while the trip to Leipzig is on a Sunday afternoon. The final matchday, which sees Werder face Union Berlin away from home, will be played at 15:30 CEST on a Saturday as normal.

SV Werder Bremen will start the week of training during the international break on Tuesday (21/3). Ole Werner and his coaching team will be without six players, who are away on international duty, but other Werder players will be returning to training.

SV Werder have to wait 16 days from the 2-2 draw in Gladbach for their next Bundesliga game. SVW take on TSG Hoffenheim to round off Bundesliga matchday 26 (Sun, 02/04, 17.30 CEST). This is a period of time that Ole Werner wants to make the most of despite having a reduced squad because of international call-ups.

There was tension right to the final whistle as Marvin Ducksch finished with a brace and Michael Zetterer put out a strong performance in goal. In the end, Werder were rewarded for this and earned a 2-2 draw in Friday night’s away match against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The Green-Whites equalised twice through Marvin Ducksch (65’, 89’) after Marcus Thuram (48’) and then Florian Neuhaus (73’) put the Foals ahead.