Chapter 348: Bremen's Old Demons and Little Demons
Werder Bremen is an old powerhouse in the Bundesliga, and it is worth mentioning that their record over the years has been surprisingly consistent, since the founding of the Bundesliga in 1963 (they were one of the founding members), they have only been relegated in the 1980-1981 season, and the rest of the time, they have spent the rest of their time in the Bundesliga!
Even in the 80s and early 90s, they created a glorious era for Werder Bremen under the legendary coach Otto "The King" Rehhagel. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It can be said that during this period, Bremen is the most successful team in the Bundesliga after Bayern Munich, and even only Bremen can compete with the powerful Bayern Munich.
Later, after the departure of Rehhagel, who had been in charge of Bremen for 14 years, Bremen experienced several years of turmoil in changing managers, and even fell into the danger of relegation, until 1999, when Werder Bremen welcomed their new head coach, Thomas Schaff, and the team gradually moved towards stability and glory.
Schaff's position as head coach is very stable, until now, the head coach of Werder Bremen is still Schaff, who has been playing for the Green and White Army since he was a professional player, and it seems that he will take the love of the fans and coach until the last moment when he puts down the whip.
However, Bremen fans did not know that in 2013, Schaff left Bremen. Interestingly, Schaff, like Rehhagel, has also been in charge of Bremen for 14 years!
Of course, that's for another story!
It is a happy thing for a team to have a stable manager in charge, like Manchester United's Alex Ferguson and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, even if it is not brilliant enough, it can play well and reassure the fans.
Under Schaff's leadership, Werder Bremen won the Bundesliga title in 2004, the German Cup in 1999 and 2004, and was crowned double in 2003-2004, earning Schaff the title of Bundesliga Coach of the Season.
Contrary to his low-key, reticent personality, Schaff's coaching philosophy is particularly focused on attacking football, which may have something to do with the upbringing he received under Rehhagel as a player!
"The King" Rehhagel also embraces attacking football, arguing that "it's certainly easier to put all 11 men together to defend than to organise an attack, but that's no fun." ”
Therefore, when Rangnick was preparing for the game a long time ago, he had already thought about how to deal with Bremen, who liked to attack! More on that later.
The current Werder Bremen team is also full of talent.
Goalkeeper Tim Wiese, once the representative of Germany's new generation of goalkeepers, is even hailed as Kahn's successor. Although this statement has appeared in many players, and the current Weese does not live up to his youth, and his unruly personality makes it difficult for him to become the top goalkeeper, but now Wiese's strength is still first-class in the Bundesliga!
And Wei Ze is 1.93 meters tall, he is tall and big, and he has a unique advantage when saving some tricky shots!
At the back, Werder Bremen has a height that is difficult to reach in the whole Bundesliga!
German international Per Mertesacker and Brazilian Naldo are both 1.98 meters tall! And Austrians Sebastian Pledel and Sebastian Bernish are also 1.94 meters tall and 1.91 meters tall!
In midfield, Werder Bremen and the main players of the German national team such as Torsten Frijns, as well as Brazilian international Diego Ribas da Cunha, these players are worth a lot of money, at least the current Hoffenheim can't afford it!
In addition to them, there is now another name in the Werder Bremen team that is familiar to Chinese fans, Mesut Ozil, who is nicknamed the little daughter-in-law!
Of course, Ozil debuted at Schalke 04, and at the beginning of this year, he joined Bremen for a transfer fee of five million, but Bremen did not lose at all, they sold Ozil to Real Madrid three years later, and sold it for 18 million euros! More than double the net profit!
Although he is only 20 years old, a year older than Beta, Ozil is now showing the talent of a superstar.
It's only been half a year since he joined Werder Bremen, and he has become the main midfielder under Schaaf!
In addition to Mesut Ozil, Werder Bremen also have a talent up front.
Or rather, the former genius, Marcus Rosenberry!
Like his brother Ibrahimovic, Rosenberg was born in Malmö, Sweden, and even copied in the footsteps of Ibrahimovic, Rosenberg transferred from Malmo to Ajax, and it seems that he is going from Ajax to the European giants!
Ibrahimovic is like that, while Rosenberg's fame came earlier, and even earlier there were transfer rumours with Barcelona.
However, Rosenberg did not get his wish, because of his poor performance at Ajax, and even the Russian giants CSKA who had favored him lost interest.
In the end, he joined Werder Bremen for 3 million. But at Werder Bremen, under the guidance of Schaff, he rediscovered his glory.
In the incomplete season of 2006-2007, Rosenberg made 14 appearances and scored eight goals! Very efficient!
In the 2007-2008 season, he was the team's main striker, and he also scored 14 goals.
And this season, he is also ranked fourth in the scorer list with four goals! It seems that Rosenberry's form is getting hotter and hotter!
Is the former genius (after all, he is not young, now he is twenty-six), is he going to have his second life in Werder Bremen?
Of course, the biggest star in the forward line should be Claudio Pizarro! The twenty-nine-year-old captain of the Peruvian national team was once a legend!
Arriving in the Bundesliga in 1999 as the fourth Peruvian player in the history of the German league, Pizarro scored 38 goals in two seasons for Bremen!
At that time, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Inter all threw olive branches to him, but Pizarro chose to transfer to Bayern.
At Bayern, Pizarro has scored more than double figures almost every season, and is also the most inconspicuous but also the most efficient scorer in the Bayern team!
Because he doesn't have his own unique skills and can't play the main team, Pizarro is not a superstar figure, and even under the cover of Bayern's star, not many people know him, but he is definitely a very strong goalscorer.
After returning to Bremen (on loan from Chelsea), Pizarro has become the main force of the team, and the older Pizarro is, the more demonic Pizarro will probably become a big killer under Schaaf!
With the previous super bull and the future god-level thigh, Werder Bremen may become Hoffenheim's biggest challenge since entering the Bundesliga!
However, the good news is that after abandoning the German Cup, Hoffenheim's main team was rested, and Rangnick started preparing early.
In this game, they will give it their all!