Chapter 64: The house leak happened to rain overnight
The hard-fought win over Musda made Werder Bremen very excited.
Since the start of the season, Werder Bremen have won four in a row in all competitions.
And their opponents for the next round of the German Cup also appeared, and they met Bundesliga side Augsburg.
Although they are against a Bundesliga side, they are currently 16th in the table and in the relegation zone.
For relegation teams, relegation in the league is their top priority, while cup competitions are among the types that can be waived.
Therefore, Werder Bremen is full of confidence.
They felt that it might be easier to fight Augsburg than to fight Musta.
There is a saying that good fortune does not favor a person forever.
In the fifth round of the league, Werder Bremen challenged Freiburg away.
Werder Bremen are currently third in the standings, while Freiburg are eighth.
Judging from the rankings of the two sides, it seems that Werder Bremen has the upper hand.
However, the result of this game was a surprise, and when the final whistle blew, the score was 2:1, with the home team in front and the visitors in the back.
Werder Bremen lost their first Bundesliga game of the season on the road, ending their three-game winning streak.
In this game, Werder Bremen looked like they had been relegated, hitting four posts and two goals were blown offside.
The players were depressed after the game, obviously they had an absolute advantage, but they couldn't score goals, and even if they did, they were blown off.
In this game, Lin Quan hit a post, scored a goal and was blown offside, and his record of four consecutive goals was also ended.
If you count the last German Cup game, he has been a goal drought of more than 100 minutes.
But it doesn't matter if he scores or not, as long as he can win the game and get points, it's fine.
What he couldn't accept the most was that he didn't score a goal and the team didn't win the game.
Immediately after the game, the attitude of the media towards Werder Bremen changed.
The media, which previously touted them and thought they could become the dark horses of the league and create chaos for the top giants, criticized them one after another.
They criticised Werder Bremen's attack for relying too heavily on Lin Quan and Kevin De Bruyne, who lost their attacking threat once they were limited by their opponents.
On top of that, they believe that Schaaf's revamp at the back has been a failure.
Werder Bremen have conceded eight goals in five games this season, an average of 1.6 goals per game, the third-lowest of the 18 teams in the Bundesliga.
Their shortcomings in attacking and defending weak have still not improved.
Although Werder Bremen are currently at the top of the table, they certainly won't go far in the league if they can't change these shortcomings.
In fact, if they only lost one game, reporters would not have criticized Werder Bremen so fiercely.
The main reason why journalists criticize them is that Werder Bremen's next opponent is Bundesliga hegemons Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich have been in red-hot form this season, beating Wolfsburg 3-0 in this round to make it a five-game winning streak.
If Werder Bremen are not defeated in this round of games and go on a four-game winning streak against the Bundesliga giants, then the outside world may think that they still have a chance to wrestle with Bayern.
But they had already lost one game before the top duel with Bayern, and they were no longer the same as Bayern in terms of morale.
Coupled with the huge gap between the two teams in terms of hard power, almost no one from the outside world is optimistic about them, and everyone thinks that Werder Bremen will lose at home to Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich has become even more terrifying this season, and the addition of Martinez has taken their strength to the next level.
They have won all three fronts in the league, the Champions League group stage and the German Cup, and are currently undefeated.
Any team that plays Bayern Munich will be crushed by their luxurious midfield and attacking group up front.
With Werder Bremen's current state, it is really impossible to imagine how they can defeat such an undefeated army!
However, not everyone is rooting for Bayern, and Dortmund fans are hoping that Werder Bremen can beat Bayern Munich at home to end their winning streak.
In this round, Dortmund challenged promoted Eintracht Frankfurt away from home.
Although the latter is a promoted horse, he is a dark horse, and Dortmund have not been in good form this season.
Therefore, they all attach great importance to this opponent and do not dare to despise each other at all.
However, a dark horse is a dark horse after all.
At Eintracht Frankfurt's home stadium, Borussia Dortmund played a frantic game against their opponents.
Reuss, Gotze, and Lewandowski scored one after another, and Dort took the lead three times, but was stubbornly equalized by the opponent three times.
In the end, the two sides shook hands with a score of 3:3, which can be described as a lose-lose score for both sides.
Eintracht Frankfurt had been close to Bayern Munich on points until now, but after a draw in this game, they were opened up by Bayern by two points.
Dortmund, on the other hand, only got one point, they only scored six points after five games, and the gap with Bayern continued to widen to nine points, and the hope of defending the title is getting lower and lower.
If they want to get their hands on the trophy, they must not make mistakes in the next games and must keep winning.
It will also be up to the rest of the league to step up and help them stop Bayern Munich from continuing to score.
Otherwise, even if they beat Bayern directly in the strong dialogue, they will not be able to completely erase the point difference between the two teams.
In the league, there are not many teams capable of posing a threat to Bayern, and apart from them, there is probably hope for Werder Bremen, Schalke 04 and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a strange team, they are not very strong, but they will especially play Bayern Munich.
Every time they meet Bayern, their players are very energetic and can play at a super level, so there is a saying that the foal eats and sleeps to beat Bayern.
As for Bremen, Borussia Dortmund feel that their individual players are a big threat and could do wonders.
In order to stimulate Werder Bremen to go all out and beat Bayern, Dortmund's players publicly cheered for Werder Bremen on social media.
Lewandowski tweeted:
Werder Bremen were particularly sharp on the counter-attack, we have suffered two defeats against them, and against Bayern Munich they will definitely continue to use this tactic, I don't think the Bayern backline can stop them from counter-attacking!
According to Gotze:
Werder Bremen's number 6 (Kevin De Bruyne) is an excellent midfielder whose creativity and big-picture vision will help Werder Bremen to victory.
Royce did not make a public statement, but sent a private message to Lin Quan, asking: "How many goals do you plan to score against Bayern Munich?" ”
Seeing Royce's private message, Lin Quan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Royce to take the initiative to contact him, and he didn't expect Royce to have such a high opinion of him.
It was Bayern's, and it wasn't easy to score their goals.
But he wasn't the kind of person who would show timidity, so he replied:
"Of course, it is as much as you can enter, rest assured, our Werder Bremen will definitely show all our strength when we play Bayern Munich!"
Seeing Lin Quan's reply, the corners of Royce's mouth couldn't help but hook up a curvature, he liked this answer.
But the other party replied with another message:
"Of course, it's the same when you play Dort!"
The smile on Royce's face froze instantly.
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Because of the loss and the relationship between the strong opponents, before the start of the sixth round of the league, the atmosphere in the Werder Bremen team seemed very solemn.
Coach Schaaf has been keeping a straight face these days, and he can't see any smile.
The same is true of several assistant coaches, all of whom have sad faces, obviously not much confidence in the upcoming games.
This season, Bayern Munich's frontcourt attack group firepower is too terrifying, Robben, Ribery, Mandzukic, Gomez, Thomas Muller and others, each of them has a strong scoring ability.
Werder Bremen are another team that is very poor defensively, which makes them almost unable to limit the opposition's attack.
If you can't limit the opponent's attack, do you want to fight with the opponent to attack?
With the introduction of Martinez, Bayern's midfield has become stronger, not only feeding more shells to the team's forward line, but also effectively intercepting the opposition's attacks in the midfield.
In the face of such a fully upgraded version of Bayern Munich, is there really a chance of winning with the opponent's attack?