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Bremen (AP) - Florian Kohfeldt was angry.
Really angry.
The Bremen coach started the new football year with great expectations.
But what he then got to see from his team against 1. FC Union Berlin hit the Werder coach to the core.
«There is no excuse for this achievement.
It was just bad, ”said Kohfeldt after the terrifying lifeless appearance of the green-whites in the 0: 2 (0: 2) defeat.
With a win, the Bremer could have set themselves apart in the table in the secured midfield, but they were as far away from that on Saturday as Germany was from the end of the Corona crisis.
"Union didn't have to be that good today to win because we simply didn't offer anything," said Kohfeldt, contrite.
After 14 match days, Bremen have 14 points in their account, as in the previous season.
A further development cannot be seen, at least as far as the table is concerned.
Nevertheless, the situation is not comparable to that of winter 2019. At that time, the Bremen team slipped into the relegation battle completely unprepared, offering desolate performances like now against Union week after week.
This time they have known at the Weser since the beginning of the season that for them it is all about holding the league without trembling too much.
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Which is why Kohfeldt has been looking down in the table for weeks after the games.
And from Bremen's point of view, it was again positive on Saturday that the competition from Bielefeld, Cologne and Schalke is even worse.
The lead over the relegation place is therefore still four points.
"Viewed in isolation, the day was really bad today, but the overall situation has not deteriorated dramatically," said Kohfeldt.
However, he immediately put his players on duty again.
«Never, never can we offer as little as we do today against Union.
Because then we can't win a Bundesliga game, "said the 38-year-old.
«It must be clear to us that we have to fight to the maximum for every point.
Today the coach is angry. "
Bayer Leverkusen, FC Augsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach are waiting for the North Germans until the end of the first half of the season.
A difficult program that does not necessarily show that there are many more to the 14 points so far.
What makes Werder stand out this season is that they are there against their direct competitors.
Victories against Schalke, Mainz and Bielefeld, a draw against 1. FC Köln.
It is these big points that ensure that the mood in Bremen is still calm.
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There is no discussion about Kohfeldt, the quarrels in the area have been dampened by the fact that managing director Frank Baumann's contract was initially only extended for one year.
And everyone involved is realistic about the situation.
"Today's performance was a disaster," said Theodor Gebre Selassie, who wore the Werder jersey for the 251st time in the Bundesliga, replacing the Bremen legend Claudio Pizarro as the green and white record foreigner.
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