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Stuttgart (dpa) - Florian Kohfeldt was far away from “panic” in the relegation battle despite the third Bundesliga defeat in a row.

“The distance below is stable.

We will be vigilant, "said the Werder Bremen coach after the" very unfortunate "0: 1 (0: 0) at VfB Stuttgart on Easter Sunday with a late own goal by Ludwig Augustinsson (81st minute).

Bremen are seven points ahead in 16th place, while VfB can continue to look at the European Cup ranks with four points behind in sixth place.

Coach Pellegrino Matarazzo didn't want to hear about it.

"We have done well so far, looking at our performance and tackling it game day after game day," he said.

The 43-year-old gave his team a day off on Monday to enjoy a “little Easter break”.

Sports director Sven Mislintat also said of Europe's chances: "Dreaming doesn't help us."

The 39 points collected so far felt "good": "We are only one point away from the 40th season goal."

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For Bremen, especially the look at the upcoming program in the Bundesliga, the worries are likely to grow.

After the catch-up quarter-finals in the DFB Cup on Wednesday at Jahn Regensburg, the high hurdles in the league are RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund.

“The next two games are definitely not easy.

But it is also not hopeless to win, ”said Kohfeldt.

For a long time it looked like a 0-0 between the two teams.

The lack of various offensive forces and enforcers made itself felt on both sides.

But shortly before the end, Augustinsson maneuvered the ball in distress and from close range into his own net.

It was Bremen's third own goal this season - only bottom Schalke (5) has more.

"Losing with such a goal is extremely bitter," said Eggestein, who saw the "most unnecessary defeat this season so far".

Kohfeldt also judged: "Losing points hurts because it did not match our performance and our courage."

The Bremen team, for whom Niclas Füllkrug replaced the suspended Joshua Sargent in the storm, initially acted on an equal footing with the hosts.

Romano Schmid (10th), Augustinsson with a nice direct acceptance (22nd) and Kevin Möhwald (31st) failed because of Stuttgart goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

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Both teams were looking for the way forward, but made a lot of inaccuracies and created goal danger almost exclusively through long-range shots.

For VfB, who in addition to top scorer Silas Wamangituka (torn cruciate ligament) also had to do without Nicolas Gonzalez (torn muscle), U21 international Mateo Klimowicz (6th) and Philipp Förster (25th) gave the best opportunities before the break.

After the break, the hitherto briskest phase of the game followed with chances from Stuttgart's Borna Sosa after a corner (54th) and Füllkrug (55th).

VfB talent Klimowicz fired another low shot (58th), Bremen's jubilee Eggestein (150th Bundesliga game) received his fifth yellow card.

“That was stupid of me,” commented the 24-year-old.

Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic, who scored in seven of the previous eight league games, barely appeared this time.

But he was there nine minutes before the end.

"He did well and bit to the end," said Matarazzo, praising the Austrian.

After a cross from Sosa from the left, Kalajdzic rose to the header, Augustinsson wanted to clear - and hit his own goal.

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