1: 1 against Weder: Bitter draw for Schalke in Bremen

A few hours after the resignation of coach Markus Anfang, Werder Bremen prevented at least one further sporting setback.

In the top game of the 2nd Bundesliga, the green-whites fought for a deserved 1: 1 (0: 0) against FC Schalke 04 on Saturday evening and showed a courageous performance regardless of the turbulence surrounding the vaccination card affair of their previous head coach.

Niclas Füllkrug converted a penalty to 1: 1 in stoppage time according to video evidence.

Simon Terodde had previously put the guests in the lead in the 82nd minute in front of 42,100 spectators in the sold-out Weserstadion.

Terodde is now the only record scorer in the second division with 154 goals.

Especially in the first half, the audience saw a very rustic game.

Fight was the trump card, playful solutions were rare.

Terodde still had the best chance of shooting, but lifted the ball past the post in the eleventh minute.

After the break, little changed in the course of the game.

Many well-intentioned actions came to nothing, both goalkeepers were largely left alone.

Nevertheless, Bremen's assistant coach Danijel Zenkovic, who was sitting as an interim coach on the Werder bench instead of the beginning, waited until the 64th minute before making the first player change.

The beginning resigned in the morning together with his co-trainer Florian Junge.

The duo responded to the public prosecutor's investigation currently ongoing against them for allegedly falsified vaccination certificates.

Both came before with the resignation of an exemption.

Instead, Danjiel Zenkovic looked after the team.

Sports managing director Frank Baumann announced that he would like to present a new coach as soon as possible.

"The accusation that is in the room is massive"

The beginning has so far rejected the allegations. Nevertheless, he now decided to resign, otherwise the club would have reacted. "The allegation that is in the room is massive," said Werder managing director Frank Baumann on Saturday in an interview published on the club's website.

“The decisive factor was that we had another visit from the police in the Weser Stadium on Friday evening.

There we received very clear circumstantial evidence, ”said Baumann's colleague, managing director Klaus Filbry, in a media round at the Weserstadion on Saturday evening.

“Based on the circumstantial evidence, we would of course have dealt with the consequences under labor law.

First of all with the issue of leave of absence, but then possibly with a suspected dismissal.

The contract was terminated with immediate effect, beginning immediately no longer receives a salary.

The public prosecutor's office initially confiscates the vaccination certificate

The public prosecutor's office in Bremen has now confiscated the vaccination certificate from the start.

"To what extent the vaccination card is actually wrong, we will be able to clarify promptly," said public prosecutor Frank Passade on Saturday the German press agency.

First, Radio Bremen and then the Deichstube portal reported the confiscation of the vaccination passports.

A search was not necessary, however.

The prosecutor said the beginning had cooperated like co-trainer Florian Junge.

The beginning was only just mentioned in the Werder announcement.

"Due to the now extremely stressful situation for the club, the team, my family and myself, I have decided that I will end my job as Werder Bremen's head coach with immediate effect."

Besides the beginning, his co-trainer Junge also announced his resignation.

There are also public prosecution investigations against the 35-year-old beginning assistant.

There should also be irregularities with the vaccination certificate for young people.

Beginning had only taken over the head coach position in Bremen in the summer and should initiate the reconstruction of the Green-Whites after the first relegation in 41 years and, if possible, create an immediate promotion.

After 13 games, Werder are eighth.

Werder managing director Baumann now has to look for a new coach again.

"Of course it is our wish that we find a quick solution, but it is also important that we find the right one," said Baumann.

“That can take a few days.” One of the candidates is supposed to be Ole Werner, who resigned from Holstein Kiel a few weeks ago and was already a candidate in the summer.