Now comes the one who Werder Bremen wanted in the summer.

But didn't get.

And then Markus got the beginning.

Before he had to leave without a sound.

And two emergency helpers tried unsuccessfully to maneuver Werder through everyday life in the second division.

SV Werder Bremen, or to put it another way: Skilful club management looks different.

And that doesn't mean the fans who covered the Holstein Stadium in smoke on Saturday evening and provoked a demolition.

The circumstances surrounding the 2-1 defeat in Kiel were symbolic of everything that was going wrong at Werder.

Because actually SVW would have liked to have 33-year-old Ole Werner on the bench in this game. But it didn't work. Because Werner was still under contract with Holstein Kiel. And it would have been more than spicy if his work as Bremen's head coach had started in the Holstein Stadium, of all places. That not only wanted to prevent the KSV leadership, but also Werner himself. Werder lost with Christian Brand on the bench after points had already gone up in the 1-1 draw against FC Schalke 04 with Danijel Zenkovic as an interim solution. It was missing on Saturday due to the corona.

On this Monday it also became known: Three players from the Werder squad had to go into quarantine until further notice.

Fabio Chiarodia tested positive for Corona, Niklas Schmidt shows corresponding symptoms, and Mitchell Weiser was classified as a contact person.

The Bremen company did not provide any further information on this matter.

Fourth coach in the fourth game

On Friday evening against Erzgebirge Aue, Werner will lead the team for the first time - as the fourth coach in the fourth game. It was presented on Monday afternoon. While sports director Frank Baumann initially judged the incidents around the probable vaccination fraud in relation to the team as "important for the team building process", striker Niclas Füllkrug was probably closer to the truth. He said: "It has been seen that we are more insecure than that we are bursting with self-confidence."

This assessment went in the direction of fire.

That had changed the tactics far-reaching.

As a result, the Kielers came up with a number of chances.

“We should have just followed through with what we played in the last few games,” complained Füllkrug, “we always played the same thing with the former coach, everyone knew what to do.” In fact, the beginning had stabilized the team and lost eight points his last five games.

In the middle of the big upheaval in the squad, Werner should now give support.

Nordic by nature, calm and clear, with a weakness for offensive football and a sense of humor.

The Kiel build-up game was the most handsome and smart of the second division.

With him, KSV grew into a clever club that also calculated chances against FC Bayern - and won.

Werner never seems to want to be more than he is.

The fact that he resigned after the seventh matchday was not only due to the team's free fall. Werner and his advisors looked to see what signal the bad start to the season sent out for his own career. Even during the summer break, Werner was no longer completely convinced that he would continue to improve with this team. What should come after reaching the semi-finals in the DFB Cup and the grandiose season, at the end of which Holstein was only defeated by 1. FC Köln in the relegation - exhausted by a game marathon after several quarantine breaks. Werner started pondering. There were also offers from other clubs - Werder were also interested, but were in a hurry themselves and found a free coach, beginning. Werner agreed with a stomachache to continue in Kiel. Until he threw out in mid-September.

Werner ended his work there at the time so as not to obstruct his way to bigger clubs.

This career plan is working.

Baumann and club boss Klaus Filbry are happy that the Bremen Chaos Days are over for the time being;

at least they hope so.

For a bit of light in the dark, the 250,000 euro transfer fee to KSV Holstein looks well invested.