Werder loses 2-1 to Berliners
By: Jackson | April 20th, 2009With a near full lineup of regulars Werder lost a narrow 2-1 decision to the Berliners at the Olympiastadion in a match spiked with a series of costly errors. The match was packed with scoring chances and numerous efforts on the goal but finishing was well off the mark and both goalkeepers weren’t forced into many saves. After a series of misses Werder took the lead with two minutes left in the half when Torsten Frings’ corner fell into the box and in the scrum Per Mertesacker was credited with pushing it over the line, although it seemed to be more inadvertent. Berlin leveled the match with twenty minutes remaining as Hungarian international Pál Dárdai cross from the left was brilliantly headed-in by Josip Šimunić to the far corner. Werder was definitely low on petrol as with three minutes left a defensive miscue led to Naldo feeding the ball to Raffael who scored from just outside the box to make it 2-1.
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Missed chances – again. Werder needs to look for new attackers. Rosenberg and Almeida are probably pretty nice guys, but they do not deliver with the consistency that this team needs. Schaaf’s open playing system makes it inevitable that the back will remain vulnerable, with danger of “cheap” and “unnecessary” goals being scored by the opposition. His open system is actually what makes the Werder game so beautiful. But this can work only if Werder scores enough to outshoot the opposition. It worked when Klose and Klasnic were providing the steady firepower. And it would work today, if the clear scoring chances have been converted in somewhat more acceptable success ratio. Think about the Hertha game and all the chances – if only one went in, and it was 2:0, the dynamic of the game would change and Naldo would not make that silly mistake. Pizarro is exactly what is needed, but he is alone; Werder needs one more guy like that. Pizarro should not be let to leave, there should be enough millions to pay for him from Diego deal. And another striker? – Kuranyi is a thought in the right direction; promising but untested players from small European leagues – not the right direction. Developing a talent is good, but you first need a stable set of players to do the job week-in, week-out. There were too many flopped acquisitions in recent years, too much money wasted, and the whole season going up in smoke.
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