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Monday February 28th

German Cup - FC Bayern Reserves vs. Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen are away to the FC Bayern Reserves in the German Cup on Tuesday March 1st at 7:30pm. 

Werder welcome back Christian Lisztes into the squad for the first time since he suffered his knee injury in April.  Captain Frank Baumann, Ludovic Magnin and Ivan Klasnic have all been ruled out due to injury. 

Coach Thomas Schaaf travelled to Munich with the following squad:  Reinke, Walke, Ismael, Pasanen, Stalteri, Fahrenhorst, Schulz, Davala, Lisztes, Jensen, Borowski, Ernst, Micoud, Valdez, Hunt, Klose, Zidan, Banecki.

Saturday February 26th

Werder Bremen 4 VfL Bochum 0

Werder Bremen responded convincingly to the domestic challenge with a 4-0 victory over VfL Bochum.  After a sloppy first half, Werder were fortunate to end the half with a goal in the 45th minute from Valerin Ismaël.   

Second half goals from Captain Frank Baumann, Nelson Valdez and Johan Micoud sealed the victory for the defending German Champions.  They remain within 4 points of leaders Bayern Munich. 

"It was good to rebound from the disappointing mid-week game.  We got our three points today and now need to concentrate on reaching the final four in the Cup" says Paul Stalteri.  Stalteri played rightback for 90 minutes. 

Werder travel to Munich twice next week.  Tuesday they face the Bayern Munich Reserve squad in a German cup match and then they return to face Bayern Munich on Saturday.   

Werder Bremen: Reinke - Stalteri, Ismaël, Pasanen, Schulz - Baumann - F. Ernst, Magnin (42. Borowski)- Micoud (75. Zidan)- Valdez, Klose (60. Hunt) - Trainer: Schaaf

VfL Bochum: Vander - Colding (63. Wosz), Kalla, Knavs, P. Bönig - Preuß, Zdebel - Misimovic - Bechmann, Trojan (63. F. Tapalovic) - Lokvenc - Trainer: Neururer

Goals: 1:0 Ismaël (45., Kopfball, Assist F. Ernst), 2:0 Baumann (49., Assist F. Ernst), 3:0 Valdez (53., Assist Micoud), 4:0 Micoud (73., Assist Hunt)

Attendance Weser Stadium: 37492

Yellow Card: Colding

Friday February 25th

Werder Bremen face VfL Bochum on Saturday February 25th in the Weser Stadium.  After suffering a disappointing Champions League loss, the defending Bundesliga champions need to shift their attention to the domestic league. 

Bochum won last week at home against Freiburg, but are still in relegation territory with 19 points.  Werder have had an impressive four game winning streak and need to take an additional three points on Saturday if they wish to remain in the title race.

"Playing teams battling for relegation is always challenging.  We had a disappointing result on Wednesday and we need to pick up the pieces and concentrate on our next task" says Paul Stalteri.

In a rare transfer during this time of the year, Gustavo Nery has left Werder for Corinthians San Paolo on loan for the remainder of the season.   

Werder will be without striker Ivan Klasnic on Saturday after he picked up a minor injury in the warm up on Wednesday night before the Lyon game.  Coach Thomas Schaaf has selected the following 18-man squad:  Reinke, Pasanen, Ernst, Fahrenhorst, Baumann, Davala, Stalteri, Micoud, Klose, Hunt, Jensen, Zidan, Magnin, Borowski, Ismael, Schulz, Walke, Valdez.

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Wednesday February 23rd

Werder Bremen 0 Lyon 3

Tuesday February 22nd

Werder Bremen vs. Lyon Round of 16

Saturday February 19th

Werder Bremen 4 Hannover 96 1

Werder Bremen came away from the AWD Arena victorious with a 4-1 victory in the north derby.  They are still four points behind leaders Bayern Munich and one away from Schalke 04 who play tomorrow. 

Werder opened the scoring after 5 minutes and were up by two goals after just 7 minutes played.  Hannover brought the game within one after a set-piece goal from Dariusz Zuraw in the 38th minute.

Hannover fought hard to try to tie the game, but Werder were the first ones to strike after half-time.  Fabian Ernst and substitute Mohammad Zidan secured the victory for Werder with second half goals. 

Paul Stalteri and Julian de Guzman both played 90 minutes. 

Hannover 96: Enke, Cherundolo, Vinicius, Zuraw, Lala (79. Christiansen), Dabrowski, de Guzman, Krupnikovic, Schröter (79. Kaufman), Paunovic (63. Stajner), Stendel - Trainer: Lienen

Werder Bremen: Reinke, Stalteri, Ismaël, Pasanen, Magnin, Baumann, Borowski (74. D. Jensen), F. Ernst (88. Schulz), Micoud, Valdez, Hunt (83. Zidan) - Trainer: Schaaf

Tore: 0:1 Magnin (5., Unassisted), 0:2 Borowski (7., Assist F. Ernst), 1:2 Zuraw (38., Assist Vinicius), 1:3 F. Ernst (62., Assist Hunt), 1:4 Zidan (85., Unassisted)

Attendance AWD Arena: 41862

Yellow Cards: Cherundolo - Magnin, Baumann

Friday February 18th

Canadians Clash - Werder Bremen vs. Hannover 96

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Saturday February 12th

Werder Bremen 2  Borussia Mönchengladbach 0

Following a strong Performance in the Weser Stadium, Werder Bremen are now in third place four points off the pace. 

Goals from newcomers Aaron Hunt and Mohammad Zidan sealed the victory for Werder.  Hunt who recently celebrated his 18th birthday was given a chance to impress in his first Bundesliga game after striker Ivan Klasnic picked up a hamstring injury in training on Friday afternoon. 

Borussia Mönchengladbach suffered an end to their four game unbeaten streak.  Coach Dick Advocaat still has some work to do before the team is clear of relegation.

Paul Stalteri played rightback for 90 minutes.

Werder Bremen: Reinke, Stalteri, Ismaël, Pasanen, Magnin, Baumann, Borowski, F. Ernst, Micoud (53. D. Jensen), Klose (90. Schulz), Hunt (80. Zidan) - Trainer: Schaaf

Bor. M'gladbach: Keller, Fukal (61. Hausweiler), Moore, Strasser, Jansen, Thijs, Kluge (81. Polanski), Böhme, Broich (46. van Hout), Sverkos, Neuville - Trainer: Advocaat

Goals: 1:0 Hunt (29., Assist Pasanen), 2:0 Zidan (88., Assist D. Jensen)

Attendance Weser Stadium: 40566

Yellow Cards: Fukal, Kluge, Moore, Polanski, Strasser

Friday February 11th

Werder Bremen host Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday February 12th in the Weser Stadium.  Mönchengladbach were the most active German club during the transfer window in January and hope that the new additions will help the team avoid relegation after a rather rocky start to the season. 

Should Werder wish to keep their title hopes alive, they need to come away with three points from the match.  Werder will be missing Nelson Vladez due to suspension and Ivan Klasnic appears to have picked up an injury, but has not yet officially been ruled out for Saturday.  Mohammad Zidan has surprised the medical staff and has returned to the squad, although he may not yet be fully game fit. 

Thomas Schaaf has selected the following squad for the match:  Reinke, Walke, Stalteri, Ismael, Fahrenhorst, Pasanen, Davala, Schulz, Magnin, Baumann, Nery, Ernst, Micoud, Jensen, Borowski, Klasnic, Klose, Zidan, Hunt.

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Sunday February 6th

VfL Wolfsburg 2 Werder Bremen 3

Werder Bremen secured fourth place today after a hard fought 3-2 victory in the Volkswagen Arena.  The Bundesliga Champions have 34 points in the standings and are seven points back from leaders Bayern Munich. 

VfL Wolfsburg were up 2-0 after 49 minutes, with goals from Brdaric and Thiam.  Werder scored two goals within 9 minutes to equalize, and scored the winner in the 87th minute.  Klose, Magnin and Valdez had one goal a piece for Werder.

Paul Stalteri played 90 minutes and had two assists.

VfL Wolfsburg: Jentzsch - Sarpei (89. T. Maric), Franz, Quiroga, Weiser - Karhan, Thiam, Schnoor - Topic (72. Fischer), Brdaric, M. Petrov - Trainer: Gerets

Werder Bremen: Reinke - Stalteri, Pasanen, Fahrenhorst (66. Schulz), Magnin - Baumann (52. D. Jensen) - Borowski, F. Ernst - Micoud - Klose, Klasnic (75. Valdez) - Trainer: Schaaf

Goals: 1:0 Brdaric (26., Assist M. Petrov), 2:0 Thiam (49., Assist M. Petrov), 2:1 Klose (50., Assist Stalteri), 2:2 Magnin (59., Assist Stalteri), 2:3 Valdez (87., Assist Klose)

Attendance Volkswagen Arena: 28000

Yellow Cards: M. Petrov, Schnoor - Valdez

Saturday February 5th

Werder Bremen are away to VfL Wolfsburg at the Volkswagen Arena on Sunday afternoon.  Wolfsburg who experienced an extremely successful run in the first half of the season, are essentially out of the title race.  Wolfsburg coach Eric Gerets, accepts that the team suffered a "big blow" in last weeks defeat to SC Freiburg. 

Werder defender Valerin Ismaël is suspended for the match after picking up his 5th yellow card of the season.  Kristian Lisztes and newcomer Mohamed Zidan are both out due to injury. 

Thomas Schaaf travelled to Wolfsburg with the following players:  Reinke, Walke, Fahrenhorst, Pasanen, Ernst, Davala, Baumann, Stalteri, Micoud, Klose, Nery, Hunt, Klasnic, Jensen, Magnin, Borowski, Schulz und Valdez.

Friday February 4th

Paul Stalteri's Interview with the Toronto Star - Canadian not 'bothered' by match-fixing scandal

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