Tamas Hajnal hit a 1-0 to VfB Stuttgart-© SID-IMAGES/Getty Images /.Two goals, but not a winner: After the 1: 1 (1-1) put Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart still in the relegation battle and must still fear for the survival.
Bremen (SID) - two goals, but not a winner: After the 1: 1 (1-1) put Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart still in the relegation battle and must still fear for the survival. After all: both teams remained unbeaten for the fifth time in a row.
With a Abstauber goal in the 13th minute, Tamas Hajnal brought the Swabians in the lead, was preceded by a header from Pavel Pogrebnyak, the Werder goalkeeper Tim Wiese is made. Bremen captain of Torsten Frings with a deflected shot caused 34. minute earned compensation. Especially in the last quarter of an hour of the first half, had a clear preponderance to the green white, missed the decision at this stage but several times.
With a compact defense work, the team of coach claimed Bruno Labbadia long their lead. Without the yellow gesperrten striker Claudia Pizarro lacked the who before 50.500 spectators in the sold-out Weserstadion first on the necessary power. It took 21 minutes before player Marko Marin launched the first dangerous distance shot VfB goalkeeper Sven Ulreich made to the corner.
Eight minutes later the Stuttgart keeper had to muster again his capable, to defuse a shot of the Brazilian Wesley. In the subsequent turmoil in the VfB penalty area, Hajnal saved for his already beaten goalkeeper for a shot of Tim Borowski at the goal line. The team of coach Thomas Schaaf further increased the pressure, had to wait until eleven minutes before the half by referee Gunter to compensating Perl from Pullach.
After the break, searched for both the direct route to the target more and more, could not prevail but. After a good hour playing time the guests were fall more and more, the game was one-sided. To increase the pressure, Schaaf moved a Austrian Gokhan Inler in the 63 minute.
Ex-all black of Frings convinced by his great commitment to the North German especially, in addition the high-dribbeln earned a good grade Marin. Strongest players in the Stuttgarters which decided the first leg, with 6-0, were Ulreich and Hajnal.
