Thrilling win in Bremen | OneFootball

Eintracht came from 2-1 down to win 4-3 at Werder Bremen on Sunday and claim their first Bundesliga win of the season.

On his 48th birthday, head coach Oliver Glasner made just one alteration to the side that drew 1-1 against Köln last time out. Daichi Kamada was preferred to Rafael Borré in attack, with Randal Kolo Muani leading the line in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Two turnarounds

The Eagles got off to a dream start at the Weserstadion, taking the lead inside two minutes. Shortly after Luca Pellegrini’s corner was cleared off the line, Kolo Muani did well to keep the attack alive on the byline and cut the ball back to Mario Götze, who drilled in his first Eintracht goal from 18 metres. Bremen then equalised with their first real opportunity, when Evan Ndicka only cleared a corner as far as Anthony Jung, who found the bottom left corner with a well-placed shot. Three minutes later, the hosts’ second attempt also ended up in the back of the net. Again it came from a set piece, Marvin Ducksch’s free kick finding Leandro Bittencourt, who sent a looping header over Kevin Trapp.

Glasner’s men responded well to the shock, though, and actually had the ball in the net moments later, only for Daichi Kamada’s header to be disallowed for offside in the build-up. Another Pellegrini corner then forced Jiri Pavlenka into a save, before the Bremen goalkeeper denied Jesper Lindström one-on-one. The Eagles eventually got themselves back level in the 32nd minute. Werder gave away possession around the halfway line and the men in red took full advantage, Kolo Muani powering past two Bremen defenders to get into the box and then poking the ball past Pavlenka, who could only get a slight touch to it. The key moment came seven minutes later. Just after Trapp had made a brilliant save from Mitchell Weiser’s effort, Eintracht went up the other end and this time Lindström beat Pavlenka to make it 3-2 at the end of a pulsating first half.

Eagles hold on

The second period began in the same way as the first: with an Eintracht goal after two minutes. Another flowing attack ended with Kamada laying the ball off for Djibril Sow, who side-footed it into the right corner to give his team a two-goal cushion. This time the Eagles did better at defending their lead as the action died down a little. Jens Stage headed a good chance over for Werder, while Frankfurt remained a threat on the counter, such as when Kamada fired just over from a tight angle at the other end.

It remained comfortable until the end of regular time, when referee Patrick Ittrich decided that Ndicka had clipped Ducksch in the penalty area after being alerted by the video assistant. Niclas Fullkrüg converted the spot-kick to make it a nervy final few minutes, but Frankfurt saw it over the line.

Summary: Big win

Eintracht certainly had to work hard for their first league win of the campaign. After a crazy first half, the Eagles were comfortable for most of the second half until that stoppage-time penalty, but they weren’t to be denied the three points this time.

SGE line-up

Trapp – Jakic, Tuta, Ndicka, Pellegrini (Lenz 65’) – Sow (Chandler 77’), Rode – Lindström (Knauff 77’), Götze (Alario 86’), Kamada – Kolo Muani (Borré 86’)

Goals

0-1 Götze (2’)

1-1 Jung (14’)

2-1 Bittencourt (17’)

2-2 Kolo Muani (32’)

2-3 Lindström (39’)

2-4 Sow (48’)

3-4 Fullkrüg (90’+2 pen)