Werder Bremen had been relegated from the Bundesliga for the primary time in 41 years on Saturday after a 4-2 thrashing at dwelling by Borussia Moenchengladbach. “At the second it’s onerous to say something,” caretaker coach Thomas Schaaf, who stepped in after Florian Kohfeldt was sacked last weekend, told Sky. “We didn’t manage to do what we wanted to do. “We missed the huge opportunity to equalise, which we needed. We fought back too late.” Cologne’s 1-0 win over backside facet Schalke, who had been already relegated, confirmed Bremen’s worst fears, sending them down for the primary time since 1979-80, after they got here again up a season later.
Bremen paid the worth for taking one level from their final ten league video games in Germany’s high flight, ending seventeenth in the desk, two factors behind Cologne who’ve a two-legged relegation play-off subsequent week.
A loosening of the hygiene guidelines in Bremen meant there have been a 100 spectators in the stadium, largely membership workers, however there was close to silence on the remaining whistle among the many surprised hosts.
Bremen made the worst attainable begin when Gladbach captain Lars Stindl was left alone in the penalty space and fired into the underside proper nook with simply three minutes gone.
Gladbach doubled their lead early in the second half when Marcus Thuram bought in behind the defence and fired previous Bremen goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka.
A towering header by Ramy Bensebaini and a Florian Neuhaus aim made it 4-0 earlier than Bremen fought again as ahead Milot Rashica and Niclas (*40*) scored late on, however to no avail.
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