CL matchday 3: Panathinaikos Athens - Werder Bremen (October 22nd 2008 8:45 PM CET) [R]

"Eisenfuß" Eilts · 21 Oct 2008, 07:59 AM

I would be very happy with an away draw in this match,
but considering our inconsistent performances i don´t know
what to expect. I simply hope, that we can avoid huge mistakes
and that the referee also shows a good performance.

Expected line-up:
-----------------Vander---------------
--Fritz--Mertesacker-Naldo--Boenisch--
-----------------Frings----------------
------Jensen--------------Özil---------
-----------------Diego----------------
------Almeida-------------Pizarro------

Equilibrium · 21 Oct 2008, 01:51 PM

You need to win, not draw. 2 ties means you must make up for your mistake on the other match you lost points.

sting-ray · 21 Oct 2008, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Equilibrium

You need to win, not draw. 2 ties means you must make up for your mistake on the other match you lost points.

don't worry, we're not in a bad position

"Eisenfuß" Eilts · 22 Oct 2008, 10:01 AM

One side note:
In not only the defense must improve in comparison to the BL performances,
but also the offense must improve its accurance:

We made the most shots on goal of all CL teams, but only scored one goal.

benztown · 22 Oct 2008, 03:19 PM

Lucky break on that first goal by Merte...now there should be more room for counter attacks.

waterboyro · 22 Oct 2008, 03:40 PM

Or not. It is 1-1 at half time and except the irregular goal and a shoot of Diego from outside the area we didn't do anything in this first half. If we continue to play like this it will be very hard to come back with at least a point. I'm getting the feeling that Werder players are happy to get a draw here.