All I want is this game to be won within ninety minutes. We have much tougher games ahead of us so don't fool around and put this one to bed early.
Kagawa just scored for Besiktas ... I can't help but wonder about the impact he would have had, had he been given an opportunity ... they need to rotate this game. Favre has made some piss poor decisions in terms of personel this year ... let's hope the same mistake is not repeated with Max Phillip here.
Kagawa had two yesterday... Cant help but wonder if we couldnt have kept him and sold off someone else.
Let's not compare Turkey with Germany. One is in the top four and the other barely makes it to the top 10.
Since we didn't bring any new attacking players this transfer window, it's about the time to give a chance to Gomez. Not saying that tonight is the right time, but in games like vs Hannover he should have been on the bench and given at least 30 minuttes when leading 3 or 4:0. Even on Saturday vs Frankfurt he couldn't be any worse than JBL. Why JBL is given priority, even over Phillip, is beyond my understanding. When both Paco and Sancho are on the pitch, there's no genious substitutions any more. Puli and JBL didn't have any impact on the game. On the other hand, what I've seen by Rode was great. Not that I'm so big fan, but what he showed on Saturday was at least as good as Delaney
Oelschlägel Hakimi Weigl Toprak Diallo Delaney Witsel Pulisic Reus Guerreiro Götze Neither Witsel nor Reus get a rest. Sancho is sick as well. I hope that all those who caught the flu will only miss this game because the coming weeks are tough. I'm not expecting much contribution to the offense from Diallo but with both number 1 and 2 goal keepers missing, I'd be in a favor of a more conservative approach.
It's a very strong team, but maybe Favre is trying to play them into top form. It was a poor start and I am surprised Dahoud did not get a game. He must be doing something very wrong in training. The passing from the defence is at it's weakest with Toprak a CB and Diallo at LB. Not many clear cut chances created either, but the positive is this is the sharpest Pulisic has looked all season. It's probably his best performance. Reus once again with an important goal. Let's win this with no injuries.
1:1 at halftime. Bremen scored early because of a laughable freekick. Reus with a fantastic direct freekick scored the equalizer just before the half. Pretty average game by us but not too bad. Diallo is trying his best but he's not a LB. He can't go these 1 on 1s that Hakimi can do and we miss the offensive spark on the left side. Guerreiro's game is suffering as a result because he often has to play further back to be an outlet for Diallo when he's under pressure. We didn't allow much but also didn't create chance after chance. I'm expecting Philipp and Alcacer in the second half.
That was a nerve wracking half. We got lucky since their GK tried to cheat on the FK and still failed. Now Lucien needs to earn his keep. Bremen have 10 players behind the ball. They're going to play for penalties. We cannot afford that. Not with sick players and only a 7 point margin separating is from Bayern and BMG.
Rode never stayed fit and had his chance. Hopefully he continues to play well especially against Bayern and goes for a good price. Pulisic has been better today, but we are lacking in quality in attack. Philipp looks like he is on his way out and probably to Leipzig.
Such a poor second half. Reus is injured and we are in serious trouble. It's the worst possible time. I have a very bad feeling we are going to badly regret not strengthening this January. We can see clearly the areas we need to improve on for next season. The midfield are not getting the ball to the attackers. Pulisic has been terrible, lost the ball every single time. Gotze has worked hard and Toprak has given the ball away several times in key areas. Favre needs to make a sub.
And it's penalties with our rookie gk. He had some great saves though but also didn't look good for the third goal.
3:3 off of a corner kick...deserved by Bremen as they have taken it to us both periods of extra time and our third goal should've been flagged for handball too.
Third taker scores our first pen. Yikes. Bremen 4/4 they practiced spotkicks for sure. Aaaand we are out....
Deserved win by Bremen. Oh well, guess the bright side is that they now can fully concentrate on the league and CL.
We are out of the Cup. I'm not that bothered by it but it's still annoying. We dominated possession and didn't do much with it while Bremen only played for pks. When we got the lead, we almost gave it away immediately. Alcacer and Philipp missed their pks. It's more important to get all the injured/sick players back. Reus was subbed because of muscle issues.
Very poor result and it goes to show our season is as fragile as our world class, but fragile captain. Pulisic did great for the goal, but his second half was awful. Larsen was just a pub player. Diallo is not a good left back and Alcacer didn't do anything. The keeper is the 3rd choice, but he has to keep out the 3rd Bremen goal. Just a very disappointing result. Toprak is our 5th best defender.
diallo was terrible offensively, toprak at his usual marking bs. this games just shows how we r lacking proper dept
We haven't exactly been winning so many trophies in recent years we can dismiss the cup. It's a big blow going out of the cup and if Reus misses the Tottenham game, then I see little chance of going through that. We still need at the least 3 signings for next summer and possibly a 4th in central midfield. These positions are clear weak spots in the team. LB, RW/LW CF At CB we are missing our two best defenders.
Unfortunately this game just showed the lack of alternatives that we have in case of multiple injuries. Diallo is and should always be an emergency LB option as he brings nothing offensively and, more importantly, take Guerreiro out of his game as well due to no link-up play. Hakimi and Guerreiro have built up some nice chemistry and should be the undisputed starters on the left side. LP, despite his age, is also just as vital to the team which has been proven time and again this season. I do fault Favre for not playing Dahoud earlier or from the start this game seeing that Bremen would be playing for PK and us needing an option at CM to break through the lines. Now we just have to hope that Reus is not gonna start with his muscular injuries moving forward as this team lives and dies by his game.