Winning in the middle of the park
Many of those watching Werder’s game away at Union Berlin would have been rather surprised to see the Green-Whites stride out for the second half with a couple of changes to their line-up. Despite heading into the break 2-1 up and with their hosts being down to ten men, SVW head coach Daniel Thioune brought on some fresh legs for round two against FCU, with Julian Malatini and Leonardo Bittencourt replacing Niklas Stark and Keke Topp, both of whom had seen a yellow card in the first 45. There was more to the substitutions than just an effort to avoid losing their man advantage, though, as the head coach explained in a media round on Monday. →