First-half highlights:
6’: Lucas Perrin heads in Strasbourg’s opener from a corner, and Werder are behind after just a few mintutes. Not the start the Green-Whites were looking for!
9’: Ilia Gruev crosses into the box from a free kick on the right-hand side. Goalkeeper Bellaarouch is on hand to clear the ball away for a corner, which ultimately poses no threat to the home side.
15’: Christian Groß plays it long, searching for Manuel Mbom on the left flank, and the midfielder has space to get a cross in. He slightly overcooks it which means the resulting header doesn’t cause the Strasbourg defence any problems.
18’: Strasbourg score a second. Marvin Senaya is afforded far too much room on the edge of the box and decides to try his like. A powerful shot goes through several pairs of legs and nestles into the bottom-right corner past a helpless Zetterer.
27’: Nick Woltemade and Oliver Burke combine well on the right-hand side and work it into the penalty area. The move ends with Burke firing it into the far corner. Back in it!
31’: Werder have got a lot better since getting a goal back. Romano Schmid is next to have a shot, firing low from around 20 yards out on the right-hand side. The RCS keeper is able to take the sting out of his powerful effort.
34’: Romano Schmid latches onto a misplaced backpass and tries to knock it past the onrushing Bellaarouch, who brings the Austria international down in the box. Decision: penalty to SVW! Nick Woltemade coolly tucks it away with a precise spot kick into the bottom left corner to level the scores!
45’: A fifth goal comes against the run of play. A long ball lands in Werder’s penalty box and the ball is squared to Leo Mothiba, who has enough space to tap the ball home, which restores Strasbourg’s lead with one of the last kicks of the first half.
