45.+2
2:48 p.m
After a free kick from the left, Degen comes under pressure in the center to head the ball. The central defender missed the Bremen goal by a good two meters.
45.+3
2:48 p.m
End of 1st half
45.
2:46 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 2
45.
2:46 p.m
Wamser is one step too late! Once again it is a Cologne counter-attack that becomes dangerous: Beck picks up the pace on the left and plays sharply flat to the second post. Wamser slides in, but she’s half a meter short of making it 2-0.
44.
2:44 p.m
Wilde checks Bang! The Cologne player pulls the ball straight towards the goal from over 25 meters and Bremen’s goalkeeper is just able to direct the ball onto the crossbar – the finish had a lot of momentum, as the replay shows!
43.
2:43 p.m
Cologne counterattacks in their own stadium! The hosts create a lot of space through several deep passes, but in the end Beck is fouled while trying to play a pass.
40.
14:41
At the standard, Degen uses her arms to create too much space against Németh, so the referee decides on a foul.
40.
2:40 p.m
Beck evades her guard in midfield and shifts a great diagonal ball out to the left to Zeller. The outside player at least gets the next corner for FC.
37.
2:38 p.m
The guests are now making a noticeable number of slight mistakes in their passing game, so that Cologne can establish themselves in the opponent’s half several times. However, Bremen’s mistakes have not yet led to any further scoring opportunities.
35.
2:36 p.m
How does Werder react to the deficit? Walkling wants to put Mahmoud in the spotlight on the half-right, but the pass is played far too steep and out of reach for Bremen’s number ten.
32.
2:32 p.m
Tooor for 1. FC Köln, 1-0 by Marleen Schimmer
The fouled Schimmer steps up herself and safely converts the ball to the left of the post. Peng has the right corner, but the shot is too hard and placed – the Cologne stadium cheers!
31.
2:31 p.m
Yellow card for Livia Peng (Werder Bremen)
Peng is punished with a yellow card for the foul.
30.
2:30 p.m
Penalty for Cologne! Németh is not concentrated enough when receiving the ball in his own penalty area and Schimmer goes for it and wins the ball. The striker moves into the penalty area and puts the ball past the keeper who has run out, but is brought down and the referee immediately points to the spot.
27.
14:28
The game currently only takes place between the penalty area, because Bremen is having a hard time attacking out of the game and FC is holding up well against it with a disciplined basic order. A game at eye level!
24.
14:24
Great individual action from Wilde! Cologne’s midfielder uses a physical illusion to make two defenders stand in their penalty area and shoots from a tight angle on the right – her powerful shot bounces off the outside post and out of bounds.
22.
14:23
The game is being played hard by both sides, but so far the referee has it well under control and hasn’t had to issue a warning yet.
20.
2:20 p.m
Hoppe misses a high corner, but is there when Németh finishes from close range and closes the short corner.
18.
2:19 p.m
After a Cologne free kick from the half field, the visitors from Bremen’s defensive allocation was not right at all and Zeller came free to head the ball near the six-yard box. The outside player narrowly misses goalkeeper Peng’s goal, luck for Werder!
15.
2:16 p.m
The first 15 minutes are quite entertaining because both teams play forward. Bremen was the more active team in the early stages, but now FC are also fully there and are keeping the ball in their own ranks for longer.
12.
14:13
Degen clears just before the line! Bremen takes a seemingly harmless ball and Hahn is wide awake at the first post, but Hoppe fails to finish. The keeper is beaten on the rebound, but Degen is in the right place in front of the line and prevents the Bremen player from taking the lead in the follow-up shot.
10.
2:10 p.m
Hahn is not prevented from shooting! Bremen’s left winger moves into the penalty area with the ball at his feet and is not attacked. She wants to place the ball flat in the short corner, Hoppe gets down quickly enough and deflects to the side.
7.
2:07 p.m
Double chance for 1. FC Köln! First Peng extends his foot against Schimmer in time and a little later Wilde pulls away from the edge of the penalty area, the keeper reaches over and directs the ball over the crossbar.
5.
2:06 p.m
Lührßen once again takes care of Werder’s corner, but this time Hoppe climbs up and safely plucks the ball out of the air.
4.
2:05 p.m
The guests always look for depth well: Weidauer is sent into the penalty area on the right, the striker delays briefly and plays flat into the middle. Sternad has run in at the penalty spot, but Gerhardt moves in in time and clears it for a corner.
2.
2:02 p.m
Bremen causes chaos in the FC penalty area by default! Lührßen pulls the corner from the right up to the second post, where a Bremen player can also get through and pass it inside. There the hostesses get it sorted out collectively.
1.
2:00 p.m
The ball rolls in front of a great backdrop!
1.
2:00 p.m
Game start
13:46
The FC announced before the game that more than 27,000 tickets for the game had already been sold in advance. This will definitely break the season record from the first leg in Bremen. Of course, such a message doesn’t go unnoticed by Cologne coach Daniel Weber and the entire team: “We are incredibly focused and well positioned, the anticipation is special. Every player wants to be there, but the three points are in the foreground.” His coaching colleague on the other hand wants to make things as difficult as possible for the hosts on the field: “We want to impose our game on them and stick to where we are right now. To do that, we have to keep collecting points.”
1:35 p.m
A look at the table reveals: Cologne is in a relegation battle with eleven points and only three points behind the competition. Werder, on the other hand, is comfortably in sixth place and has 20 points. With an away win, Werder would even jump back to fifth place. In the first leg, Bremen achieved their first home win of the season with a deserved 3-0 win against FC – even then the game was played in the large stadium and over 21,000 fans flocked to the Weserstadion.
1:30 p.m
Werder, on the other hand, got off to a better start because with seven points from four games, the team from northern Germany has established itself in a secure midfield. Before the international break there was a serious setback, as at home they were clearly defeated by SC Freiburg 0-3. In addition, captain Hausicke seriously injured her knee and will be missing from her team for the rest of the season. Bremen’s coach Thomas Horsch makes several adjustments to the starting eleven: Brandenburg, Wirtz, Dieckmann (all bench) and Hausicke (torn cruciate ligament) make room for Walkling, Bernhardt, Matheis and Hahn.
13:22
The FC women started the 2024 football year with three defeats in a row and were at least able to end the negative trend with a 0-0 draw at MSV Duisburg before the international break. Compared to this game, there are three personnel changes in the hosts’ starting eleven: Degen, Zeller and Gerhardt are new to the team – Agrež, Padilla-Bidas and Donhauser, on the other hand, first have to get used to the bench.
1:03 p.m
Hello and welcome to match day number 15 in the Women’s Bundesliga and the duel between 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen! The game will take place in the RheinEnergieStadion and starts at 2 p.m.