Certainly, championships, European Cup semi-finals and DFB Cup duels have already been fought between Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen. It has been a long time. On Sunday in the Volksparkstadion (02/27/2022, in the live ticker on Sportschau.de) it’s one floor down to the point, but it’s about important points in the resurgence race of the two traditional clubs.
Both fan camps long for a return to the Bundesliga, as do the management floors on the Elbe and Weser. Sporting setbacks, corona pandemic: Werder and HSV are separated in color, but united in the financially tense situation. A rise would promise relief for the clammy club coffers.
Fritz: “Most important game this season”
“It’s the most important game this season for our region“, said Bremen’s head of professional football Clemens Fritz. The ex-national player knows what he’s talking about: he was on the pitch at the legendary derby weeks in 2009, when Werder and HSV met four times in three competitions within 19 days – mainly with cheering Bremen residents.
After that, not much came from Werder’s point of view. The Green-Whites celebrated their last win at the Volkspark Stadium in September 2013. After the tearful relegation last summer, the first second division derby at home saw them lose 2-0 to the “Red Pants”. At that time still with coach Markus Anfang on the Bremen sidelines.