season comes to an end

Werkself’s season came to disappoint end as they lost 1-0 to Bremen in the DFB Pokal final via a second half deflected shot from Mesut Özil.

With a large troupe of traveling supporters Werkself had good support in the capital and n the early stages of the match they had a lot to cheer about as they had the overall momentum. However play in the final third was insufficient and despite the advantage with ball possession, they were unable to make something of it. Bremen slowly started to get its footing with Diego being the cause of many of Werkself’s problem but still both sides were unable to get on the score-sheet before the break. The deadlock was broken just before the hour when Mesut Özil’s shot struck Manuel Friedrich and squeezed past René Adler for the 1-0 lead. Looking for the right touch Bruno Labbadia brought in Toni Kroos for Arturo Vidal and Angelos Charisteas late but they were unable to break through as the match ending in a 1-0 loss.

It has been a difficult year for Werkself but the club does possess the right quality of players next year could see them break into the top and European football.

Thank you everyone for a great year.

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