We fell 5-4 to Bremen last night at the Millerntor, but there were, by all reports, many positives to take out of this fixture.
Five players who started on Friday night v Bochum were in the starting line-up on Tuesday night. Sobiech, Schachten, Rothenbach, Bruns and Saglik all played in both games, and will probably start on Monday too - except for Rothenbach with Kalla possibly returning from injury.
But the friendly gave game time to players who have struggled to get onto the pitch in the league games such as Pliquett, Funk and Daube. Morena also picked up a starting place, as did our new signing, straight from the Bremen bus, Kevin Schindler.
We were down 4-1 at half time and 5-1 after 51 minutes, and it was our new signing Schindler who scored our only goal in the first half as he took advantage of his height - 1.91m - and headed home.
From there we made a bit of a comeback with Saglik leading the charge. His strikes in the 55th and 66th minute got us within two goals. Although, we couldn't manage to complete the comeback, Funk scored a goal from distance to give us our fourth and throw his name further into the team selection mix.
The disappointment, of course, is that our defence was so leaky. Sobiech and Schachten have been regulars this season - and have played well - but featured in the first half where we conceded five times. Although I didn't see the match, I think Schachten may have been in midfield - him or Morena - but the point still remains. Gunesch and Rothenbach, the ones we'd have to turn to in case of an injury crisis, were also involved in this back four that got torn apart.
But it is good to see Saglik snaring a double and our new signing finding the score-sheet just 25 minutes into his first appearance for us. As I said, I'm unsure of the formation and selections, but I'd guess:
--------------------Pliquett
Rothenbach-----Sobiech------Morena-----Gunesch
-----------------------Funk
------------Schachten----Daube
Schindler-------------------------------Bruns
--------------------Saglik
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