Personnel Problems at Werder Bremen peaked in front of the top game against leaders Darmstadt 98 dramatically: as the table third on Thursday announced, top scorer Marvin Ducksch has been positively tested on the Corona virus and thus no option for coach OLE for the time being Werner.

The most successful striker of the green whites is already in quarantine. All other tests fell negative.

After captain Ömer Toprak (muscle tendon injury in the calf), Marco Friedl (severe bruise in the hip area and abdominal muscle injury) and Mitchell Weiser (muscle bundle crack in the thigh) is Ducksch already the fourth service provider, which can not contribute against the lilies.

It was all about Werder’s last monthly everything like the lacing. The Hanseates hurried in the 2nd Bundesliga of Victory to Victory, Coach Werner could almost always build on the same players. This is now finish.

In the eight remaining second division encounters, the SVW still applies to the direct competitors SV Darmstadt 98, FC St. Pauli, the 1st FC Nuremberg and the FC Schalke 04.

No excuses at the SV Werder

However, the healthy Werder professionals do not want to be discouraged before the weeks of truth.

“Ultimately, we have enough players who can catch that. Of course, very important players are gone, which you can not replace one to one or just hard, but as a team we can create that,” said Milos Veljkovic on Wednesday in a digital media round.

The Serb supplemented: “Of course it is not ideal. It would be better to play on two, three weeks, but we take this challenge. We have enough players who have come in before and made it great. That’s why there are there too no excuses.”