Daniel Thioune says momentum with Werder as survival push gathers pace | OneFootball

After three wins in four, Werder Bremen are up to 14th and four points clear, with Daniel Thioune sensing momentum.

“If you had asked me three weeks ago how it felt being second to bottom in the table, I would’ve said it’s not that nice right now. And now, three weeks later, momentum is going our way.” He was speaking to the DFL.

After taking charge in February, Thioune opened with a brutal run, facing SC Freiburg, Bayern Munich and then a six-pointer at St. Pauli, losing all three.

Werder responded with a 2-0 win over bottom club Heidenheim, ending a 13-game winless run dating back to November 2025. They then came from behind to beat Union Berlin 4-1, before a 2-0 loss to Mainz.

“You can’t expect us to win every week, even though we had two wins. But that little setback against Mainz wasn’t good for us,” said Thioune. “It wasn’t necessarily a backward step but like losing a round in boxing.”

March closed with a 1-0 victory over Wolfsburg. Having won only four of their first 20, Thioune now has three wins from seven, lifting Werder from 19 to 28 points.

The four clubs beneath Bremen, Köln, St. Pauli, Wolfsburg and Heidenheim, are winless in their last three, and Werder are now three points off ninth-placed Union Berlin.

“We’ve still got seven to go. We need more points, but we’ve got plenty of chances to get 21 points from seven remaining games. That drives me.”

Source: BuLi News