Werder leak goals again: Stage calls for greater consistency | OneFootball

Werder is just barely above the relegation zone after five matchdays. This season, Bremen still lacks consistency. Jens Stage spoke to 'kicker' about the mixed start to the league and also put his finger on the wound.

"The swings between good and bad are too big," said the 28-year-old about Bremen's problems—despite all the "potential" in the squad. Werder's midfield engine was referring to a "top level that can be super high," as was the case, for example, in the 4-0 away win in Gladbach.

Against Bielefeld in the cup or most recently against SC Freiburg or Eintracht Frankfurt, however, the team failed to reach its performance limit. Those are matches "where we play below our standard—and that has to go. We need to raise the minimum level."

What is particularly annoying is the fact that the flood of goals conceded is also self-inflicted: "We've conceded too many goals towards the end of games because we wanted to score another goal ourselves…", the Dane further explains.

In fact, Werder has already conceded 14 goals this season and currently has the leakiest defense in the league. Only twice after this number of matches was it more: 1967/68 and 2016/17 (15 each). In the home game against FC St. Pauli, ideally, no more should be added. But for that, they need to raise their level.

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