Mitchell Weiser addressed team morale after latest Werder Bremen loss: “We don’t have an ego problem.” | OneFootball

Werder Bremen’s disastrous 2025 continues. Saturday’s Bundesliga loss at home against VfL Wolfsburg constituted the team’s fifth consecutive loss on the trot. The horrendous record in the new calendar year gets even more alarming. Ole Werner’s Hanseaten have won only one of 10 competitive fixtures since play resumed in January. In those ten matches, Bremen have conceded an embarrassing 26 goals.

There weren’t many positives to take from the latest league defeat. Werder keeper Michael Zetterer looked poor on both Wolfsburg goals. Werner’s back-three wobbled regularly. Players appeared just about out of sync as they did in Tuesday’s embarrassing cup defeat to third-tier side Arminia Bielefeld. Team leader Mitchell Weiser only snatched a late consolation goal as the match entered second half injury time.

Despite all the problems, Weiser took it upon himself to find some positives from the result. The 30-year-old wing-back never misses an opportunity to raise spirits at the club that rescued his footballing career. Categorically rejected by Bayer Leverkusen, Weiser found a home in the northern city state. The German footballing journeyman also found the path to a brand new footballing adventure as a future Algerian international.

“That was definitely a better game from us in terms of our commitment and the chances we created,” Weiser – referencing both the cup defeat and last week’s humiliating shellacking from Freiburg – told Sky Germany. “The fans wanted to see a reaction. I think we showed a different face and put more into the game.“

Weiser’s fourth league goal of the campaign certainly counted as a potential momentum builder. Solid work from buttressing support attackers Jens Stage and Leonardo Bittencourt also served as encouraging. Bittencourt and teammate Derrick Köhn clashed publicly after the cup loss. Weiser seemed to have this in mind when discussing the state of overall squad morale in his interview.

“We don’t have an ego problem,” Weiser insisted. “We’re just going through a rough patch. We managed to get through one of these shortly before winter. We didn’t play better football then either, but won the decisive duels. That’s what it’s about in football, winning the decisive things. It has nothing to do with ego.”

GGFN | Peter Weis