Relieved Werder Bremen sealed their Bundesliga survival for next season on away goals after a dramatic 2-2 draw at second-division Heidenh...
Relieved Werder Bremen sealed their Bundesliga survival for next season on away goals after a dramatic 2-2 draw at second-division Heidenheim in Monday’s nerve-racking relegation/promotion play-off, second-leg with the crucial second goal scored in added time.
“I’m just happy and glad that we made it after all that,” said Bremen coach Florian Kohfeldt as the play-off finished in a 2-2 draw on aggregate.
“We were dead so many times this year, we always came back,” he added after Bremen had only qualified for the relegation play-off on the last day of the season.
“It’s an incredible pressure that is off us all.
“Every criticism was justified, but chapeau to the boys.”
Bremen, who won the last of their four German league titles in 2003-04, preserve their record of the most seasons spent in the Bundesliga by any club while Heidenheim remain in the second tier.
“We had a great chance, we are mega disappointed,” said Heidenheim coach Frank Schmidt, whose side blew their chance of playing in the Bundesliga after a goalless draw at Bremen in last Thursday’s first-leg.
“We may not have lost in either game, but you feel like a loser.
“It is brutal for us now, we will need a few days to recover.”
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