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Sunday January 30th
Werder Bremen 3
Hansa Rostock 2
Werder Bremen remain
in the title race after capturing three points at home
following a 3-2 victory against Hansa Rostock.
Ivan Klasnic gave
Werder an early lead in the 5th minute and shortly after
Miroslav Klose doubled the lead. Rostock came
within one just before the half. Ivan Klasnic
netted his second to restore Werder's two goal lead in
the 62nd minute.
Rostock continued to
push forward and were able to beat Werder Keeper Andreas
Reinke twice.
Werder Bremen now
have 31 points and are in 5th place in the standings.
Werder Bremen: Reinke –
Davala (78. Stalteri), Ismaël, Fahrenhorst, Schulz,
Baumann, D. Jensen (58. Nery), Borowski, Micoud - Klose,
Klasnic
Hansa Rostock: Schober - Tjikuzu, Möhrle, Hill,
Maul - Persson - D. Rasmussen (74. Di Salvo), Rydlewicz,
T. Rasmussen - Prica, Allbäck
Goals: 1:0 Klasnic (5.), 2:0 Klose (31.), 2:1 D.
Rasmussen (45.), 3:1 Klasnic (62.), 3:2 T. Rasmussen
(65.)
Yellow Cards: Ismaël (Werder), Tjikuzu (Hansa
Rostock)
Attendance - Weser Stadium: 38 345
Saturday January 29th
Werder Bremen will
play their first home game of 2005 on Sunday January
30th against Hansa Rostock. Werder have scored at
least one goal in each of their last 22 games and hope
to continue that run on Sunday.
Werder players Frank
Baumann, Petri Pasanen and Paul Stalteri will rejoin the
squad after missing the last match against Schalke.
Fabian Ernst is suspended for Sunday's match after
receiving his fifth yellow card, and newcomer Mohamad Zidan is still out due to an injury he sustained during
a friendly match.
Congratulations to the Canadian U20 Team
"Congratulations to all the staff and players in the U20
squad for your outstanding performance in Honduras.
Qualifying for the FIFA Youth World Championships in
Holland is an amazing accomplishment and you have made
our country proud. I would like to wish you all
the best in your preparations for the tournament"
-
Paul Stalteri -
Tuesday January 25th
The Bundesliga
All-Star team tied the German National Team 2-2 in the
charity match scheduled to help raise money for the
tsunami victims in Asia. A crowd of 51,904
spectators came out to the Schalke Arena to watch the
best of the Bundesliga. The organizers of the
event expect to have raised over four million Euro.
With only two players
playing the entire match, fans were able to see many
players in action on the pitch during the 90 minute
match. There were three goals within four minutes
in the first half with the German National Team ending
the half with a 2-1 lead. The equalizing goal for
the Bundesliga All-Star's came early in the second half.
With some players
pulling out of the match due to injury, Werder Bremen
All-Star players Paul Stalteri and Valerin Ismaël
were joined by teammate Umit Davala.
Paul Stalteri played
the second half along with players such as Lucio, Ailton,
Salihamidzic, Zé
Roberto and Bordon. "The game wasn't the most
important part of the evening. We all came
together to help a good cause." says Paul Stalteri.
Germany:
Kahn (46. Lehmann) - Hinkel (46. Owomoyela), Mertesacker
(46. A. Friedrich), Wörns (46. Fahrenhorst), Pander - B.
Schneider (46. Borowski), Frings (46. Ernst), Ballack
(46. Schweinsteiger), Engelhardt - Asamoah (46. Klose),
Kuranyi (46. Podolski) - Trainer: Klinsmann
Bundesliga-Allstars: Warmuz (46. Juric) - Davala
(46. Stalteri), Ismaël (46. Lucio), van Buyten (46.
Bordon), Simunic (46. Kobiashvili) - A. Hleb (46.
Salihamidzic), Fernando Meira (46. N. Kovac), Babic (46.
Lincoln), Krzynowek (46. Zé Roberto) - Makaay (46.
Ailton), Marcelinho (46. Mintal) - Trainer: Stevens
Goals: 1:0 B. Schneider (26., Assist Asamoah),
1:1 Makaay (28., Assist Marcelinho), 2:1 Asamoah (30.,
Assist Ballack), 2:2 Mintal (50., Assist Ailton)
Referee: Fandel
Attendance - Schalke Arena: 51904
Saturday January 22nd
Werder Bremen lost to FC Schalke
04 in their first game of 2005. After a scoreless
first half, Werder went down 1-0 shortly after halftime.
Valerin Ismaël
converted a penalty to equalize the match just minutes
later.
Ex-Werder
player Ailton scored the winning goal in the 67th
minute. Both teams had many goal scoring
opportunities and it was a very entertaining 90 minutes
for all spectators.
Werder Bremen travelled to the Schalke Arena with a
smaller squad than usual of only 16 players.
Regular starters, Frank Baumann (injury), Petri Pasanen
(injury) and Paul Stalteri (yellow-red) were absent from
the squad.
FC Schalke
04: F. Rost - Hamit Altintop, Bordon, Krstajic,
Pander - Poulsen - Asamoah, Kobiashvili - Lincoln -
Sand, Ailton - Trainer: Rangnick
Werder Bremen: Reinke - Davala (76. Valdez),
Ismaël, Fahrenhorst, Schulz - Borowski (81. Gustavo Nery),
F. Ernst, D. Jensen - Micoud - Klose, Klasnic - Trainer:
Schaaf
Goals: 1:0 Asamoah (47.), 1:1 Ismaël (51., Assist
Klose), 2:1 Ailton (67., Assist Asamoah)
Attendance: 61524 (soldout)
Yellow Cards: Kobiashvili, Poulsen, Bordon, F.
Rost (FC. Schalke 04) - F. Ernst, D. Jensen (Werder
Bremen)
Tuesday January 18th
Paul Stalteri voted into All-Star Team
Werder Bremen players Paul Stalteri and Valerin Ismaël
have been voted by the fans into the Bundesliga All-Star
team. The All-Star team will face the German
National team in a charity match in which all proceeds
will be donated to the victims of the Tsunami in Asia.
"It
is an honour to be voted in by the fans as one of the
top players in the league, but most importantly it is a
privilege to be able to play a part in helping those
affected by the Tsunami." says Paul Stalteri
The
game will be played on Tuesday January 25th at the
Schalke Arena at 19:45. The game will also be
televised live on ZDF.
The
All-Star Team
Coach:
Huub Stevens (1. FC Köln)
Goalies:
Guillaume Warmuz (Borussia Dortmund/France), Frank Juric
(Hannover 96/Croatia);
Defence:
Marcelo Bordon (Schalke 04/Brazil), Valerien Ismaël (Werder
Bremen/France), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen/Brazil), Lucio (Bayern
Munich/Brazil), Paul Stalteri (Werder Bremen/Canada),
Lewan Kobiaschwili (Schalke 04/Georgia);
Midfield:
Andres D'Alessandro (VfL Wolfsburg/Argentina), Dede (Borussia
Dortmund/Brazil), Aliaksandr Hleb (VfB
Stuttgart/Ukraine), Niko Kovac (Hertha BSC
Berlin/Croatia), Marcelinho (Hertha BSC Berlin/Brazil),
Lincoln (Schalke 04/Brazil), Fernando Meira (VfB
Stuttgart/Portugal), Martin Petrov (VfL
Wolfsburg/Bulgaria), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia
Dortmund/Czech), Hasan Salihamidzic (Bayern
Munich/Bosnien-Herzegowina), Zé Roberto (Bayern
Munich/Brazil)
Forward:
Ailton (Schalke 04/Brazil), Roy Makaay (Bayern
Munich/Holland), Marek Mintal (1. FC Nürnberg/Slovakia).
Sunday
January 16th
The players and staff from Werder Bremen
returned home from Turkey on
Saturday January 15th.
Werder played four friendly games while
in Turkey and play an additional
friendly game against Hamburg SV on
January 16th.
The second half of the Bundesliga season
will officially start on January 22nd.
Werder will play away to Schalke.
Paul Stalteri is suspended for the match
due to the yellow-red he received in his
last Bundesliga game.
Saturday
January 8th
Training
camp in Belek
So far,
Paul Stalteri has had a tough, but very productive
training camp in Belek, Turkey. "I feel great and
am looking forward to the second half of the season.
I maintained a fitness program while I was on vacation
in Toronto and that has helped me return to game form"
says Paul Stalteri.
The
first scheduled friendly game for Werder Bremen took
place on Saturday January 8th against Eintracht Trier.
The two teams faced each other in the German Cup and it
was obvious that Trier were looking for revenge as they
defeated Werder 5-1.
Werder
have three additional friendly matches scheduled while
in Belek. The schedule is listed below:
Monday January 10th Lokomotive Plovdiv
Wednesday January 12th Fenerbahce Istanbul
Friday January 14th Trabzonspor
The team
will return to Bremen on Saturday January 15th and are
scheduled to play an additional friendly against
Hamburger SV on Sunday January 16th. The next
Bundesliga match for Werder will be on Saturday January
22nd away to Schalke.
Sunday
January 2nd
Paul Stalteri returns to Bremen
Paul Stalteri has
returned to Bremen in preparation for
the second half of the season.
Following the winter break, the team
will report for practice on January 3rd.
The players return to a very intense
schedule and will play in two indoor
tournaments before traveling to Turkey
on January 6th for training camp.
At the end of a very successful 2004,
Werder Bremen suffered a very sad loss as one of the
very prominent board members suddenly passed away days
before 2005. Dr. Franz Böhmert played a very important
part in the development of the club and will be sadly
missed. Paul Stalteri would like to wish his
condolences to Dr. Böhmert’s family and friends.
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