Following the week where talks of "crisis" surrounded Werder Bremen, the club responded with a 5-1 blow-out of Hertha BSC at the Weserstadion.
The Berliners who were riding an unbeaten streak but with the stroke of the new month, that all came tumbling down in front of 42,000. With the lineup boasting the return of Tim Wiese, Claudio Pizarro, Torsten Frings and Diego returning from injury, Per Mertesacker back from suspension and Austrian rear-guard Sebastian Prödl, the Green-Whites were no match for the visitors. With a fervor to end talks of "crisis" quickly, they pressured from the onset. Fourteen minutes into the match, Diego's corner was parried by Berliner 'keeper Christopher Gäng into the back of White Eagle 'capped Gojko Kačar and into the net. With a one goal lead, Werder turned the screw and six minutes later Mesut Özil chipped a pass to Diego who repeated the effort over the 'keeper to make it 2-0. Still not enough, three minutes before half another goal was added when Per Mertesacker flicked a Diego corner to Markus Rosenberg for finishing. On the hour, Claudio Pizarro finished Diego's set-up to make in 4-0 before Cícero headed a Andriy Voronin free-kick but Pizza made it 5-1 with five minutes remaining.
Prior to the match, Thomas Schaaf and Klaus Allofs came out strongly to provoke a response for the club and based upon the result, it worked to perfection.