Werkself dominates 1899 AGAIN

Just as the third week of the season when Werkself easily beat 1899 5-2, once again Bruno Labbadia's side defeated them 4-1 Friday evening. Like the Bundesliga 2 side they were last year, 1899 were run all over by the clearly superiour Bayer 04.

In front of a packed Rhein-Neckar Arena, the home side was run off the pitch by Werkself. Quickly 30,000-plus home supporters knew how the match would unfold as only three minutes in Renato Augusto found Patrick Helmes just inside the box and die Mannschaft capped tore into the ball making it 1-0. That wasn't enough though and only nine minutes later sorrow set-in for the home side as Simon Rolfes redirected Tranquillo Barnetta's free-kick in. At the half hour mark the spot was pointed after René Adler brought down Demba Ba in the area after he had raced in on a through ball. Bosnian international Sejad Salihović converted but the one goal margin didn't last long as Werkself quickly went back on the attack. Turning the screw before the break, Patrick Helmes drilled a free kick from the edge of the area into the net to bring the match to a 3-1 margin. After the break 1899 brought in Isaac Vorsah and Edu Obasi, moving into a 4-3-3 trying to get back into the match. However those efforts did not last long as two minutes in Tranquillo Barnetta's corner from the left was headed-in by Gonzalo Castro, giving Werkself a 4-1 lead. For the rest of the match Bayer 04 controlled the run of play and while they could have added to slaughter, the match ended 4-1.