Na Saturday afternoon, Werder Bremen bin face SC Paderborn for sport ground of VfL Oythe. Di match na pre-season test match, and e no easy because two sides dey get plenty injury problem. Di original plan na make dem play 2 x 90 minutes, but because of di personal wey dey missing, dem bin decide for play 4 x 35 minutes. About 2,300 fans come waka go watch di match, and dem see plenty action but na 2-2 dem draw.
Di match start with Paderborn dey press well well. Bremen no get chance for early part. E take time reach 18th minute before Bremen fit counter attack. Marco Grüll bin try im luck but goalkeeper stop am. Later, Cedric Itten wey dey wear Werder shirt for di first time, pass ball to Justin Njinmah, but di fast attacker no fit score. Paderborn also get chances, Olivier Deman bin save di ball for di line from Karl Hein, and later Hein use im shoulder put ball for bar.
Half of di match, Alexander Schlager come in as goalkeeper and e dey busy. Paderborn bin get many chances but no score. Then for di second half, Grüll show im skill, e carry ball e pass three defenders for left side, and e give Njinmah easy ball wey e score for 82nd minute. Werder suddenly dey lead.
But Paderborn no gree give up. For di last part of di match, dem finally score. Ruben Müller bin equalize for 123rd minute. But Werder quickly answer. Paul Erevbenagie, na young boy wey dey 18 years, use im speed run e score for 126th minute, im fourth goal this pre-season. But di joy no last. Schlager make mistake for im own area, and Lasse Eickel take advantage score for 128th minute, making am 2-2.
After di match, Werder coach Daniel Thioune talk about how di league go be competitive. E say all di promoted teams, including Paderborn, Schalke, and Elversberg, dey strong and dem don deserve to dey there. E say di league go be interesting, especially for di middle and bottom. Di coach say e no want im team to dey fight for relegation again. E say e dey happy to face every opponent.
Werder still get two weeks before dem go play first official match for DFB-Pokal against Lüneburger SK. On August 30, dem go travel go face SC Freiburg for di league opener. Di test match show say Werder still get work to do, but dem no lose, so small confidence.
