VfB Stuttgart dey play Werder Bremen today Sunday for their home ground. The Swabians want make big step for di fight to enter Champions League.
Last time dem lose 2-4 for Munich, but dem later come through for di cup against Freiburg for dramatic style. This na real traditional duel. For di 114th time, VfB and Werder go meet for Bundesliga. Only Bayern and Bremen (118 games) and Bayern and Gladbach (116 games) don meet more for league history.
For di home side, this match get second historical meaning: na di 1000th Bundesliga home game for VfB. Di Swabians want win dis one strong and carry di three points. Stuttgart don secure Europe, so di only target now na Champions League qualification. Di current 4th place go work for Stuttgart, but if Germany become second-best nation dis season because of Bayern and Freiburg for international semifinals (currently dem dey third), then 5th place for Bundesliga go still do. But dem no want rely on dat.
“Against opponent wey dey fight for survival and go invest everything, we need full intensity for our game again to deliver good performance,” VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß talk before di match. Now di lineups don come out. Di Swabians dey rotate small, but dem still get high-class players like Deniz Undav, Jamie Leweling, and Angelo Stiller for starting eleven. Werder dey use five-man defense and want close di center.
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