Falling giants? Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg and Gladbach circle Bundesliga drain

Threat of relegation looms over former league champions who can still be accused of living off past glories “We currently have zero self-confidence,” lamented Marco Friedl, “and it shows.” Werder Bremen had just come to the end of a 13th successive winless game and there was a sense that they didn’t realise that the bottom was quite this low – if indeed they are quite there. “I often have the right words, but today I’m pretty much speechless because I couldn’t have imagined the game ending li...

By Andy Brassell