Werder Bremen scouting report

Werder Bremen:

Detailed scouting report after the jump...

• League: German Bundesliga
• Current Record: 1-1-1
• 2009-2010 Record and Finish: 17 wins 7 losses 10 draws, 3rd overall
• Road to the Champions League: Finishing 3rd, they had to play their way into the champions league with a home and away versus Italian Serie A 4th place finisher, Sampdoria.  Defeated Sampdoria in Italy 3-1 with goals by Clemens Fritz (51), Torsten Frings (pen 67), and Claudio Pizarro (69).  Lost the home match 3-2 with goals by Markus Rosenberg (90) and the aggregate winner by Claudio Pizarro (100).  Won 5-4 on overall aggregate goal total.
• Formation: They play 4-1-2-1-2 in a diamond ring formation.
• Players:

      Goalie:

• Tim Wiese, Currently entering his 5th year as goalie for the squad.  Member of German World Cup squad.

      Defenders:

• Petri Pasanen, Entering 7th year as Werder Bremem squad member.  Member of Finnish National Team.
• Clemens Fritz, Entering 5th year as Werder Bremen Squad member. Started over 40 total games in 3 of the last 4 years.
• Per Mertesacker, Entering 5th year as Werder Bremen squad member. Started 7 games in the recent World Cup for the German squad.
• Sebastien Prodl, Mikaël Silvestre, Sebastian Boenisch,

      Midfielders:

• Torsten Frings, Entering 6th season as Werder Bremen squad member.  Scored 9 goals for remen last season and has 2 so far this season.
• Tim Borowski, Entering 2nd season as Werder Breman squad member.  Used in a 2:1 ratio as starter to substitute.  Scored 6 goals last season.
• Marko Marin, Entering 2nd season as Werder Bremen squad member. German World Cup squad member, appeared in 2 games as a substitute.
• Philipp Bargfrede, Enterting 2nd season as Werder Bremen squad member. Has started all Bremen games this season.
• Wesley, First year as Werder Bremen Squad member.

      Strikers:

• Claudio Pizarro, Entering 3rd season as Werder Bremen squad member. Scored 17 and 16 goals in Bundesliga competition the last two years.
• Marko Arnautovic, First season as Werder Bremen squad member.  Scored 2 goals in his first 3 Bundesliga matches.
• Aaron Hunt, 8th year as member of Werder Bremen squad.  Scored 9 Bundesliga goals last year.
• Sandro Wagner, Hugo Almedia.