Werder Bremen 3-1 Athletic Club: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2009
Result
Werder Bremen 3-1 Athletic Club
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Werder Bremen 3-1 Athletic Club: match report
Werder Bremen defeated Athletic Club 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 1 October 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Aaron Hunt opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Aaron Hunt (18'), Naldo (41') and Torsten Frings (90', penalty). Athletic Club did not score.
Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Athletic Club received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Werder Bremen were 28th on 9 points from 3 and Athletic Club 24th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read W-W-W and Athletic Club's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Aaron Hunt
- 40'Yellow card · Andoni Iraola
- 41'Goal · Naldo
- 54'Yellow card · Gurpegi
- 61'Yellow card · Peter Niemeyer
- 64'Second yellow · Peter Niemeyer
- 67'Yellow card · Aaron Hunt
- 68'Yellow card · Castillo
- 90'Penalty goal · Torsten Frings
- 90'Goal · Fernando Llorente
Team news
Werder Bremen line-up
Tim Wiese, Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Per Mertesacker, Clemens Fritz, Mesut Özil, Aaron Hunt, Philipp Bargfrede, Claudio Pizarro, Marko Marin, Torsten Frings
Athletic Club line-up
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Castillo, Gabilondo, Gurpegi, Javi Martínez, Toquero, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola