Werder Bremen booked a place in the Uefa Cup final after defeating Hamburg 3-2.
Visitors come out on top in all-German clash
Werder Bremen booked a place in the Uefa Cup final after winning the second leg of their all-German semi-final with Hamburg 3-2 to progress on away goals.
Werder will now face Shakhtar Donetsk, who defeated Ukraine rivals Dyanmo Kiev in Thursday's early kick-off, in Istanbul on 20th May.
Starting the night 1-0 down against Hamburg, visitors Werder fell further behind to Ivica Olic's 12th minute goal.
But Diego and Claudio Pizarro linked up for a sublime equaliser on the night, and the latter then stunned the hosts with an outstanding long-range strike midway through the second half.
With the game on a knife-edge, it took a bizarre turn when a routine back-pass for Michael Gravgaard bobbled up and went out for a corner thanks to a plastic cup on the pitch, and Frank Baumann headed in at the far post to make it 3-1.
Olic headed a late lifeline for Martin Jol's Hamburg, but Werder advance, with the only stain on their night a needless yellow card for Diego that rules the playmaker out of the final.
| Hamburger SV |
Team Statistics |
Werder Bremen |
| 2 |
Goals |
3 |
| 1 |
1st Half Goals |
1 |
| 8 |
Shots on Target |
7 |
| 3 |
Shots off Target |
6 |
| 1 |
Blocked Shots |
3 |
| 10 |
Corners |
6 |
| 24 |
Fouls |
20 |
| 1 |
Offsides |
2 |
| 3 |
Yellow Cards |
3 |
| 0 |
Red Cards |
0 |
| 70 |
Passing Success |
80.3 |
| 28 |
Tackles |
27 |
| 64.3 |
Tackles Success |
81.5 |
| 41.5 |
Possession |
58.5 |
| 47.9 |
Territorial Advantage |
52.1 |
|
