Schaaf disappointed as ten-man Bremen are beaten
AFP, February, 2008
BERLIN (AFP) — Werder Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf was disappointed as his ten-man side allowed Bayern Munich to open a three-point gap following his team's 2-1 defeat at struggling VfL Bochum on Sunday.
Bremen's Danish striker Daniel Jensen put the hosts ahead just before half-time, but Bochum fought back and equalised when forward Benjamin Auer's right-footed shot beat goalkeeper Tim Weise on 68 minutes.
Werder's Brazilian international defender Naldo was dismissed when he was shown a straight red card with twenty minutes left after a bad tackle on Bochum striker Stanislav Sestak.
And Bochum's Algerian international defender Anthar Yahia gave his side victory with a header on 84 minutes to put his side 11th in the league.
"We could not get the point and it was a similar situation to Dortmund, where we were knocked out of the German Cup ...