For SV Werder it is the first relegation in the club’s history. With Heidenheim, the SVW meets a team that had to compete in the residental WESERSTADION this season. The green-whites beat Frank Schmidt’s team 4: 1 in the second round of the DFB Cup (to match report). “But these games are not really comparable to them,” says Maximilian Eggestein. “This time the duel is over two games, the games take place without spectators. Back then, it was perhaps a little bit unusual for Heidenheim to play against this backdrop, ”said Eggestein. The same applies to head coach Florian Kohfeldt: “The cup game took place in a completely different phase of the season. That doesn’t matter in our opponent’s assessment. Our complete focus is on our own performance and the special situation with these two finals.”
For Eggestein, the role of favorites is not synonymous with an advantage for Werder. “We come from the 1st division and are an easy favorite, but Heidenheim can play free. The pressure is there that we have to stay in it. It is our aim to stay in the two games. “Captain Niklas Moisander says:” These are two tough games. Heidenheim played a good season. But we are clearly the favorite and I am convinced that if we are in both games as against Cologne, we also prevail and stay in the league. “
