Dinkçi and Füllkrug deliver goosebump moments at the Weserstadion

Eren Dinkçi scored with Werder Bremen’s first chance, and Niclas Füllkrug also found the net as Bremen stunned Champions League club RB Leipzig 3-1 at the Weserstadion.

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For all the football romantics, we could have closed the book there.

Coach Daniel Thioune said the match could have ended at 2-0. “For all the football romantics, we could have closed the book there,” he said after the emphatic victory. Instead of whistles and a crisis mood, Werder supporters sang, “Oh, how beautiful this is!”

Dinkçi, who returned to his boyhood club on loan before the season, struck in the fourth minute. The 24-year-old said the goal was especially emotional because scoring at the Weserstadion had always been a dream. He returned to Bremen with his partner after she was diagnosed with blood cancer in April.

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Eren has scored, Fülle has scored.

Füllkrug supplied the second goal in the 68th minute, heading in from 12 metres after a Werder corner. His celebration in front of the home fans carried particular weight after his return to the club. Captain Marco Friedl said the striker had brought “more power” to the team.

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It was very emotional for me.

Thioune also highlighted Füllkrug’s hard challenge early in the match, saying it immediately showed what Werder intended to do. The victory offered a sharp change from the weak end to last season, the 4-1 defeat in Freiburg, Jens Stage’s serious injury and criticism of the club’s late transfer business.

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I have never hidden that it has always been a dream of mine to score here. It is all the more beautiful that it worked out.