2007 German League Cup: Werder Bremen 1-4 FC Bayern Munich
{{date|July 21, 2007}}
{{MatchScore|Werder Bremen|1|4|Bayern Munich}}
{{MatchResult|attendance=51,300 in [[w:Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]]
|team_home =Werder Bremen
|goalscorers_home = [[w:Tim Borowski|Borowski]] (9')
|team_away =Bayern Munich
|goalscorers_away =[[w:Bastian Schweinsteiger|Schweinsteiger]] (24'), [[w:Hamit Altıntop|Altıntop]] (27'), [[w:Franck Ribéry|Ribéry]] (35' and 54')
|bookings_home = [[w:Leon Andreasen|Andreasen]], [[w:Christian Schulz |Schulz]] and [[w:Pierre Wome|Wome]] (Yellow (3))
|bookings_away = [[w:Oliver Kahn|Kahn]] (Yellow (1))
}}
Bayern Munich beat Werder Bremen in Düsseldorf to advance to the League Cup Semi Finals against Stuttgart.

After an early Werder goal from Tim Borowski, the Bavarian club left their mark in the 2<sup>nd</sup> part of the 1<sup>st</sup> half with 3 goals from Schweinsteiger, Altıntop and Ribéry. Ribéry converted a penalty for his 2<sup>nd</sup> goal of the game. At this point, the pace of the game settled down and [[w:Andreas Ottl|Andreas Ottl]], [[w:Sandro Wagner|Sandro Wagner]] and [[w:Christian Lell|Christian Lell]] came on as substitutes.

With 3 Bayern strikers absent due to injury, Head Coach [[w:Ottmar Hitzfeld|Ottmar Hitzfeld]] decided to go with 5 midfielders. The formation was 4-3-2-1 'Christmas Tree' shape with Bastian Schweinsteiger and [[w:Mark van Bommel|Mark van Bommel]] behind Striker [[w:Miroslav Klose|Miroslav Klose]].

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/news/matchreport/2007/12515.php?fcb_sid=d883b7ba6e27fd554e512e998239aa26|title=Bremen 1 Bayern 4: Ribery at the double as Reds impress|author=|pub=FC Bayern Munich|date=July 21, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,tt3m3/sport/bundesliga/artikel/712/124531/|title=FC Bayern deklassiert Bremen|author=|pub=Sueddeutsche Zeitung|date=July 21, 2007}}

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Bayern Munich beat Werder Bremen in Düsseldorf to advance to the League Cup Semi Finals against Stuttgart.

After an early Werder goal from Tim Borowski, the Bavarian club left their mark in the 2nd part of the 1st half with 3 goals from Schweinsteiger, Altıntop and Ribéry. Ribéry converted a penalty for his 2nd goal of the game. At this point, the pace of the game settled down and Andreas Ottl, Sandro Wagner and Christian Lell came on as substitutes.

With 3 Bayern strikers absent due to injury, Head Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld decided to go with 5 midfielders. The formation was 4-3-2-1 'Christmas Tree' shape with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mark van Bommel behind Striker Miroslav Klose.
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