Werder Bremen lost an important soccer game. The team played at home against Mainz 05. The game was on Sunday. Mainz 05 won with 2 to 0. This is a big letdown for Bremen. Before this, Bremen had won 2 times in a row.
Mainz scored an early goal in the game. Paul Nebel scored with his head in the 6th minute. In the second half, Jae Sung Lee scored the second goal. That happened in the 52nd minute. Bremen had bad luck when shooting. Leonardo Bittencourt hit only the top bar of the goal with a header. Bremen made many mistakes passing the ball.
There was a funny but also serious moment near a goal. A dove sat on the grass in the Weser Stadium. The Bremen players were briefly distracted. Mainz used this moment for an attack. With this win, Mainz moves up in the league table. For Bremen, the loss is a setback in the fight against relegation.