It's been a pretty momentous first half of the season for
Werder Bremen! After being relegated to the
Euro League D2, the Green and Whites are slowly but surely clawing their way back to contention! It is important to remember that the Euro Leagues, as I organized it, are multi-nation leagues primarily made up of German, French, Belgian, Denmark, Swiss, and Dutch teams (with a greater proportion of German and French squads), a
Central European Federation, and only the best in the region will rise to the top!


My current second division league is really multi-national, it has: 4 German teams, 3 French, 2 Belgian, 1 Swiss, 1 Danish, and 1 Dutch team! This has given the league quite a multi-cultural flavor yet retaining its European roots!
Die Grün-Weißen have had an exciting first half, wht 5 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses, propelling them to second place in the standings in a 12-team league in which the top 3 are promoted to first division!
Werder Bremen wants to get back to its rightful place in the region!


Led by the veteran leadership of their captain,
Claudio Pizarro, the 30-year old Peruvian International striker, also known as "El Bombardero de los Andes", as well as the trio of talented midfielders
Mesut Ozil, Shinji Ono, and Stephen Appiah, (ages 20, 22, and 22), the team looks like it could have a bright future in the Federation! Even though Pizarro is my current leader, I am really counting on the "
Midfielder Revolution" of my big midfielder three, full of magic and charisma, to be the base for future success! But first things first. Even though the first half of the season has gone well (albeit a quarterfinal loss to FC Zurich in the Division 2 Cup), things are far from being decided!

The midseason transfer window was an eventful one, and even though signings were difficult and many players rejected our offers, we were able to secure the services of three important players!
- Junior Diaz (25): The Costa Rican side back brings some much needed speed at Side Back, which was a glaring weakness in our squad (we only had 2 SB's in the entire team!) Signed from Wisla Cracovia,
Junior Diaz looks to bring Latin flavor and personality to the team, as well as his talent!
- Christian Dorda (20): The German side back complements Diaz at the position, now we have 4 Side Backs which was our most pressing need. A good all around player with a lot of future, he is a great local signing from the academy of Borussia Monchengladbach.
- Distel Zola (29); Another position where we needed reinforcements was at Defensive Midfielder, given that we only had one pure DMF on the team (with
Shinji Ono more of a pure CMF).
Zola comes from the youth academy of Monaco, the Frenchman is looking to make his mark on the Federation!
Three crucial signings, building on the base of my talented midfield! I like the fact that they are quite young players whidh haven't reached their potential yet, still they are better than most of my supporting cast! I haven't gotten rid of any of my older, lower-rated players just yet, but this will probably come in time as I keep revamping my roster while keeping my leaders! Here is a goal by my captain,
Claudio Pizarro, I really liked this goal even though I ended up losing the Cup quarterfinal. A great individual play!
In all honesty though, my priority is quite straightfroward:
I want to achieve promotion in this first season and start playing with the big teams of Central Europe! Halfway through the season, it looks like I am on track, although as you can see, the table is very very tight. With only 12 teams participating in D2, every match is going to be really important, as points will be golden as each fixture passes by! I've been really enjoying
PES 2009 with my customized settings, the game feels quite deep in terms of the importance of stats and with the lowered game speed, it's really feeling a lot like a good combination of real football and classic PES action! Stay tuned to the second half of the season, the exciting conclusion of
Werder Bremen's first season in my newest ML adventure!
Auf geht's Die Grün-Weißen!