Topp has to mediate

Werder players clash in training

Niklas Stark (l.) clashed with Amos Pieper.(Bild: AFP/APA/Focke Strangmann, Youtube/DeichStube)

It seems that SV Werder Bremen have not yet fully digested the 5-0 defeat against FC Bayern ... In training on Wednesday, things were certainly not going well, with Amos Pieper and Niklas Stark even briefly coming to blows.

Videos of the session show Pieper going for his defensive colleague after a duel with Stark, pushing him against the chest with considerable force. Keke Topp has to intervene and settle the dispute between the two squabblers.

The Green-Whites can only hope that the squabbling has stopped by Sunday. That's when Ole Werner's squad play host to Alexander Prass, Florian Grillitsch and TSG Hoffenheim.