Santiago Casteneda put in a strong performance for Paderborn, but the team squandered a lead to end up sharing the points with Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.
Werder Bremen 2-2 Paderborn
Paderborn was on the verge of spoiling Werder Bremen’s 100th anniversary of the Weserstadion, but the hosts fought their way back to rescue a point.
Santiago Castaneda went the distance for the Blue-Blacks as he made a key pass, won seven duels, and made 14 defensive contributions.
The visitors scored after 18 minutes when Stefano Marino ran onto a pass from Steffen Tigges to put his shot in the upper right corner. They doubled their lead at the half-hour mark when a long throw-in was lost in the scramble of legs in the six-yard box, only for Tigges to knock it in.
The momentum shifted in the second half as Werder worked its way into the game.
The hosts cut the deficit in the 59th minute when Niclas Fullkrug collected a headed pass from Eren Dinkci to fire the ball into the back of the net. Their fortunes continued minutes later when the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty after a Paderborn handball. Fullkrug converted the spot kick.
Paderborn sits in 16th place in the standings with five points.
Notes
Mathis Albert made his Bundesliga debut, playing 20 minutes in Borussia Dortmund’s 0-0 tie with Union Berlin.
Joe Scally played the full game as Borussia Monchengladbach’s woes continued with a 2-1 defeat to Hoffenheim.
Malik Tillman played 17 minutes as Bayer Leverkusen sealed a 2-1 win over Freiburg.
Lennard Maloney played the final minutes of stoppage time as Mainz recorded a 1-0 win over Schalke.
Tim Chandler was an unused substitute, as usual, in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-0 win over FC Koln.
Elvesburg came out on top in a 4-3 thriller over Augsburg, but Cole Campbell was ruled out of the game due to an ankle injury.
In the 2. Bundesliga, Isaiah Young and Arminia Bielefeld beat Leon Flach and Osnabruck by a 2-1 scoreline.
Justin Butler scored a goal, while Ryan Malone remained on the bench in Cottbus’ 1-1 tie with Nurnberg.
Jordan Pefok played 17 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 2-0 win over Eintracht Braunschweig.
John Tolkin watched from the bench as Holstein Kiel shared the spoils with Hertha Berlin in a 0-0 tie.
Down in the 3. Liga, Jykese Fields played 68 minutes in Hoffenheim II’s 2-1 win over Verl.
Terrence Boyd came on to play 28 minutes for Waldhof Mannheim in their 2-0 loss to Wurzburg.
