Bremen (Germany) March 13 (IANS) German football club Werder Bremen put more distance between themselves and the Bundesliga drop zone with a 3-1 victory here over last-placed Cologne.
A second consecutive win on Monday moves the hosts up to the 13th spot with 30 points from 26 matches while Cologne have just 17 reports Efe.
Serbian U-21 international Milos Veljkovic put Werder ahead 1-0 with a strike in the 33rd minute but Japan s Yuya Osako equalised for the visitors eight minutes into the second half thanks to a great ball from Claudio Pizarro.
Werder regained the advantage in the 58th with Milot Rashica s goal and Maximilian Eggestein connected in stoppage time to make the final 3-1.
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