LIVE BLOG!!! INEVITABLE DEGENERATION OF THE MATCH DEPARTMENT

This thing is falling apart, though Werder really should have put at least one away. On the upside, Torsten Frings got a yellow. Oooooh, and at 81, the Werder keeper slaughters Ludovic at the top of the area in a vain effort to inject some life into proceedings. Meanwhile, the bartender is handing out little tastes of Stella Artois to skeptical blue-collar patrons...it's all kicking off...