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Test match highlight: FC St. Pauli demands revenge from Werder Bremen!
St. Pauli will face Werder Bremen on January 4, 2026 at the Millerntor Stadium in an important friendly match after the winter break.
Test match highlight: FC St. Pauli demands revenge from Werder Bremen!
The football world is already looking forward to the meeting between two traditional teams on January 4, 2026, when FC St. Pauli hosts Werder Bremen for a friendly in the Millerntor Stadium. Kick-off is at 3:30 p.m. and both the Kiezkickers and the Bremen team see this duel as an important opportunity to prepare for the second half of the Bundesliga after the winter break.
This test match will have a special meaning for St. Pauli. In the last duel against Bremen, which took place in October 2025, Hamburg lost 0-1 after Samuel Mbangula scored the decisive goal. The coach's team leaves no doubt that they are looking for revenge in the second half of the season and want to get back with a win in their own stadium. Radio Hamburg reports that fans and players see the encounter as an endurance test that should help them start the second half of the season well prepared.
A look at a musical loss
In addition to the spectacle on the football field, there is tragic news from the music scene. On November 11, 2025, Cleto Valentine Escobedo III, the American musician and bandleader of the well-known house band “Cleto and the Cletones” from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, died. Escobedo, who was born in Las Vegas on August 23, 1966, has played on the show since 2003 and shaped the music world with his saxophone playing. His career has spanned numerous tours, including with Paula Abdul, and he has worked with many well-known artists.
Cleto Escobedo was known not only as a musician, but also for his tireless advocacy for the rights of his colleagues, especially regarding fair pay for performances on platforms such as YouTube. His friendship with Jimmy Kimmel, with whom he shared his school days, ultimately led to his invitation to the popular late-night show. Kimmel announced Escobedo's death on social media and delivered a moving eulogy during his monologue.
Every piece of information counts
As fate would have it, the reports from sports and music overlap, where the pursuit of success and recognition is in the foreground in both football and the music world. While FC St. Pauli will do everything in its power to prevail in their home stadium on January 4th, Cleto Escobedo will live on in the hearts of his fans, colleagues and friends. Moving moments like this show how important it is to keep memories of such personalities alive, even after they are gone.
For further information on sporting events, the sports portal Kicker remains the first port of call. For the Berliners, the sporting rivalry remains a reason to hold the flags high and look forward to the challenges ahead.