Thanks to national player Luca Waldschmidt, SC Freiburg ends its mini-crisis in the Bundesliga. The win against Hoffenheim is hard fought. The TSG is annoyed about the opportunity to use it, but its trainer surprises with warm words for his colleague.
Freiburg (AP) - The declaration of love by his coach colleague Alfred Schreuder made even the mostly very serious-looking Christian Streich smile for a brief moment.
After the 0: 1 (0: 1) defeat at SC Freiburg, Hoffenheim's coach looked briefly over to the prank sitting next to him, then he ended his statement about the game with unusual words: "I have to congratulate my colleagues because I just love him. " Streich thanked the Dutchman promptly: "Thank you, Alfred," replied the 54-year-old with a smile. "Me too."
Freiburg had previously ended its mini-crisis in the Bundesliga thanks to national player Luca Waldschmidt. In front of national coach Joachim Löw, the attacker ensured on Saturday by penalty (40th minute) for the victory against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. After two defeats and 0: 6 goals, Streich's team restored the connection to the Europa League places. Nevertheless, the seventh-placed TSG remains one point and one place in front of the Freiburgers in the table.
"We are good, but not good enough," said Schreuder. "If you want to win, you have to do more than your opponent." But the look over to prank made the Dutchman smile. "We did a lot of things very well, but it's about efficiency."
The only goal in the game was achieved by Waldschmidt, who was allowed to play for the first time in 105 days at Freiburg. Nevertheless, the SC started despondent after the recent poor performance. In addition, Streich had to switch for the first time after 28 minutes because international player Robin Koch had injured his head. In a duel with Hoffenheim's Diadie Samassekou, the 23-year-old crashed into an advertising board and suffered a bloody wound.
The Hoffenheimers almost took advantage of the noticeable uncertainty of the hosts. Following a terrible mistake by Amir Abrashi, winter new signing Munas Dabbur was free from SC goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow - but the Israeli international failed with a lob on the strongly reacting Schwolow. Streich raged on the sidelines in the face of his team's mistakes, but shortly after the major Hoffenheim opportunity, the sports club was lucky.
After a foul by Stefan Posch on Christian Güntner, there was a penalty for the hosts: Waldschmidt started and safely converted to his fifth goal of the season. Five days after his 60th birthday, national coach Löw also saw how the game changed for the better among the 24,000 spectators in the Black Forest Stadium. The now clearly more confident Freiburg initially took control and could have expanded their leadership through Abrashi (48th), Manuel Gulde (55th) or Waldschmidt (64th) - but everyone could not avoid the strongly reacting Pentke.
Then, out of nowhere, the TSG came back to a huge opportunity, but Christoph Baumgartner (69.) shot at the inside post, and his margin was blocked by Dominique Heintz. Substitute Ihlas Bebou (88th) also failed to equalize because the equally strong Schwolow was there.
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