Europa League: SC Freiburg defeated FC Nantes 2

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Vincenzo Grifo celebrates after his goal to make it 2-0

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Marijan Murat / dpa

SC Freiburg's winning streak in the Europa League continues.

The sports club won 2-0 (0-0) against French cup winners FC Nantes on Thursday evening, while the sick coach was unable to be in the stadium.

The third win in the third game was somewhat overshadowed by the injury-related substitution of striker Michael Gregoritsch.

But even without Austria's national player, the second in the Bundesliga table dominated the game in front of 33,200 spectators.

Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, who scored his first competitive goal for Breisgau five days ago, continued the performance he showed against Mainz (2-1) and scored again (48').

Vincenzo Grifo scored the final score (73rd).

With nine points in Group G, Freiburg have further improved their chances of progressing.

Nantes have three points ahead of the reunion in France next Thursday.

Nantes underperforming

In the first round alone, the Breisgauers had almost 60 percent possession of the ball, only the penetration power was lacking at first.

Kyereh had the best chance after just over half an hour, but the French goalkeeper was able to deflect his deflected shot to a corner.

Coach Christian Streich, who tested positive for Corona on Wednesday, was represented on the sidelines by assistant coach Patrick Baier, and liaison coach Julian Schuster was also on the bench.

The basis of the Freiburg season, which has been so strong again so far, was clear even without the head coach: the familiarity.

For the fifth time in a row, Freiburg relied on exactly the same starting eleven.

However, goalscorer Gregoritsch was injured after 20 minutes and Nils Petersen came on for him.

The hosts also tried with the storm routine and dominated the game against deep French.

However, the last pass was missing for a long time - until Kyereh struck.

After a mistake by the guests, Ritsu Doan put the ball across the 26-year-old, who took the lead from close range.

He then celebrated with an overhead kick.

The Breisgauer didn't have much trouble with the weak opponent throughout the entire season.

The table-16.

in the French league did little offensively and was vulnerable at the back.

Before he scored, Grifo had plenty of time and space to flick the ball into the bottom right corner.

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