Freiburg (AP) – Coach Christian Streich from SC Freiburg also relies on the support of the spectators in the final sprint of the Bundesliga season. “It will be a make or break battle,” said the Baden coach two days before the home game against VfL Bochum on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky). “We need a stadium that’s boiling. The team needs this support,” emphasized Streich. The players “deserved it totally, with what they’ve been doing for years”. The season is now entering a phase in which “every point and every game can decide where we stand in the end”.
Freiburg is fifth in the table before the 30th matchday and has a good chance of participating in the European Cup. It may even be enough for the sports club to make it into the Champions League for the first time. “We’ve had a very good season so far,” said Streich, whose team is also visiting second division club Hamburger SV in the DFB Cup semifinals next Tuesday. How it goes on, “no one can say we had a bad season”.
Freiburg still have to do without U21 international striker Kevin Schade. The offensive man has been missing since the beginning of March due to an abdominal muscle injury. The 20-year-old is doing better. A return is not yet foreseeable, explained Streich.
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