Freiburg (dpa) – Coach Christian Streich from SC Freiburg has defended his team after the cup embarrassment against second division soccer team SC Paderborn. “The boys are doing everything,” said the 58-year-old after the Europa League starter’s 1:3 (0:2) defeat in the second round of the DFB Cup on Wednesday evening. In the second half they “braced themselves against it”. Nevertheless, the SCP was better and deserved to win.
Freiburg has had “too few fit players, too many injuries” all season long, said Streich. This is noticeable in the large number of games in the league, the Europa League and the cup. It is now important “to protect the boys and look at it realistically,” said the coach about Baden’s fourth defeat in the last six competitive games. “We have to join forces,” demanded Streich. It’s now about “getting through really, really tough weeks.”
On Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky) Freiburg will host Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the Europa League second leg against Serbian representatives FK TSC Bačka Topola will take place on the following Thursday. “It’s our own fault that we got back into the European Cup,” said Streich with a pained smile. “It’s wonderful. But it totally sucks when you have a lot of players who aren’t at 100 percent.”
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