The SC Freiburg players enjoyed bathing in the crowd in the stands, the fans celebrated coach Christian Streich as the “best man” with chants: the highest European Cup victory in the club’s history was a balm for the Freiburg football soul after complicated weeks. “A big compliment to the team,” said captain Vincenzo Grifo on RTL, “they absolutely deserve this praise from the fans.” With the 5-0 (1-0) against the Serbian runner-up TSC Backa Topola, the Breisgauer team has it The knockout round in the Europa League is firmly in sight, third place in the group and at least participation in the Conference League after the turn of the year are already secured. With a draw against Olympiacos Piraeus on November 30th, the sports club can, like last year, make it to the knockout rounds in the Europa League. “We played one of our top games this season and were very handy,” said Grifo, and also Streich was satisfied. “The team played a very good game,” praised the coach. And yet Streich didn’t want to get too exuberant. “The important thing now is the Bundesliga on Sunday,” said Streich, then Freiburg faces the difficult away game at RB Leipzig (7.30 p.m./DAZN): “We have to make sure that we stay behind in the Bundesliga.” Because unlike in Europe, things are not going as planned for the Breisgau team in the league. The defensive stability in particular has left a lot to be desired recently, with nine goals conceded in the last four Bundesliga games. In addition, there was the second round exit in the DFB Cup against second division team SC Paderborn (1:3), the strong performance against Backa Topola gave hope for improvement. “The basis was discipline against the ball,” praised Streich: “Not just from the defense, but from the whole team.”(sid)
2023-11-10 06:38:26
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