Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – The cup thriller at VfL Osnabrück has left its mark. And now possibly endanger the impressive series of SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga. Coach Christian Streich does not yet know which of his ailing professionals will have the short recovery time until the home game against SpVgg Greuther on Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky). The defenders Philipp Lienhart, Nico Schlotterbeck and Lukas Kübler as well as midfielder Nicolas Höfler are on the brink after the power-sapping victory at the third division on Tuesday, which was only fought on penalties.
In addition to attacking man Roland Sallai (knee problems) and full-back Jonathan Schmid (consequences of a corona infection), star striker Nils Petersen will definitely fail against Fürth. At least the next two league games will miss Freiburg’s record scorer due to persistent knee problems, Streich said on Thursday. “We looked at the knee. It doesn’t have to be operated on. We hope that we can take it easy – without surgery,” said the coach. “It won’t work for the next two games. Then it’s international break and then we have to take stock.”
The personnel situation of the Breisgau residents is therefore quite tense. And therefore very different from the sporty one. After the second division 1. FC Nürnberg lost in the cup against Hamburger SV, the sports club is now the only club in German professional football that has not yet suffered a defeat this season. It is unlikely that he will concede it against the bottom of the table, Fürth. After all, the newcomer has not won at all in the current season and has only got one point.
With his team, however, he had “the feeling that they are going into the game and thinks that we will simply win it,” said Streich. In Osnabrück you also saw “what it means when we don’t play football that well and what problems we can get – against a third division team, mind you.” He expects “a brutally close game” in which “nuances decide”.
Streich is impressed by the path that the people of Fürth took last – and perhaps reminds him a little of his own bygone days. The Franks always have to “think carefully about how much to invest where” because they “can’t come with a big wallet,” said the 56-year-old. And they have to “reinvent themselves again and again when they lose their best”. He and the Freiburgers were spared that this transfer summer.
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