SC Freiburg remains undefeated. The Breisgauer won 3-1 (2-0) against SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
Christian Streich trudged contentedly across the lawn to his players with his hands in his pockets, before heading into the curve to the fans. All without the really big emotions: Because success is becoming more and more normal at SC Freiburg. After the 3: 1 (2: 0) against the rump team of the bottom of the table SpVgg Greuther Fürth, the Breisgauer are still the only unbeaten eleven in the elite class.
“It was a job win. Those are the games that you have to win,” said Freiburg’s sports director Jochen Saier after the game on Sky: “All in all, the win was deserved.” At Fürth, Julian Green was still combative despite only one point on the account: “The situation is not easy. But we have to keep going and we will keep going.”
A curious own goal by Simon Asta (20th) as well as the goals of Nicolas Höfler (39th) and Vincenzo Grifo by penalty kick (79th) ensured the success of Freiburg, who set their club record with ten games without defeat in a row. Jamie Leweling’s goal (74th) didn’t change that either. In addition, the SC, who have to play against champions Bayern Munich on the coming match day, have been unbeaten for nine home games.
It looks completely different with the newcomer from Fürth. The team of coach Stefan Leitl, who was missing five professionals due to corona infections, lost for the eighth time in a row.
Asta’s unsuccessful rescue attempt paves the way for Freiburg
In front of 31,500 spectators, the hosts dominated the initial phase. The Freiburg, who ran up due to a spectator death in the previous home game with mourning ribbon, pushed the Fürth almost continuously on the defensive.
Almost nothing came from the Franks on the offensive. The Fürth, who were missing in addition to the Corona failures, Marco Meyerhöfer, Justin Hoogma, Gideon Jung, Robin Kehr, Jessic Ngankam and Havard Nielsen, were all in the defense.
However, SpVgg could not prevent the deficit, which became more and more apparent as the game progressed. Asta’s attempt to defend himself with a header after a cross from Lucas Höler failed completely and the ball landed in its own net.
After the tour, the hosts, who had to do without Nils Petersen, Roland Sallai and Jonathan Schmid, increased the number of hits again. The SC wanted to ensure clear conditions early on. That succeeded before the break. After a corner from Grifo, Höfler hit his head with the kind help of the Fürth goalkeeper Marius Funk.
At the beginning of the second round, the Fürth team booked their first chance to score through Green (49th). After that, the shamrocks got a little bolder. Freiburg shifted down several gears, the next goal was in the air – Leweling succeeded. But shortly afterwards Grifo restored the old distance from the point.
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Christian Streich (coach SC Freiburg): “We had to go brutally to the edge in the Cup in Osnabrück. We first had to see who could play. Normally I wouldn’t be happy with football. But I knew what to expect. It wasn’t easy for our team. “
Stefan Leitl (coach SpVgg Greuther Fürth): “It was a deserved victory for the SC. We wanted to take the game deeper, you could see that. After the very unfortunate 0-1, you saw what a deficit does with a team that had to accept a lot of blows in the neck.”
