Status: 11/13/2022 23:43
SC Freiburg said goodbye to the Bundesliga World Cup and the winter break on Sunday (13.11.22) with a 4-1 victory over Union Berlin. The Breisgauers benefited from a Vincenzo Grifo hat-trick in just 16 minutes. Freiburg winters second in the standings.
The Grifo show begins after four minutes when the ball touches Christopher Trimmel’s arm in the penalty area and the Freiburger scores the penalty due in the away area. Union goalkeeper Lennart Grill had just as few chances when Grifo fired a pass from Michael Gregoritsch from close range on goal during a counterattack (6′). In the ninth minute of the game, the visitors briefly hoped: Nicolas Höfler had brought down Sheraldo Becker in the hosts’ 16 – but Robin Knoche put the ball into the left post.
Grifo hat-trick – and Leite sees red
The Berlin nightmare continues after only 19 minutes of play: Diogo Leite sets off in pursuit of Ritsu Doan, who started well in midfield, but fails to stop the Japanese. Next penalty, another brilliant shot by Vincenzo Grifo: hat-trick! Furthermore, top referee Deniz Aytekin showed the Berliner the red card for preventing a clear scoring opportunity. Maximum penalty for the player, much more for Union Berlin tonight.
What option did Berlin coach Urs Fischer have in this situation? With him trailing by three goals and outnumbered, he apparently opted for the “prevent the debacle” variant. But that only worked to a limited extent: Before the break, Gregoritsch converted a pass from Doan with a remarkable lob to make it 4-0 (45th).
Consolation goal just before the end
Freiburg took it easy in the second half of the game and only got dangerously in front of Berlin’s goal after a good quarter of an hour thanks to Gregoritsch’s next chance, this time without success.
The pleasant correction of the result from the point of view of Berlin came late: Matthias Ginter restrained Danilho Doekhi in the penalty area – the fourth penalty was the result. This time, substitute Sven Michel grabbed the ball and converted to safety.
Freiburg has to go to the Autostadt
After the winter break, SC Freiburg will be away against VfL Wolfsburg (Saturday 21 January 2023 at 15:30). The Union hosts TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the same time.
Those: sportschau.de
