Football – Freiburg im Breisgau – Freiburg is back: VfB sets a negative club record – Sport

Freiburg (AP) – Uncertainty is growing at VfB Stuttgart. With the 0:2 (0:1) at SC Freiburg, the Swabians set a negative club record on Saturday. VfB have not scored their own goals five times in a row in the Bundesliga. “We slacked off too quickly and didn’t take enough risks,” said coach Pellegrino Matarazzo. “It was unfortunate, but we still have plenty of time to do things better.”

As tables-17. the gap after the 20th matchday to a non-relegation zone is three points. Freiburg, on the other hand, are now back in fifth place and, thanks to an own goal by Hiroki Ito (37th) and a goal by Kevin Schade (71st), followed on from the performance shown on Wednesday in the 4-1 round of 16 win in the DFB Cup at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. “We have an extreme quality in the team. Apart from the 1:5 in Dortmund, we have shown that regularly in the last few months,” said Nicolas Höfler on Sky about the first league win in the new calendar year. “If we continue to perform like this then it will be extremely difficult to win games against us.”

After the slight upswing in the game against RB Leipzig, which the Swabians lost 2-0, Matarazzo was still optimistic. That’s why he refrained from another rotation after he had put most of his players to work in the zero number at the start of the year against SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Only Borna Sosa returned after surviving a muscle injury. The Croatian should liven up the left wing and supply Sasa Kalajdzic with crosses. Freiburg, who competed unchanged compared to the performance in Sinsheim, were prepared for this.

Nevertheless, the guests started bravely before they fell further and further behind. The people of Freiburg tried to capitalize on this. Vincenzo Grifo slipped the ball over his instep (29′), Höfler fell behind when he had the chance (31′).

It then suited the predicament of Stuttgart, who were threatened with relegation, that Alexis Tibidi did not receive a penalty after dribbling in the penalty area, although Tobias Stieler watched the scene. “Referee services of this kind destroy games,” rumbled VfB sporting director Sven Mislintat. “It’s unbelievable that the situation is being taken back. That’s a clear contact.”

In turn, things got even worse. Ito deflected a shot from Höfler intolerably. The second half started with a new referee. Like two weeks ago in the game between Hertha BSC and 1. FC Köln, Stieler was injured and was replaced by Christian Dingert. As the fourth official, Stieler saw VfB professionals, whose will could not be denied, but the sparking idea was missing in the forward movement.

Silas Katompa Mvumpa, who was supposed to bring a breath of fresh air after surviving the corona infection, was also unlucky after being substituted on. Instead, Kevin Schade, who was still questionable before the game, made everything clear with the 2-0.

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