Freiburg Fans Dedicate Flag to Football God Nils Petersen – Bundesliga Match Review 2023

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Christian Streich participated in the Sport Club Freiburg There were five changes in his starting XI compared to the previous week, there were no more from competitive game to competitive game in 2023 and there had only been five changes in 2023 in the cup game in Sandhausen at the beginning of February (Freiburg won 2-0).

Nico Kovac changed the starting eleven of the VfL Wolfsburg compared to the previous week in only one position: Instead of Matthias Svanberg moved Yannick Gerhardt in the first eleven, in which he was last five weeks ago on matchday 28 in Wolfsburg’s 0-0 draw against Leverkusen.

Fantasy Heroes: Roland Sallai (18 points) | Matthias Ginter (11) | Philip Lienhart (10)

It got emotional even before the kick-off, because after 35 years as stadium announcer, Claus Köhn said goodbye to the fans of Sport-Club Freiburg. He should be allowed to accompany the evening more than worthy. Before kick-off, the long-time SC professionals were already Johnathan Schmid and Nils Petersen approved by the club. Already there was a deafening sound through the stadium three times: NILS PETERSEN SOCCER GOD!

The last Friday game of the 2022/2023 season started evenly. Both teams had almost the same amount of ball possession, and initially little or nothing happened in the penalty areas. It only got really dangerous for the first time in the 24th minute, when Vincent Grifo too short a return pass from Maximilian Arnold carried into the sixteen and there at the last moment from Sebastian Bornauw could be stopped by sliding tackle. Only three minutes later left Philip Lienhart a shot from around 20 meters past the goal on the left (27th).

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Then jumped Riddle Baku with a Freiburg cross from the right under the ball and Grifo lurked in the back of the right-back. The German-Italian processed the game quickly, but aimed well past the goal from close range (36′). Almost nothing came from VfL in the first round – no shot on goal. Only once when Patrick Wimmer with a cross pass the shot-ready Felix Finish wanted to serve and on Nicolas Hofler got stuck, the wolves sparked danger in section one (41st).

After the restart, it was the Breisgauer who made the more compelling impression: A Grifo corner turned away from the goal and was on the foot of Roland Sallai extended. The Hungarian took the leather sideways out of the air directly, Koen Casteels in the VfL goal saved to the side (57th).

After the fans had been asking their football god for a substitution for several minutes, Streich complied with the audience’s request in the 70th minute. In addition to Petersen also came Luke Kuebler and captain Christian Gunter. A smart move by the coach! With his first ball action, the left-back got the deserved lead: Sallai’s individual action was decisive Jakub Kaminski and Gerhardt nibbled and used Günter with a cross pass on the half-left side. The left-back’s subsequent long-range shot was deflected by Bornauw’s back-heel into the top right corner of the goal for Casteels (1-0, 71′).

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Only four minutes then unearthly things happened that only a football god can accomplish. Petersen scooped up a flat cross from Sallai – also with his first ball action – from five yards to make it 2-0 (75′) – the first goal of the season for the precious joker in the Bundesliga. The stadium shook and not a few had tears of excitement in their eyes. On the other hand tried Jonas Wind to answer yes Mark Flekken had something against it (78th).

The only one who could stop the football gods on Friday night was the VAR. Because Sallai had crossed with pinpoint accuracy, Petersen was able to nod off in the center in true striker style to make it supposedly 3-0. The stadium sank into ecstasy, Christian Streich had tears in his eyes and Petersen did Petersen things. After VAR intervention, referee Bastian Dankert assessed a slight contact by Höfler in a duel with Gerhardt in the creation of the goal as a foul (82nd).

In added time, Dankert sent Höfler off with a red card because of this Luca Waldschmidt cleared with both feet – a tough but justifiable decision (90 + 3). The last action of the game belonged to VfL, but they conceded the connecting goal through a double chance from Waldschmidt and Omar Marmoush was not granted (90.+4). Due to the home three, the Breisgauer stay on the Champions League places three and four. Wolfsburg, on the other hand, suffers a setback in the fight for the Europa League places.

The third half then belongs to the fans, the departing Schmid and Petersen as well as the entire team, coaching team and functional team for an already outstanding season of the Breisgauer. And who knows, maybe the football god will strike again on the last day of the game at Eintracht Frankfurt and put the SCF in the Champions League for the first time. A little information for the back of your head: In his first game for the sports club, Petersen was against Eintracht Frankfurt came on and promptly scored a hat-trick…

In his last home game, Nils Petersen scored his first goal of the season – he used his first shot on goal after being substituted on to make it 2-0 and extended his historic record to 34 joker goals.