Bundesliga
Yellow-red for the Gladbacher Alassane Plea. Photo: dpa
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Gladbach did not break the Breisgau ban again and provided the competition in the four-armed class with a steep template. Due to the defeat, Borussia, who has been waiting for a victory in Freiburg for over 18 years, missed the jump to third place and remains fourth for the time being.
Petersen (59.) punished with his goal shortly after his substitution the team of coach Marco Rose, who must play at Bayern Munich on the next matchday. The Gladbachers, who are fighting with Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen for the three free spots in the Champions League behind Bayern, missed too many chances. In addition, striker Alassane Plea (68.) and sports director Max Eberl (69.) – the latter a novelty in the Bundesliga.
The ghost game in the Black Forest Stadium was lively in the first few minutes. Gladbach determined what was happening, Freiburg was waiting for a counterattack. Luca Waldschmidt missed the first chance for the SC (8th). The guests, who had to get by without Breel Embolo, Fabian Johnson, Tobias Strobl and Denis Zakaria, initially made too little of their field superiority. The Freiburg, who lacked Manuel Gulde, defended deftly.
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Koch creates a long-range danger
In the 16th minute, the SC defense was overrun. After strong preliminary work by Gladbach captain Lars Stindl, striker Plea failed at Freiburg goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow. After this scene, the Borussia tour was in the air, the guests put tremendous pressure in the rain in Freiburg.
Florian Neuhaus had the lead on foot after a mistake by Roland Sallai from Freiburg (26th). When the midfielder scored in the second attempt, he was offside. The goalless draw after half an hour was happy for Freiburg.
In the 37th minute it was Neuhaus again who could not take advantage of a major opportunity. The preparatory work came again from the outstanding Stindl. On the other hand, Lucas Höler checked the goalkeeper Yann Sommer in added time in the first half.
At the beginning of the second round, it was SC international Robin Koch, who caused a long-range shot for danger (49.). Basically, nothing changed in the course of the game, Gladbach dominated the game.
Nevertheless, it was Petersen who headed for a free kick by former Gladbacher Vincenzo Grifo seconds after his substitution. Shortly afterwards Plea flew from the field with yellow-red, then Eberl also saw red due to complaining and had to leave the interior. SID
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