Freiburg

Freiburg (dpa) – Coach Christian Streich sees further difficult weeks ahead for SC Freiburg. And they are likely to become even more difficult if the Bundesliga team keeps going 0-1. “It’s not easy to chase after these deficits,” said Streich after Baden’s 1:3 (0:2) defeat in the second round of the DFB Cup against SC Paderborn on Wednesday. In the sixth competitive game in a row, Freiburg fell behind – they lost for the fourth time.

“We weren’t good enough in all respects. We didn’t defend well enough, made a lot of simple mistakes and weren’t compelling enough going forward,” analyzed Maximilian Eggestein, who scored the only goal for the hosts against the second division team. Against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky) we have to “pull ourselves together,” demanded the midfielder. After all, the sports club is still “doing well” in two competitions, the league and the Europa League.

It would be important for Freiburg to take the lead again. Otherwise, the effort remains “enormous,” as Coach Streich said.

© dpa-infocom, dpa:231102-99-791207/2

#deficits #Freiburg #struggling #cup #exit

Freiburg (dpa) – Coach Christian Streich from SC Freiburg has defended his team after the cup embarrassment against second division soccer team SC Paderborn. “The boys are doing everything,” said the 58-year-old after the Europa League starter’s 1:3 (0:2) defeat in the second round of the DFB Cup on Wednesday evening. In the second half they “braced themselves against it”. Nevertheless, the SCP was better and deserved to win.

Freiburg has had “too few fit players, too many injuries” all season long, said Streich. This is noticeable in the large number of games in the league, the Europa League and the cup. It is now important “to protect the boys and look at it realistically,” said the coach about Baden’s fourth defeat in the last six competitive games. “We have to join forces,” demanded Streich. It’s now about “getting through really, really tough weeks.”

On Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky) Freiburg will host Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the Europa League second leg against Serbian representatives FK TSC Bačka Topola will take place on the following Thursday. “It’s our own fault that we got back into the European Cup,” said Streich with a pained smile. “It’s wonderful. But it totally sucks when you have a lot of players who aren’t at 100 percent.”

© dpa-infocom, dpa:231101-99-788417/2

#cup #exit #Streich #defends #flat #Freiburger

Freiburg (dpa) – In the DFB Cup game against SC Paderborn, Freiburg coach Christian Streich will be reunited with his former protégé Max Kruse. The offensive player played for SC Freiburg in the 2012/13 season. “It was an extremely intense and extremely successful year in which we came fifth,” SC coach Christian Streich recalled before the game on Wednesday (6 p.m./Sky). “I would have liked to have had him longer because he is a huge footballer is,” said the coach.

Kruse then found himself in completely different financial areas than the sports club could have offered him. Gladbach, Wolfsburg, Bremen, Fenerbahce Istanbul, Union Berlin and Wolfsburg again were Kruse’s other stops. Last summer, second division football team Paderborn surprisingly signed the 35-year-old former national player, who was without a club at the time, and who also repeatedly made headlines off the pitch, including through his passion for poker.

Kruse could still be “dangerous to all opponents because he has an extraordinary left foot,” warned Streich before the cup game. However, Kruse wasn’t able to show that in Paderborn as he was slowed down by a torn muscle fiber after two match days and has only had short appearances since then.

© dpa-infocom, dpa:231101-99-778970/3

#Streich #praises #Kruse #reunion #Giant #footballer