
Highlights
D. Aytekin


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Full-time: Gladbach 1-2 Freiburg
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Full-time
90'
+ 1
Three minutes added
A final 180 seconds for the Foals to try and find an equaliser.
90'
+ 1
Manzambi with the winner?
Surely that settles it! Freiburg patiently build up from the back, looking for openings. The ball is eventually shuffled down the right flank, where Dōan has space to cross. He chips an inch-perfect ball across the area and onto the onrushing head of Manzambi, who directs his header into the net. Thoroughly deserved for the visitors.
87'
Čvančara lets fly
The Czech forward has space to shoot from the edge of the Freiburg box. He catches hold of it, but it's not close enough to the corner and Müller holds it.
85'
Gladbach wayward
Goal attempts
7off target
0on target
9off target
5on target
83'
Substitution
81'
Hack caught off guard
A looping Gladbach cross from the right is nodded on to the back post, where Hack awaits, unmarked. But the ball catches him by surprise and bounces awkwardly away from goal. The winger turns and tres to stab it back towards goal but makes a hash of it. The 'keeper gathers.
77'
Sweeping changes for both sides
A little more energy is sure to be injected into this game with four subs made in total.
76'
Substitution
76'
Substitution
76'
Substitution
76'
Substitution
75'
Sensational run
Rosenfelder carries the ball out of defence, evades two challenges and powers into Gladbach's half. He pushes the ball by another defender and then bursts past the last man and races towards goal. He's struggling by the time he reaches it though and is caught by the defender. Had he made it through and scored, it might have been an all-time great goal.
71'
Demolition men
Duels won
12
12
Florian Neuhaus Junior Adamu
68'
One-sided affair
Gladbach are really struggling to keep hold of the ball as Freiburg's high press consistently does a number on them. Red attacks coming in waves at the moment.
66'
Substitution
64'
Substitution
63'
Substitution
63'
Putting the miles in
60'
Substitution
60'
Substitution
59'
Stunning save!
Freiburg look to have scored after a ball into a crowded Gladbach box is poked goalward by Höler. Pereira Cardoso throws himself backwards and just manages to claw it out before it crosses the line. There's a goalmouth scramble thereafter but it leads to nothing. Candidate for save of the season.
56'
Denied
Dōan steals the ball on the halfway line and races towards goal, he slips a neat pass down the line to Kübler, who crosses from the right of the Gladbach box. It's dangerous but Itakura gets back to make a brilliant headed intervention to clear.
55'
Danger men
Shots
2
2
Robin Hack Ritsu Dōan
54'
Foul given
Günter whips in a searching cross from deep. Adamu gets up to win the header but fouls his marker inside the box.
52'
Adamu almost scores!
Freiburg win possession back high on the right. Grifo waltzes towards the area and slips through Adamu, who loses his marker and lets fly from a tight angle. Pereira Cardoso gets down low to stop it creeping inside the left post.
Osterhage celebrates
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50'
Visitors take charge
Freiburg dominate possession in the early stages of the second half, though with little in the way of penetration.
46'
Peeeep!
This time it's Gladbach that get us underway at a gloriously sunny Borussia-Park.
Kick-off!
Half-time
Half-time: Gladbach 1-1 Freiburg
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45'
+ 1
Three minutes added
Another 180 seconds of action still to come.
44'
Dōan just wide!
The Japanese playmaker cuts inside from the right wing and feeds the ball to Eggestein, with his back to goal inside the Gladbach box. The midfielder manages to keep hold of the ball before feeding it back to Dōan, on the edge of the area now. He smacks a low shot at the right post but it sails just wide.
43'
Gentle simmer
The game settles down, with neither side wanting to make any gaffes before half-time.
38'
Hack strikes the post!
So close from the Foals wide man. Pléa and Kleindienst look to exchange a neat one-two inside the Freiburg box but a defender prevents the return pass. Hack darts in to steal the ball away and keeps the move alive. He takes a touch to the right and looks to shoot from a tight angle. His effort beats Müller but rolls onto the far post. So close.
35'
Clinical
xGoals
1
0.22
0.21
1
Goals
33'
Trick of the eye!
A neat pass through the lines finds Grifo with space to turn on the edge of the Gladbach box. He feeds it wide-right to Kübler, who smashes a shot towards the near post. The net ripples and the away fans go bananas for a moment... only before realising the ball actually struck the outside of the net. Goal kick.
32'
Poor ball
Osterhage collects in the inside-right channel and looks to curl a cross towards the back post, but it sails over everyone and out for a goal kick.
28'
Almost
Hack takes a corner from the left which sails over the area and is misjudged by Freiburg 'keeper Müller. It lands at the feet of Itakura, lurking at the back post, but the Japanese's shot is blocked from close range.
Slice of luck
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22'
Curious stat
Goal attempts
1off target
0on target
1off target
2on target
16'
Freiburg strike back!
Well, that didn't take long! Just two minutes after going behind, the visitors draw level. Kübler finds space to cross from the right flank and Osterhage bursts into the box to plant a header down into the ground and past Pereira Cardoso, who gets a hand to it but can't keep it out. Game on.
14'
Gladbach take the lead!
Eggestein gets his pocket picked in midfield and Hack sends the ball forward. Honorat races down the right, reaches the box and looks to cut across goal. Günter sticks out a leg to block but can only deflect the ball into his own net at the near post.
13'
Hack runs behind
The winger gets in-behind the Freiburg defence, down the left-hand side and looks to cut back to Pléa but the ball is cleared.
12'
Freiburg dominating possesion
Possession (%)
4258
10'
Long-ball game
Both sides are going for quite a direct approach in the early stages. Freiburg 'keeper Müller has already had to charge out of his box to foil one Foals attempt, while the visitors have also tried without luck to slip their own players in behind the defence from range.
7'
Erratic start
The game begins with both sides looking to get the ball forward quickly and press high when they lose possession, making for a pretty breathless start here.
6'
Club legend
Kübler is making his 200th appearance in all competitions for Freiburg today. Not a bad innings.
1'
Peeeep!
We are up and running at a gloriously sunny Borussia-Park.
Kick-off!
Classic six-pointer
It's sixth versus seventh in the Bundesliga table today, with just two points separating clubs aiming to qualify for Europe. It's all to play for.
Freiburg make two changes
Schuster takes a leaf out of Seoane's book and also swaps a pair of players from his side's last game, a 4-1 hammering at the hands of Borussia Dortmund. Günter comes in for Makengo at left-back, while Gregoritsch drops to the bench for Adamu at centre-forward.
Gladbach make two changes
Coach Seoane reshuffles the side that drew 1-1 against St. Pauli last weekend. Netz comes in at fullback for Ullrich. Neuhaus comes in for the absent Reitz to play alongside Weigl in midfield.
Freiburg starting XI
Müller - Kübler, Rosenfelder, Lienhart, Günter (c) - M. Eggestein, Osterhage - Doan, Höler, Grifo - Adamu
Freiburg subs
Huth, Makengo, Sildillia, Beste, Höfler, Manzambi, Muslija, Gregoritsch, Philipp
Gladbach starting XI
Pereira Cardoso - Scally, Itakura, Elvedi, Netz - Neuhaus, Weigl (c) - Honorat, Plea, Hack - Kleindienst
Gladbach subs
Sippel, Chiarodia, Friedrich, Lainer, Ullrich, Pesch, Stöger, Cvancara, Fukuda
Julian Schuster on facing Gladbach
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Gerardo Seoane on facing Freiburg
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Probable line-ups
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Year-on-year improvement
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Good omens
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