Waldschmidt reveals the secret of the success of Freiburg – Bundesliga

Streich praises his protégés – the novelty of Petersen

For 16 years, Freiburg did not lose at home against Gladbach, almost even won – and yet it seemed that the Breisgauer, after the 3: 1, fell under the weight of the shoulders, especially as it was the first trio after three consecutive games without a win. For the striker Lucas Höler, it was cool, the coach Christian Streich could "take the hat", while Luca Waldschmidt unveiled the secret of the success of Freiburg.

Ball in, tongue out: Luca Waldschmidt applauds the interim 2: 1.

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"We had a good match as a team, we fought and we were disgusting," Waldschmidt said after hissing at "Eurosport" before going into details. The sports club therefore found a "good mix" of defense and offense, leaving the "Gladbacher play a little, but also letting the ball run by itself." We fought as a unit with and against the ball ".

As a result convinced the Breisgauer as a collective. A thesis that should also support the farce. "The fact that Gladbach has one or two dangerous situations is inevitable: in the second half, there were some standards, balls in a corner, but otherwise, I do not know much of the actions that Schwolow had to lead – and that against the Team, tactically defensive against the ball, because I really have to take the hat off in front of the guys, "said the 53-year-old, who did not rave money back.

Joke: "Only then it's a brutal mileage"

"It was an extremely difficult match for us, but we started with so much pbadion up front, the Nils (Petersen, ed.) And Luca Waldschmidt got off to a good start, and that's the only way to go, after a brutal mileage, and then we had the conquest of the ball and played well in football, which is of course crucial. "By the way, there was a novelty for Streich himself. With the substitution of Höler in the 89th minute, he entered the final 3-1, before Freiburg never became such a late scorer.

Saier happy the way

Lucky in Breisgau: Friborg celebrate their goal with a final score of 3-1.

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Sport Board Jochen Saier has meanwhile given a glimpse of his life after the 1: 1 interim of Thorgan Hazard. "It hurts, because normally you can not face such a good team at that time," said the 40-year-old. He was therefore all the more satisfied with the trip, especially because of the way it was organized.

The SC "did not win", but he "acted correctly, owns the ball, created his own chances and deserved to win, we did very well." Saier pointed out that the Friborg had "well defended the stages where they thought it would be difficult" and "particularly the phases of possession of ball". "We played bravely, we did a very good job against a very strong team and both teams showed that they were good at football."

Petersen: "We can also hit"

Now is the time to look back to the future. An English week with the 2nd round of the Wednesday Cup in Kiel (8:45 pm), as well as the very important away match against FC Bayern Munich on Saturday (3:30 pm) are held in front of the SC. The Breisgauer is not afraid of that, or as Petersen said: "We can also hit."

The 29-year-old himself should not forget Gladbach's match so quickly, which should be mainly due to the fact that he had to participate in the first minute of the penalty. "I did not know that in the same way," he said in that regard. The Bundesliga, however, already knows such situations. Petersen was already the tenth player to start the penalty so early – he and six other players (including Günter Netzer) were transformed.

Summer: "We lost a match, nothing more"

And with the Rhine? There, they became sober after the final whistle. "We lost a game, nothing more," said Yann Sommer. What was it? The Swiss knew him as well as his trainer Dieter Hecking. "We have not found the solutions," said Sommer, who agreed with his boss ("We were easy to defend").

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