I think you can discuss a penalty for Freiburg.
You can clearly see that Eggestein loses his footing due to the contact and even if he then finishes, the finish is immediately after the error caused by Stiller’s contact. Of course, one can ask whether the conclusion would not have been better, more dangerous, whatever, without the contact. It’s just hypothetical, but the VAR should have let the referee take another look at it. And if he then says that it’s still not enough for him, OK, then that’s just how it is and because hypothetically it’s difficult to prove the opposite. But without looking at it again, there is definitely a taste left and I find it quite annoying that scenes like this lead to players dropping where they don’t have to because they have the impression that otherwise the whistle won’t be blown.
The whistled goal – not a foul of course – is perhaps even a bit wilder.
Because at the beginning of the scene, on the right side of Freiburg, near the center line, there is a Freiburger on the ground holding his head/face. Welz initially approaches him (head injury?), but after Freiburg continues to play quickly, he follows the attack. I could imagine that in these seconds he was thinking about whether his behavior might have caused one or other VfB player to pause and then simply use the first opportunity to interrupt the game.
It’s just stupid that the ball is in the goal about 1.37 seconds after the whistle. By the way, it’s also a really stupid rule that the VAR is not allowed to intervene in the situation because the whistle was blown marginally earlier than the ball crossed the goal line. But it saves Welz from possibly having to explain that he managed the whole scene brutally badly…
Based on the way the game went, I believe that VfB deserved to advance, but of course the way it came about is a bit lucky.