Christian Streich knows very well that the big coup for the small SC Freiburg is actually within reach this time. “It is clear to everyone that Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are no longer there,” said the SC coach before the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup on Wednesday at VfL Bochum (8.45 p.m. live on ARD im Audio stream on Sportschau.de). “Anything is possible. That is a great motivation for us.”
It was precisely this motivation that Bastian Schweinsteiger gave the 56-year-old on the way to the final. Because, according to the 2014 world champion, “Mr. Streich deserves to be in such a big game.” Hardly anyone would disagree with Schweinsteiger. After all, that Mr. Streich, who has already won the cup three times with the Freiburg A-Juniors, is now in charge of SC Freiburg his project has been successful for over a decade. Under his leadership, the sports club has finished fifth after 24 match days this season. Participation in the Champions League is no longer a utopia for the well-established team.
SC Freiburg still has a score to settle with Bochum
Neither did the cup win. That’s why Christian Streich refrains from resting players for the Bundesliga on Tuesday. SC Freiburg goes all in. However, the use of a quartet is questionable because of cold symptoms. “I don’t want to name these players. So far, all corona tests have been negative,” said Streich. Nevertheless, he has to take this into account in order to ultimately bet on players who can call up 100 percent.
That will also be necessary. Because SC Freiburg still has a score to settle with Bochum. In the Bundesliga, the sports club had lost 1:2 despite optical superiority. In view of the committed appearance, Streich wishes for a similar performance. “But this time we want to score one more goal,” said Streich. “It will be difficult for us in Bochum. But we also want Bochum to have a hard time with us.” You are now in a nice situation, because you were able to reach the 40-point mark early in the league and can finally do “something extraordinary” again in the cup, said the coach.
Source: SWR