Leipzig (dpa) – Christian Streich found it difficult to hide his love for Leipzig. “I think this city is exceptionally great. I love coming here, also to play football,” said the SC Freiburg coach.
But one flaw remains: “I probably won’t win here again in my life,” said the coach, who was just four minutes behind on Saturday. Until shortly before the end, the sports club at RB Leipzig led in a direct encounter for the Champions League places – and still conceded a goal. After all, said Streich, a first away win in Leipzig wasn’t “that important” either.
Just three days after the last-minute win in the 120-minute cup thriller in Bochum, the game was exhausting and exhausting for Freiburg, who took the lead in front of 24,758 spectators through Ermedin Demirovic (38th minute). Angeliño equalized in the 90th minute.
“After the game in Bochum, where we went to the edge, the team played an extraordinary game in terms of energy and attitude,” said Streich after the game between the two cup semi-finalists and emphasized: “In the second At half-time we didn’t allow much from Leipzig for the quality they have.”
Salut-jubilation creates a need for conversation
There was still a need for discussion after Demirovic and Lucas Höler saluted after the Freiburg goal. “I didn’t see it. Of course they don’t think about the military when they do something like that. But of course I have to look at it and then we’ll talk about it,” said Streich, also against the background of the war in Ukraine. Demirovic apologized for the way he cheered. It wasn’t a good idea. “In retrospect, we’re definitely sorry,” said the 23-year-old in an interview distributed by the club: “We didn’t think that far. We’ve been doing it for some time. Even long before the war”.
Streich was able to get over the fact that his players only gave up four attempts on goal – the lowest number for Freiburg this season. After all, his team recorded the second-best Bundesliga record with 41 points after 25 games. Only in the 1994/1995 season, when the sports club finished third, did they score more at that point with 49 points.
The visually superior Saxons (72 percent ball possession) just prevented the first home defeat against the Breisgauer, but rather quarreled with their unimaginative performance. “We had to be patient. It wasn’t easy to create clear chances to score, but we never gave up and worked very hard to get the draw,” said Angeliño. With the first home draw this season, RB remains level on points ahead of Freiburg in fourth place.
RB coach happy about the point against Freiburg
RB coach Domenico Tedesco revealed mixed feelings: “We’re happy about the point. But it’s a joke that we were behind in the first half. We felt like we had 90 percent possession of the ball, don’t allow anything. With the first shot on goal and two flippers you’re lying suddenly back, it’s annoying,” he said. RB lacked depth and above all creativity. “The brilliant idea was missing, the flash of inspiration in the last third,” said national player Lukas Klostermann.
The fact that RB was able to add enormous quality after just over an hour with Dani Olmo and André Silva helped on the way to equalization. When the Freiburg fans were already celebrating the supposed away win, Angeliño scored to equalise.