SC Freiburg has to make up a narrow deficit against Sporting Braga in the semi-final second leg of the Europa League from 9 p.m. (on the live ticker and in the audio stream). Someone who was recently mostly just a replacement should help. Nicolas Höfler, 36, was a long-time player at SC Freiburg. This season his playing times are less. In perhaps the most important game of the season, he is only in coach Julian Schuster’s starting line-up for the second time.
The starting eleven of SC Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Lienhart, Treu – M. Eggestein, Höfler, Beste, Manzambi, Grifo – Matanovic.
Sporting Braga’s starting eleven: Hornicek – Lagerbielke, Vitor Carvalho, Paulo Oliveira – V. Gomez, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Dorgeles, Tiknaz – Pau Victor, R. Zalazar.