Against Olympiakos Piraeus (Thursday, from 6:45 p.m. in the live ticker on sportschau.de), SC Freiburg can take the decisive step towards the knockout phase of Europe in front of their home crowd League go. Coach Christian Streich warns of one “really strong team”.
SCCoach Streich has in front of the EuropeanLeague-Game against Olympiakos Piraeus great respect for the Greek record champions. “This is a really strong team with a lot of good individual players”said the 58-year-old. “It’s going to be a really difficult game.”
A draw would be enough, but Freiburg is aiming for a win
The Breisgauer, who won the first leg 3:2 (2:1), are level on points after four match days West Ham United (nine points each) at the top of Group A. With one draw against the third-placed Greeks (four points), a place in the knockout round would already be perfect. In the event of a defeat, there is still a risk of relegation Conference League.
Before the final group game on December 14th West Ham In order to continue to have good cards in the fight for group victory, the Freiburg team are aiming for a victory in front of the 34,000 expected spectators.
Lucas Höler wants a “final to win the group in London”
“The pressure is on Piraeus. We know that this is the last chance for Olympiacos. Nevertheless, we want to win in order to have a final in London to win the group.”said striker Lucas Höler. “But that doesn’t change our approach. Especially at home, our goal is to keep the three points.” Streich added: “We have to enforce our rhythm.”
The sports club has more personnel alternatives available than before. Both the Hungarian international Roland Sallai as well as the German U21 talent Merlin Röhl are options for the home game again after recovering from injuries.
Christian Streich is happy about “more opportunities”
“It’s really important for us that they’re back.”said coach Streich. “This gives us more options again. Recently the possibilities for variation were already limited.” In the last Bundesliga game against SV Darmstadt 98 (1:1), four players sat on the bench who had already played for the second team in the 3rd league this season.
