One more win, then Rani Khedira with Union Berlin has reached the premier class for the first time Photo: dpa/picture-alliance
By Sebastian Karkos
In the end, the defeat on Saturday in Hoffenheim (2: 4) may only be a side note.
1. FC Union has all the trumps in hand before the last game on Saturday against Bremen (3.30 p.m. / Sky). With a win, the Irons qualify for the Champions League.
But midfielder Rani Khedira (30) warns: “We have to be completely different next week, one hundred percent different.” In the Kraichgau, the team seemed unusually agitated, Union 2023 had not conceded four goals in a game before.
The interim hits from Danilho Doekhi (header after a Trimmel corner/45+4) and substitute Aissa Laidouni (90+5) didn’t help. Ihlas Bebou (22′), Andrej Kramaric (36’/penalty; 90′) and Munas Dabbur (90′ + 9′) scored for Hoffenheim.
Danilho Doekhi scored the 1-2 for Union in Hoffenheim with a header Photo: dpa picture radio
Positive: Freiburg (59) tied on points have a goal difference that is four goals worse. Khedira warns: “It can certainly play a role.”
Union or Freiburg – only one of the two creates the premier class. With Bremen Union certainly has the easier opponent. For Werder it’s about nothing more. And the game also takes place in the old forester’s house. At the same time, Freiburg have to play in Frankfurt, which still has to play the DFB Cup final (June 3 against Leipzig). Whether the thoughts of the Hessians are already in Berlin…?
Freiburg captain Christian Günter (30) said on Friday after the threesome against Wolfsburg (2-0): “When it’s all about the last day of the game, it gets even more tingling when you walk onto the pitch.” And it will tingle.
It is also a fact: Freiburg must hope for a slip of the iron, who are now the only Bundesliga club – Bayern lost against Leipzig (1: 3) – are still without a home defeat this season. The Köpenicker are still 90 minutes away from the Champions League!