2023-05-01 06:45:50
The professionals at SC Freiburg are highly motivated going into the DFB Cup semi-final against RB Leipzig on Tuesday (8.45 p.m. / ZDF and Sky). “The hut will burn,” said Captain Christian Günter. “We will do everything we can to take the next step.” The duel “has a certain explosiveness again, because we played against each other in the final last year,” said the defender of the Baden Bundesliga club. In the previous season, Freiburg had lost the final against RB on penalties after taking the lead.
“In the end it’s a cup semi-final, so it really doesn’t matter who you play against. You want to come to Berlin,” stressed Günter. He’s trying to “hide that as much as possible,” explained SC keeper Mark Flekken, referring to last year’s defeat and the forthcoming new edition. “We want to experience it again, hopefully with a better outcome this time,” said the goalkeeper about the next possible trip to the capital. “When you’re there, you want the title too. Especially if you lost it that way before. Now we have the chance again and if we didn’t have the goal of going to the final then then then could we stop?”
Striker Lucas Höler said after Freiburg’s 1-0 win at 1. FC Köln on Saturday that his team “still had an unfinished business” with Leipzig. “We’re emotionally charged anyway,” he said. “Of course we would also want to win against any other opponent.” Four days later, Freiburg and RB face each other again in the league. Then it’s about important points for the Champions League qualification. (dpa)
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