In the Bundesliga, SC Freiburg never won against 1. FC Union Berlin. It remains so. Also because Vincenzo Grifo missed a penalty.
At the start of the 10th game, Union Berlin and SC Freiburg drew 0-0 on Friday evening. So it’s still true: Union games are no fun for Freiburg. For the sixth time they appeared in the Bundesliga in Berlin-Köpenick. They never won.
Freiburg coach Julian Schuster was still happy with his team’s performance. Before the game, Schuster said in a Sportschau interview that he was very pleased with the stadium and the atmosphere in Berlin. Now he’s complaining about his team. He liked the effort and attitude. He said: “It’s a shame we weren’t rewarded for the effort.”
The Freiburg team still climbed to fourth place in the Champions League (17 points), at least overnight. 1. FC Union has one less point and is currently in seventh place.
Penalty kick for Freiburg – but Grifo misses
The better teams in the first half were the visitors from Freiburg. Julian Schuster’s team also had the best chance in the first half: After Eren Dinkci was saved by opponent Rani Khedira, referee Tobias Reichel decided on a free kick first. The VAR then turned on. Reichel looked at the scene again on the monitor and revised his decision. He gave Freiburg a penalty.
Vincenzo Grifo took two steps, then shot into the bottom left corner. Berlin goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow was already on his way there. He parried strongly. Freiburg captain Christian Günter fired the follow-up shot just over the left goal (22′). “We needed a good goalkeeper to take a point,” Union Berlin coach Bo Svensson told Sportschau.
With Adamu’s shot, not much is missing from Freiburg’s direction
Freiburg came close to taking the lead twelve minutes later when the ball found its way to Junior Adamu through Maximilian Eggestein and Patrick Osterhage. The attacker received the ball a step ahead of his opponent, but did not shoot into the goal from close range. He missed the target by a few centimetres.
As the Union get better, Atubolu saves Freiburg three times
It was the 50th minute when Christopher Trimmel failed with a long-range shot past goalkeeper Noah Atubolu. And it was on the 58th minute when Yorbe Vertessen shot after a one-two with Khedira. It was 1. FC Union’s best chance. But Atubolu was strong this time too. It was also the Freiburg goalkeeper who killed a powerful shot from Aljoscha Kemlein in the 69th minute.
Freiburg is the cause of the final excitement
Shortly before the end of the game, SC Freiburg had two good chances: First, Dinkci fed substitute Lucas Höler, who was still under pressure when he shot (83′). So it happened that he shot right at Ronnöw’s goalkeeper. Rönnow then misjudged a high ball and was lucky that Freiburg’s Philipp Lienhart was just over the goal (87th).
Union Berlin in Wolfsburg, Freiburg in Dortmund
After the international break, Union Berlin have to play in Wolfsburg (November 23, 3:30 pm). At the same time, SC Freiburg is visiting Dortmund.