The SC Freiburg Chronicle
The terraces26 Apr 2027
The mood at SC Freiburg has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Patrick Osterhage in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at SC Freiburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Igor Matanović
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match24 Apr 2027
A bad afternoon for SC Freiburg against Borussia Dortmund
0‑1 to Borussia Dortmund, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Marco Lehmann to a room that had heard them before.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Peter Winter stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Peter Winter and SC Freiburg agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Yannik Engelhardt is still paying for one afternoon at SC Freiburg
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
SC Freiburg pick somebody else ahead of Christian Günter
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Patrick Osterhage has to sit this one out
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. SC Freiburg lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Niklas Beste
- Squad A wage question at SC Freiburg
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Florent Muslija’s exile