The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Vintage Vincenzo Grifo — 8.13
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.13, and nobody on the pitch better.
Match16 Oct 2027
Philipp Lienhart the difference as SC Freiburg beat TSG Hoffenheim
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Philipp Lienhart. 2‑0 against TSG Hoffenheim, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at SC Freiburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Daghim is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Philipp Lienhart in the eights
A performance of 8.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Christian Günter gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tempers go at SC Freiburg
Thomas Wolf was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
When it matters, Maximilian Eggestein plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Thomas Friedrich kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Squad18 Oct 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
- Player ratings Berkay Yılmaz shuts the door
- Market The Patrick Osterhage talk will not go away
- Looking ahead Derry Scherhant faces his old club