The SC Freiburg Chronicle
Match16 Jan 2038
A hiding for SC Freiburg
Beaten 1‑6 by Bayern Munich, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad18 Jan 2038
A fracture rules Ryan Trevitt out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason SC Freiburg will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad18 Jan 2038
Wesley Strootman: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” SC Freiburg have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market18 Jan 2038
SC Freiburg may not be able to give Yannik Wagner what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Yannik Wagner wants continental football; whether SC Freiburg can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad18 Jan 2038
Tempers go at SC Freiburg
Karim Konaté 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.
Match16 Jan 2038
7 goals as SC Freiburg and Bayern Munich go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between SC Freiburg and Bayern Munich, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad18 Jan 2038
The manager makes an example of Johan Manzambi
“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.
Boardroom18 Jan 2038
SC Freiburg beat the market to Iker Muñoz from VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Iker Muñoz has pre-agreed a move to SC Freiburg, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Player ratings18 Jan 2038
A masterclass from Maik Afri Akumu
Marked 8.73 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Rouven Tarnutzer
- Boardroom Nobody left the SC Freiburg dressing room in a hurry
- Market The Karim Konaté talk will not go away