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The line-ups
Head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo made two changes to the team that started the 4-1 victory away to VfB Lübeck. Attila Szalai and Ihlas Bebou started in place of Kevin Vogt and Wout Weghorst, who was sidelined with a minor injury.
The scenario
Both SC Freiburg and TSG Hoffenheim reached the second round of the DFB-Pokal almost a week ago and went into the Bundesliga season with a successful result under their belts.
Moment of the match
The goal for 2-0: SC Freiburg upped the score to 2-0 through Roland Sallai. Sallai had brought down Attila Szalai in the penalty area but the whistle did not sound. Ozan Kabak initially managed to clear Vincenzo Grifo’s shot, but Sallai slotted the ball into the empty net on the follow-up. Referee Sven Jablonski reviewed the incident on the video monitor but stuck with his decision (45+3). TSG could not recover from that double blow shortly before the break.
Number of the game: 9
Ozan Kabak’s goal was already the ninth goal the central defender has scored in the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, it was not enough to pick up any points.
Moment of misfortune
Attila Szalai scored an own goal on his first Bundesliga appearance and was substituted off after the first half. Keep your head up, Attila!
Outlook
TSG Hoffenheim will be away to promoted club 1. FC Heidenheim next Saturday. The aim will then be to get the first win of the season.
Stats
Line-ups
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Ozan Kabak, Brooks, Szalai (Vogt, 46) – Kadeřábek, Grillitsch (Justvan, 71), Bülter – Prömel, Stiller (Bischof, 85) – Kramarić, Bebou (Beier, 85)
SC Freiburg: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Lienhart, Günter (Sildillia, 90+1) – Röhl (Keitel, 74), Eggestein – Sallai (Gulde, 84), Grifo (Weißhaupt, 90+1) – Höler, Gregoritsch (Doan, 84)
Goals: 0-1 Szalai (39, own goal), 0-2 Sallai (45+3), 1-2 Ozan Kabak (50)
Match highlights
Freiburg take the lead
TSG cannot establish control in front of their box and the unmarked Günter is picked out on the left flank. Szalai tries to clear the cross but strikes the ball unfortunately and scores an own goal.
Baumann prevents the second goal
What a scene: Sallai shoots in the box and is denied by Baumann, who spills the ball in front of him unfortunately. The TSG keeper makes a strong save from the ground on the follow up; but the ball bounces down off the bar in front of the line, only for Baumann to get up quickly and save with his foot.
Freiburg’s goal counts
Freiburg up their lead before the break: Szalai is brought down by Sallai in the box but the whistle does not sound. Kabak thwarts Grifo but Sallai subsequently slots into an empty net from close range. The video assistant reviews the incident but the goal stands.
Kabak prevents decisive goal
Vogt loses the ball on the edge of his own box and gifts Freiburg a big opportunity. Gregoritsch slots the ball into the empty net, only for Kabak to intervene on the line with a sensational sliding block.
TSG reduce the deficit
Freiburg do not manage to clear the ball from a corner and it eventually lands at the feet of Ozan Kabak, who shoots on the turn and picks out the bottom right corner.
Kadeřábek almost with the equaliser
Kadeřábek almost levels the scores all of a sudden: a cross from Bülter slips through at the back post and Kadeřábek meets the ball with a diving header, but it flies narrowly wide. Atubolu would have been powerless.
Lucky for TSG
It’s end to end: Grifo cuts inside from the left and targets the bottom right corner. Baumann does not reach the shot but the post saves TSG.
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Match highlights
Freiburg take the lead
TSG cannot establish control in front of their box and the unmarked Günter is picked out on the left flank. Szalai tries to clear the cross but strikes the ball unfortunately and scores an own goal.
Baumann prevents the second goal
What a scene: Sallai shoots in the box and is denied by Baumann, who spills the ball in front of him unfortunately. The TSG keeper makes a strong save from the ground on the follow up; but the ball bounces down off the bar in front of the line, only for Baumann to get up quickly and save with his foot.
Freiburg’s goal counts
Freiburg up their lead before the break: Szalai is brought down by Sallai in the box but the whistle does not sound. Kabak thwarts Grifo but Sallai subsequently slots into an empty net from close range. The video assistant reviews the incident but the goal stands.
Kabak prevents decisive goal
Vogt loses the ball on the edge of his own box and gifts Freiburg a big opportunity. Gregoritsch slots the ball into the empty net, only for Kabak to intervene on the line with a sensational sliding block.
TSG reduce the deficit
Freiburg do not manage to clear the ball from a corner and it eventually lands at the feet of Ozan Kabak, who shoots on the turn and picks out the bottom right corner.
Kadeřábek almost with the equaliser
Kadeřábek almost levels the scores all of a sudden: a cross from Bülter slips through at the back post and Kadeřábek meets the ball with a diving header, but it flies narrowly wide. Atubolu would have been powerless.
Lucky for TSG
It’s end to end: Grifo cuts inside from the left and targets the bottom right corner. Baumann does not reach the shot but the post saves TSG.
