After three defeats in a row, SC Freiburg made an impressive comeback and overran Gladbach in the first half. After the game, the Breisgauer also had to process the game first.
SC Freiburg were the last team in the Bundesliga to go ten games unbeaten – and then conceded their first defeat on matchday 11 at league leaders Bayern Munich. In the following two games, the Breisgauer lost number two (0:2 against Frankfurt) and three (1:2 in Bochum). But what then happened within 37 minutes during Freiburg’s visit to Gladbach was simply historic.
The Sport-Club took Borussia apart by every trick in the book and were already leading 5:0 after 25 minutes – no team in Bundesliga history has ever led so quickly away from home. When Nico Schlotterbeck headed in Freiburg’s sixth goal before the break, another record was set: for the first time, six players were able to get on the scoresheet in the first half.
Schlotterbeck finds it “surreal “
This was not the only reason why Schlotterbeck found it “absolutely surreal” what was happening at Borussia-Park in Gladbach. His team got into a “flow” after the early lead and then simply played off their own “brutal standard strength”, the centre-back said on “DAZN” after the game.
For his coach Christian Streich, too, the performance was “almost a bit bizarre”, but: “You have to classify that again. Last week in Bochum it was like that and now every action of ours leads to goals in the first half. That’s not explainable.” The coach was particularly pleased with his team’s courageous style of play – and even more so that it was rewarded (in contrast to past performances).
“One or two glasses “
Fear that his players might now take off in view of the landslide victory and fourth place in the table is not something Streich has: “I don’t have to bring them down, the team is very disciplined and very grounded.” The coach also saw no reason to celebrate, after all, the first win in Gladbach in 26 years was “celebration enough”. Schlotterbeck let it slip that there will be “one or two glasses” nevertheless.
