An early goal to make it 1–0: Hoffenheim’s David Raum scored against Freiburg.
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The third minute was underway when Raum on the left wing again pulled on the sprint and Munas Dabber’s ball was skillfully passed through the outer instep by Freiburg’s Lukas Kubler. “I can see the central defenders are not coming at me,” Raum later described the scene on the “Sky” microphone. “Then I went on for a while.” Until the national players finally stood in front of SC keeper Mark Flecken and measured up. “I lay sideways so often that I thought to myself: I’ll take heart.” Ok. A few seconds later, a shot from his left foot hit the far corner for the opening lead.

With it in the back, TSG played on the ball boldly and safely, giving SC problems – but only after a good quarter of an hour received the equalizer after a corner. “It felt a little out of nowhere for us,” Hoffenheim coach Sebastian Hoenes looked back. He later saw a game “at eye level” and a “wear-and-tear” end in the second round, in which goalkeeper Oliver Baumann – under a long-term contract during the week – saw his team in the game with a penalty save. kept. “It’s definitely a great achievement by Ollie,” Hoene said. Afterwards, his team had the best phase, but either without penetrating power or the luck needed at the end.

I don’t see any strength, we are ahead of today’s game.

So it took a while before Raum could claim another goal partnership. This time from the corner flag as a template. Chris Richards led his cross to score the 2–1 goal, which saw TSG pass Freiburg down the table and are now fourth. When asked about his statement before the game (“It’s about supremacy”), Hoenes backtracked a bit: “I don’t see any supremacy, we’re ahead of today’s game.”

Now his team is expecting third and new table neighbors Leverkusen on Wednesday. “We will prepare well for this,” announced Raum. “But now we are enjoying a victory here in Freiburg for the first time.”