“We want to show that we are completely exhausted”

It wasn’t an easy week after the defeat in Mainz. The sting was still very deep a few days later. Despite all healthy realism, we know that there is still a small remaining chance. In fact, we haven’t been relegated yet. But the great miracle that we would have needed anyway has become even greater. We’ve had a good week of training behind us. The boys trained cleanly and sensibly. It was noticeable that there were no cracks in the team. The team has shown itself to be solid. I hope that she can bring this training week into the game. The boys work cleanly, train cleanly. It’s a clean bunch overall. There is great confidence that the boys will finish the season cleanly.

Freiburg wants to enter international business. This is their agenda for Sunday. The opponent is very dangerous, especially in the offensive area, with crosses from the half field drawn towards the goal. But we also have our idea of ​​how we want to play. What will be crucial is that we show that we want to fully invest ourselves in all areas.

He is a Bundesliga original. Hopefully he’s just taking a break so we can see him again. His work and that of the entire club contributed to his being at SC Freiburg for so long. The Freiburg team also went through some depths with him. He shaped the Bundesliga together with the SCF. For that reason alone, we people in Darmstadt should applaud him when his name is mentioned here in the stadium.

Mainz was a setback because we had hoped for more after Bochum. We didn’t show a good performance in Mainz. A lot of things came together: We had the opportunity to take a 1-0 lead. As the coach confirmed at the press conference, Mainz had big problems with our pressing in the first half. We played far too slowly in these situations and with the ball. The 0:2 was a serious individual mistake that put us on the losing road again. After that we tried to turn the game around somehow, but neglected our defensive work.