Freiburg Grifo in the footsteps of Scholl and Rehhagel

When it went past Tuesday in the cup game at third-division Osnabrück into a penalty shooting, the safest shooter of the Freiburg had been replaced shortly before. On Saturday in the Bundesliga game against Fürth, on the other hand, it was immediately clear that Vincenzo Grifo would lead to penalty at the level of 2: 1, which Lucas Höler had taken out. And as always he turned it. As a rule, I m very safe, Grifo said in the Sportschau -interview, but it is becoming more and more difficult. The more penalty you shoot, the more the goalkeepers are going on.

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Ten times the Italian was so far in the Bundesliga at the point and has always met. In the ranking of the 100 percent protectors, which are at least ten times, are only Hans-Joachim Abel (16), Ludwig Nolden (15), Otto Rehhagel (12) and Mehmet Scholl (11) in front of him. Grifo could even catch up with the former Bayern player in Munich next Saturday when the sports club should get a penalty there.

Players of the game and 11.37 kilometers running track

But this will not be so important to the 28-year-old as the success of the team, whose important support he is heard again this season. In nine out of ten games, Grifo stood in the starting eleven and not only through his three goals and three assists has a large proportion that the sports club is the only unbeaten Bundesliga club. In addition to the transformed penalmeter he prepared against Fürth also the 2-0 from Nicolas Höfler through a corner and was in the Bundesliga club Player of the game (note; 2.0). At 11.37 kilometers, he was also running powerful player of the Freiburg.

That the leadership by an own goal fell and Höfler s headball with the help of posts and goalkeeper landed on the net, underlined for Grifo, only that currently a lot for us is running for us - but we work out that too, we fight the victories. For his coach, the most committed on Saturday Lucas Höler, who, despite the 120 minutes of Osnabrück in his legs in the second half against Fürth marching, marched, marched. The fact that he has also hold out the penalty, that helped us brutally, Christian praised prank.

Prank: Very stable and hungry

With ten unbeaten games in series, the sports club has set its Bundesliga club record, the already set star record was expanded. We are allowed to be proud of us and enjoy that because we did not steal the points, Grifo said. And even the SC coach is currently feeling a certain serenity and less pressure than in some years. But that not only has to do with the surprising point yield of 22 after ten games, but also with the development of the team. Many things work very well, we work well together very well and can continue to put footballing accents again and again, says prank, the team presents itself very stable and hungry. And accordingly, with self-confidence to the top game next Saturday at Bayern, where she could already set up a record.

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