The ÖFB team striker initiated SC Freiburg’s 2-0 home win against 1. FC Köln on Sunday with his winning goal in the 72nd minute and also prepared Roland Sallai’s second goal (95th) with a measured cross.
At the top of the table, Leverkusen defended first place with a 3-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt and has been confirmed as the “Christmas King”. With one more game, the Werkself are still four points ahead of FC Bayern, who impressed with Konrad Laimer in a 3-0 win in front of their own crowd against fourth-placed VfB Stuttgart.
Gregoritsch almost scored a double
This time Gregoritsch was in demand as a “joker” and stood out just a few moments after his substitution in the 66th minute. After Röhl’s header was blocked, the attacker made an ice-cold save from close range. He almost scored a brace, but his shot went just over (90′). Gregoritsch now has six competitive goals this season, having scored three times in the 5-0 win against Olympiacos Piraeus in the Europa League. The 29-year-old Styrian recently scored the only goal in the 1-0 wins against 1. FSV Mainz 05 and VfL Wolfsburg.
“I think I generally didn’t have that bad of chances during the season. At the beginning of the season I missed them, then the injury came along, then I chased a goal. Since I scored in the Europa League, things have been going well “I always meet there. That’s very important for me,” said Gregoritsch in the DAZN interview. After the 2-0 defeat at West Ham United on Thursday in the Europa League and the return trip, he was “very broken”. This is also why the striker was missing from the starting line-up. Junior Adamu came on as a substitute at the finish, Philipp Lienhart was missing due to an injury.
Fans threw chocolate coins onto the field
After their third win in a row, Freiburg is sixth with 24 points. Cologne, where Dejan Ljubicic and Florian Kainz played until the 61st minute and Julian Chabot saw the traffic lights in the 62nd minute, is 16th in the relegation zone with ten points. The game was interrupted for five minutes in the first half because fans threw numerous chocolate coins onto the field to protest against the investment of investors in the German Football League (DFL).
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Leverkusen and Bayern confidently
Leverkusen continued their impressive autumn run with their 12th win in their 15th game. There has been no defeat so far. Victor Boniface (14th), Jeremie Frimpong (51st) and Florian Wirtz (57th) ensured clear conditions. As a result, coach Xabi Alonso’s team is still four points ahead of their first pursuers Bayern.
The Munich team gave VfB Stuttgart no chance in the evening game. Harry Kane scored after optimal preparatory work from Leroy Sane (2nd) and with a header (55th), the final point resulted from a deflected header from Kim Min-jae (63rd). Laimer played as a right-back for the home team.
