SC Freiburg suffered a setback in the fight for the Champions League places. Already in the 11th minute, Union Berlin was celebrating the lead. Becker found Awoniyi with a strong diagonal ball. Eggestein wanted to clarify. But he deflected the ball to the inside bar. The ball tumbled along the line. Prömel switched the fastest and made it 1-0 for the guests. As a result, Freiburg almost celebrated the equalizer. But Höler made room for himself in a duel with Jaeckel with his upper arm. Then he popped the leather into the stitches. But the video referee saw a handball (23rd).
Union Berlin made it 2-0 in the 30th minute. Christopher Trimmel headed in from ten meters and thus increased the iron lead even further. Shortly before half-time, the Streich-Elf received the next setback. Sheraldo Becker made it 3-0 with a shot from the inside right into the far corner. SC Freiburg only came back in the second half of the game. Höler marked the 1:3 with a low shot. Andras Schäfer finally put the lid on it with his goal in added time to make it 4:1
In the duel between TSG Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen, ÖFB team player Christoph Baumgartner was the man of the game. First, in the 22nd minute, he set up the hosts’ opening goal. Baumgartner snatched the ball away from Hincapié and tanked his way into the penalty area, where he thoughtfully put it back. Rutter lurked at the penalty spot and scored to make it 1-0 for Hoffenheim. But once again Patrick Schick brought the guests back into this game. The Leverkusen goalscorer was hit by a cross from Hincapie, where the Czech was able to put the ball in the penalty area with a drop kick to make it 1-1 in the Hoffenheim goal.
But two minutes later, the joy of the equalizer at Leverkusen was gone. After a cross from Kaderabek to the far corner, Baumgartner headed the lead again for Hoffenheim. In the 73rd minute, however, Diaby ensured that Leverkusen equalized. Aranguiz initiated the goal with a high cross, Schick put it on Diaby in the penalty area, who was then able to enter the scorer list. Schick crowned his outstanding performance and went one better. The Czech prevailed against two Hoffenheim players, passed TSG goalkeeper Baumann with a hook and scored outstandingly to make it 3:2. Hoffenheim was shocked, Leverkusen was happy. Alario finally made it 4-2 in added time.
In the duel between Greuther Führer and Borussia Dortmund, it wasn’t about much anymore. Leads was already relegated and BVB was the runner-up. From the start, the guests unsurprisingly had more of the game and more possession of the ball. But initially the dominance was not crowned with success. However, that changed in the 26th minute. Guerreiro found Brandt on the second pole and all he had to do was push into the empty goal. Dortmund went into the break with the lead. However, the relegated team was able to equalize in the 70th minute of the game. After a remarkable lob over BVB goalkeeper Hitz, Ngankam scored to make it 1-1.
But Dortmund then showed their individual class. Brandt put Dortmund back in the lead after a well-placed attack down the left flank (72′). The decision came after 77 minutes, where Passlack was able to make it 3-1. A few minutes before the final whistle, Jude Bellingham turned jubilantly after being served with a high ball by Can. Haaland previously blocked his way. But in the end the goal was disallowed by the video referee.
In addition, VfL Wolfsburg narrowly defeated 1. FC Köln 1-0. Florian Kainz played for the Cologne team until the 81st minute. He was replaced by ex-Rapidler Louis Schaub. Dejan Ljubicic was also on the pitch until the 62nd minute.
