Report from the loss on matchday 23

First-half highlights:

8th minute: Werder create their first chance of the game through André Silva, who fires the ball towards the bottom right corner, yet Freiburg’s Atubolu clears the danger.

15th minute: The hosts open the scoring. Grifo’s corner finds Kiliann Sildillia in the middle, who pulls off an overhead kick and leaves Zetterer with no chance.

18th minute: The Green-Whites almost level the scoring as the ball reaches an unmarked Silva in the penalty area, but the striker is unable to keep his header on target.

33rd minute: Grifo doubles the lead for Freiburg. The midfielder curls a free-kick around the Werder wall, which sails past Zetterer into the bottom right corner.

39th minute: Werder are awarded a penalty following a handball in the box, and André Silva steps up to take it. He strikes the ball towards the bottom right corner, but Atubolu guesses correctly and knocks it behind for a corner.

Second-half highlights:

57th minute: Grifo makes it three for the hosts. Doan’s cross falls kindly for the attacker, who hammers a volley into the back of the net from close range.

66th minute: Jens Stage and André Silva combine in the penalty area, with Werder’s number 6 pulling the trigger from a tight angle, yet he can’t find the target.

76th minute: Doan gets in on the action and makes it four for SCF. Receiving the ball just outside the penalty box, the winger drills a left-footed shot into the bottom right corner.

90th minute +2: It’s five. Beste delivers a cross into the centre, where Doan is waiting unmarked to finish the job for the hosts.

90th minute +4: Full-time. Werder are defeated by SC Freiburg. The Green-Whites will next be in action on Tuesday evening (25th February, 20:45 CET), where they’ll travel to Arminia Bielefeld in the quarter-final of the DFB-Pokal.