SC Freiburg also fights with himself in the season finale

Christian Streich was visibly upset. The coach of SC Freiburg struggled with the referee team, with the defensive performance of his team and possibly also with the complex mixture.

As worried so far it has gone, in the final sprint also demands everything mentally to the Badeners this season.

Although they lost their final home game against 1. FC Union Berlin 1: 4 (0: 3), the Freiburgers have already proud of what they had achieved. Internationally, they will finally play upcoming rounds. But if you have come so far, you now want to take the last steps. If the SC missed the Champions League places in the Bundesliga and the victory in the DFB Cup final against RB Leipzig on May 21 in Berlin, it would still be an outstanding season-the overall picture. And this concern was quite a good thing when players and fans applauded each other after the game on Saturday.

"It is very disappointing. I have to put the boys upset," said Coach Streich after the sudden end of the Freiburg Success. After four wins and a draw from the previous five competitive games, the SC received a sensitive setback in the fight for the premier class against extremely efficient Köpenickers. Grischa Prömel (11th minute), Christopher Trimmel (30th) and the outstanding Sheraldo Becker (41st) had already given Union 3-0. After the change of sides, Lucas Höler (59.) met for the SC and András Schäfer (90th) again for the Berliners.

This time the Freiburgers also lacked the game happiness. The 1: 1 by Höler (23rd), which was revoked due to a handball by the striker, would have surely gave them a quick turn and the game. "I don't understand," said Streich about the decision of the impartial around Felix Brych in this scene.

prank with the defensive behavior dissatisfied

However, the Breisgauer beat the mind even more. They conceded ten goals in the past three games. Twice - in the 3: 3 against Borussia Mönchengladbach and the 4: 3 at TSG Hoffenheim - things were still fine. A third time no longer. "We defended badly," said Streich. "How you get the goals that allows flanks - that doesn't work on the level, that's unacceptable." In total, the goals are "just too much," said Nico Schlotterbeck.

The defender will switch to Borussia Dortmund in summer. As the successor, the Freiburger already signed the Gladbacher Matthias Ginter. A transfer that proves that the SC is going. Not too long ago, the departure of a top performer like Schlotterbeck would probably have been compensated for with a young perspective player, now there is a seasoned national player. One whose roots are in Freiburg. But he also feels that the Badeners will continue to be than when he said goodbye in 2014. "When I heard it for the first time, I thought that it couldn't be right," Streich revealed Ginter's return last week.

But this is what the new Freiburg reality looks like. The new stadium also brings new economic opportunities - and probably also new goals in the long run. The modest Badeners are still getting used to it. "We just lost a football game," said Streich after the clap against Union and tried not to hang it too high. How the Freiburger deals with her will be seen in the remote duel for the Champions League places with Leipzig and the Berliners on the 34th matchday next weekend and in the cup final against RB a week later.