On 18 February, one of the matches of the 22nd round of the German football championship took place. Freiburg (Germany) and Eintracht (Germany) met.
German Championship, 22nd round
Freiburg (Germany) - Eintracht (Germany) - 3:3 (2:2)
Goals: R. Doan (30), Griffohn (30), Griffohn (30). Doan (30), Grifo (45+5), Gregoric (90) - Omar Marmusch (27), Ansgar Knauff (35), Ansgar Knauff (72).
In a thrilling Bundesliga match between Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt, both teams displayed exciting attacking football which ended in a 3-3 draw at the Europa-Park Stadium. The match started with Eintracht Frankfurt making an early substitution in the 11th minute, replacing S. Kalajdzic with A. Knauff. The substitution seemed to have an effect: O. Marmusch opened the scoring for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 27th minute. However, Freiburg quickly responded with a goal from R. Doan in the 30th minute to level the score. In the 35th minute, Eintracht Frankfurt regained the lead thanks to a goal by A. Knauff, and in the 45th minute, Freiburg were awarded a penalty, which was successfully converted by V. Grifo, making the score 2-2 at half-time. The second half continued the entertaining programme: in the 72nd minute, Eintracht Frankfurt took the lead again thanks to A. Knauff's second goal of the match.
In the 77th minute, Freiburg made several substitutions in an attempt to turn the tide: M. Gregoric, K. Sildillia and N. Weishaupt were replaced by L. Holer, J. Keitel and J. Makengo. In the last minutes of the match Freiburg managed to equalise the score in the 90th minute when M. Gregoric scored a goal, giving his team a tough draw. In the last minutes of the match both teams made substitutions: Freiburg had R. Sallai instead of M. Philipp, and Eintracht Frankfurt had M. Götze and O. Marmusch replaced by S. Rohde and J. Dina Eina. Rode and J. Dina Ebimbe respectively. For Eintracht, F. Chaibi replaced H. Ekitike in the 90th minute, while P. Max replaced N. Nkunku. In general, the match between Freiburg and Eintracht was very interesting, both teams demonstrated their attacking skills and their desire to get three points. As a result, a 3-3 draw was a fair result for both sides.
In the next round the following matches await the rivals: Augsburg - Freiburg, Eintracht - Wolfsburg.
| Freiburg | Eintracht | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Kicks to the goal | 5 |
| 12 | Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 9 | Penalty kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Kicks from outside the penalty box | 1 |
| 7 | Offences | 10 |
| 6 | Corners | 1 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 54% | Ball possession | 46% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Keeper saves | 3 |
| 545 | Total assists | 470 |
| 445 | Accurate assists | 382 |
| 82% | Accuracy of passes | 81% |