Yesterday' German Cup semi-final, two long-established German teams, narrowly met. In the end, Freiburg beat Hamburg 3-1 and reached the final of this season's German Cup.
This season's DFB-Pokal, the traditional Bundesliga top two, Bayern and Borussia Dortmund were out early, and Bayern defeated Borussia Monchengladbach 0-5 in the second round of the DFB-Pokal. The Hornets lost 2-1 to St. Pauli in the first round of knockouts.
Looking back at the German Cup in the past 12 years, Bayern Munich have won the final 8 times and won the title six times, while the Hornets have reached the final 6 times and won the title three times. In addition, Frankfurt, Wolfsburg, Schalke 04 each won the championship once.
So, bayern and hornets early exits this year have also given some small teams hopes of winning the DFB-Pokal.
Freiburg is one of them. According to statistics, freiburg club has never won the Bundesliga title and the German Cup in its history, they have only won the Bundesliga four times, respectively in the 92-93, 02-03, 08-09, 15-16 seasons.
In addition, in the 1974-75 and 77-78 seasons, he also won the German South Baden Cup twice. It's already all the titles in their club's history. This season, they successfully eliminated Hamburg and reached the final of the German Cup, and they are expected to hit the first German Cup in the history of their club.
Since the 1991 season, Freiburg have only changed 4 coaches:
The first is the retired 74-year-old German coach, Volker Finke. From 1991 to 1997, the German coach was at the helm of Freiburg for 15 years, 11 months and 30 days.
The second is Robin Dutt, 57. In the 07-11 season, he was in charge of the team for 3 years, 11 months and 30 days.
The third place, July-December 2001, was fired by the team in less than half a year, and the 56-year-old Marcus Sorg has a record of 3 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses.
The last German coach since late 2011 is Christian Streich, 56. His coaching career has been in Freiburg, from 1996 to 2011, he has been the coach of Freiburg U19, taking over the team in the middle of the 2011 season, it has been 10 years and 3 months.
Freiburg is torn between the Bundesliga and bundesliga, and their highest ranking in the Bundesliga is 7th. However, so far this season, they are tentatively 5th in the Bundesliga table and are expected to refresh the club's high ranking in the Bundesliga.
Although in the Final of the German Cup, Freiburg faced RB Leipzig, who was three times worth of the whole team. However, if they let it go, they may be able to create a miracle that belongs to the small club!