Freiburg 1-1 Olympiacos: Breisgau Brazilians frustrated at home as visitors draw
Freiburg were helde ach other to a 1-1 draw by Olympiacos on Thursday at Europa-Park-Stadion. Freiburg were looking to pick up points after winning their previous two matches against Nantes away and Nantes at home, by 4-0 and 2-0 respectively. Olympiacos were unable to beat Qarabag FK in a 0-0 draw. Freiburg are now in 1st place on the table and have 13 points while Olympiacos sit in 4th with 2 points after 5 matches.
Olympiacos started the match strongly, when Youssef El Arabi gave them the lead, 17 minutes in, saw the first half 1-0.
Breisgau Brazilians took the lead in the second half, when Lukas Kubler found the net just before the full time. The match ended wih a 1-1 draw.
Substitutions for Freiburg included Maximilian Eggestein, Noah Weisshaupt, Woo-yeong Jeong, Nils Petersen and Kiliann Sildillia for Yannik Keitel, Ritsu Doan, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, Michael Gregoritsch and Philipp Lienhart, respectively. Olympiacos replaced Garry Rodrigues, Pep Biel, Youssef El Arabi, Giorgos Masouras and Marios Vroussay for Oleg Reabciuk, Pierre Kunde, Hwang Ui-Jo, Mathieu Valbuena and Panagiotis Retsos.
The referee booked Matthias Ginter from Freiburg. Olympiacos had the worst of it though, with Yann M’Vila, Giorgos Masouras, Youssef El Arabi, Alexandros Paschalakis, Pierre Kunde and Ousseynou Ba seeing yellow, and Ousseynou Ba (2 yellow cards) then sent off with a red.
Freiburg will next play Qarabag FK away, with Olympiacos facing Nantes at home.
| Technical card: | |
|---|---|
| SC Freiburg: | Mark Flekken, Lukas Kubler, Philipp Lienhart (Kiliann Sildillia, min.78), Matthias Ginter, Christian Gunter, Ritsu Doan (Noah Weisshaupt, min.63), Nicolas Hofler, Yannik Keitel (Maximilian Eggestein, min.63), Vincenzo Grifo, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (Woo-yeong Jeong, min.64) and Michael Gregoritsch (Nils Petersen, min.72) |
| Olympiacos Piraeus: | Alexandros Paschalakis, Pipa, Ousseynou Ba, Andreas Ntoi, Marios Vroussay (Panagiotis Retsos, min.82), Garry Rodrigues (Oleg Reabciuk, min.39), In-beom Hwang, Yann M’Vila, Giorgos Masouras (Mathieu Valbuena, min.82), Youssef El Arabi (Hwang Ui-Jo, min.82) and Pep Biel (Pierre Kunde, min.69) |
| Stadium: | Europa-Park-Stadion |
| Goals: | Youssef El Arabi (0-1, min. 17) and Lukas Kubler (1-1, min. 90) |
