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In the offensive, Grifo remains indispensable for Freiburg

Freiburg’s offensive artist Vincenzo Grifo again has the most goals and assists on the scorer account. But overall, the burden in the attacking game is widely spread. This is also felt by three important pillars of the past season.

Always dangerous: Vincenzo Grifo.

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If Vincenzo Grifo kicks the ball, it will be dangerous for the opponents. The attacking player of SC Freiburg collected four goals and nine assists in the 17 games of the first half of the season in the Bundesliga. The German-Italian is indispensable for coach Christian Streich. Grifo only came into play once from the bench, when it was 0-0 on matchday five in Mainz. The 28-year-old trumped himself with his achievements: In the preseason, Grifo had eleven goals to show after 17 games (seven goals, four assists).

Quite a great responsibility for “Vince”, as he is called in Breisgau. Because the three attackers who were behind the experienced dribbler in the scorer list last season are currently left out. Striker Ermedin Demirovic, for example, who already scored two goals and six assists last winter and fought for his place as a regular striker. Most recently he only made two start-up appearances – and in the 2-1 draw against Hoffenheim he was even taken off the pitch during the break.

It was just as difficult for winger Roland Sallai, who had five hits and four assists a year ago. A knee injury stopped him, now there are only one goal and one assist in five games in the statistics from the start. Noble joker Nils Petersen also plagued the knee. Seven goals and an assist at the same point in time last year are now compared to a poor goal – of course scored in the 2-1 win against Hertha BSC, one of his seven appearances as a substitute.

Freiburg scored a total of 28 goals in the Bundesliga after 17 games, compared to 31 in the previous year. Striker Lucas Höler is now responsible for the goal. He netted four times himself and put on three hits. Or left-back Christian Günter, who contributed five assists. He was only similarly good in the 2019/20 season, when Günter also delivered five assists after 17 games. Noticeable: In the previous year, seven players had three or fewer scorer points to show after the first half of the season. Now there are a whopping eleven professionals. The Freiburg motto “The star is the team” also applies to the attackers. Except for Grifo, anyway.

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