Football European Cup games
Grifo ensures Freiburg beat Topola 3-1 – Leverkusen and Frankfurt win clearly
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Freiburg’s Vincenzo Grifo celebrates after his goal
Source: dpa/Tom Weller
The Bundesliga soccer team SC Freiburg is taking a big step towards the knockout round of the Europa League. The Breisgauer team won against the Serbian runner-up FK TSC Backa Topola 3-1. Leverkusen defeated Karabakh Agdam 5-1. In the Conference League, Eintracht Frankfurt beat HJK Helsinki 6-0.
Thanks to a hat trick from Vincenzo Grifo, Bundesliga club SC Freiburg celebrated its second win in the group stage of the Europa League. The Breisgauer team beat Serbian runner-up FK TSC Backa Topola 3-1 (0-1) on Thursday evening.
After Nemanja Petrovic had put the hosts in the lead (13th minute), captain Grifo turned the game around: first the Italian international converted a hand penalty (49th), then he scored with a direct free kick (59th), before completing his hat-trick with a made another goal (73rd) perfect.
With this success, Freiburg took a big step towards the knockout rounds. However, the injuries to Roland Sallai and Maximilian Philipp, who had to be substituted in the first half, dampened the joy. Coach Christian Streich’s team now has six points in Group A.
Leverkusen wins 5-1 against Karabakh Agdam
Led by the outstanding national soccer player Florian Wirtz, Bayer Leverkusen also continued its successful streak in the Europa League. The Bundesliga table leaders celebrated a gala goal in front of their home crowd on Thursday evening and defeated Karabakh Agdam 5:1 (3:1). With another win in two weeks at Agdam, last year’s semi-finalists would be perfect for their place in the knockout round of the Europa League after just four of six games. For the first time in 22 years, Bayer started a European Cup season with three wins.
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National player Wirtz conceded Karabakh’s first goal in the current competition in the 4th minute. The Azerbaijanis, who had also previously won twice, equalized with a penalty kick after Granit Xhaka was blacked out by Tural Bajramow (16th). Alejandro Grimaldo (29th), Victor Boniface (35th) and again Grimaldo (54th), each on a pass from Wirtz and Edmond Tapsoba (57th), ensured the dominant victory.
Frankfurt celebrates goal festival against Helsinki
As the third German representative in the European Cup competitions below the Champions League, Frankfurt was also challenged on Thursday. Eintracht set an exclamation mark with a 6:0 (4:0) against the Finnish record champions HJK Helsinki. Frankfurt took a big step towards overwintering in the Conference League.
The Bundesliga soccer team made things clear in the first half on Thursday in front of 55,500 spectators. Dina Ebimbe (12th minute/hand penalty), Robin Koch (27th), Omar Marmoush (31st) and Tuta (45th + 3) scored for the happy Hessians before the break. After the restart, the scoring continued: Ellyes Skhiri (55th) and Ebimbe again (89th) increased the score to 6-0.
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The 2022 Europa League winner continued its upward trend with its third competitive win in a row. The European Cup games in Helsinki (November 9th), at PAOK Thessaloniki (November 30th) and against FC Aberdeen (December 14th) are still scheduled until Advent. In Group B, the Frankfurt team have now pushed the Greeks out of first place. Eintracht faces Borussia Dortmund on Sunday with a completely different caliber of football.
