Freiburg step by step turned up the strain, with Ginter heading a free-kick cross from Grifo into the web. Noah Atubolu denied the guests a fast reply from Aaron Bibout (20’) – however on the different finish, Freiburg struck once more: Ginter headed a deflected shot from Suzuki throughout to Matanovic, who slotted house from shut vary.
But the hosts grew to become more and more passive, which Genk exploited ruthlessly. Freiburg did not clear the ball correctly in their very own penalty space; Konstantinos Karetsas initially hit the woodwork, however performed the ball rebounding off the within publish to Smets, who pushed it previous Atubolu and over the road.
Freiburg, nevertheless, have been solely briefly thrown off their stride by this setback. Grifo was available to pounce on an inaccurate back-pass from Smets to keeper Tobias Lawal, and together with his objective he overtook Nils Petersen within the membership’s all-time scoring charts, with whom he had beforehand shared the standing of Freiburg’s document goalscorer. Following a counter-attack, Suzuki then opened the door to the quarter-finals large, with Eggestein including one other.
