Bundesliga - Freiburg rout League 4-1: Grief's hat-trick

2022-11-14 15:24

Bundesliga - Freiburg rout League 4-1: Grief's hat-trick

Freiburg's Vincenzo Grieve scored its earliest Bundesliga hat-trick in 31 years to lead his side to a 4-1 victory over 10 -man Union Berlin that pulled them to second place from the start. Bundesliga World Cup off-season.


The Italy international opened with a fine penalty four minutes later and he doubled the lead just two minutes later before completing a quick break with Michael Gregoric .

The league got its own penalty in the ninth minute and had a chance to pull back but Robin Knoche hit the post and, to make matters worse, Diogo Wright was sent off for a last-man foul . , another penalty for Freiburg.

Grief stepped forward again, completing his first Bundesliga hat-trick in the 20th minute while taking his season tally to nine .

 

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Gregory Ridge went from provider to scorer at halftime, chipping the ball off the league goalie and putting the game in a bind.

Freiburg had their best Bundesliga season ever, rising to 30 points, four behind leaders Bayern Munich .

The league has won just one of its past five games, dropping to fifth in 27 games. They are level with fourth-placed Frankfurt, while RB Leipzig are third with 28 games.