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SC Freiburg

Coach: Robin Dutt

Robin Dutt started coaching in a very low league ten years ago.
With hard and objective work he claimed up the carrier ladder and now will coach his first Bundesliga team.

His work in Freiburg last season was convincing and with his calm appearance he is also the key for a good atmosphere in the team.

The prerequisites for good work are given!

Money spend for transfers: 1.600.000 €
Money earned from transfers: 450.000 €

Balance: -1.150.000 €

Atmosphere during training camp&test matches:

Against no names Freiburg got the expected wins. Against Leverkusen (1:2) and against Pfullendorf (2:2) there were first signs that Freiburg lacks a bit of quality.

During the training camp a second centre back was searched (Butscher is one of them, but they miss a good second one). A few players trained with them but got send away so that they still miss one here.

Possible line-ups & tactics:










Most likely:
1. 4-4-2 (4-1-2-1-2); LB,CB,CB,RB,DM,OM,RM,LM,ST,ST

Aim set by club:

Don't get relegated. Stay in 1.Bundesliga.

Team check:

Goalkeeper: 6/10

The French goalkeeper Pouplin was not the best goalkeeper during the last season in 2.Bundesliga but he is not one of these goalkeepers during regular mistakes.

He had good training partners in past when he played in France. When he played for Stade Rennes he could learn a lot from Peter Czech and later from Andreas Isaksson.
He played 74 matches in League 1 which shows that he gained some experience already.

The only aspect he has to work on is his body strength and his technique (control ball, shot, pass).

Will be interesting to see how he can adapt to Bundesliga.

Defence: 4/10

Daniel Schwaab, Pavel Krmas, Ömer Toprak and Heiko Butscher build the very good defense last season.

This season Daniel Schwaab was transferred and Ömer Toprak had an accident when driving a go-kart. The go-kart burned and Toprak was brought to hospital. It is not sure when he will be able to play again.

Bastians and Duri Cha will play on the outside positions while Butscher and Krmas will play as centre backs.

Both Bastians and Duri Cha will have some problems with fast Bundesliga football at the beginning so that Freiburg can only hope to get Toprak back fast.

Midfield: 4/10

Julian Schuster, Ivica Banovic or Johannes Flum will play on centre positions. The fast Yacine Abdessadki and Jonathan Jäger will play on the wings.

A defensive minded midfield who tries to own the ball quite long (65% ball possession last season) and create some pressure with good passing.

All back-ups are no names really and Freiburg will get problems when some of the first line-up will get injured.

Additionally it will be difficult for them to own the ball as long as in 2.Bundesliga against teams like Wolfsburg, Bayern and the other big clubs.

Striker: 6/10

Both Idrissou and Tommy Bechmann played in Bundesliga before so that they have some experience in offense at least.

With the new transfer Stefan Reisinger (12 goals, 7 assists for Greuther Fürth) and Cedrick Makiadi from Duisburg they added even more quality here.

Very important for clubs from 2.Bundesliga to have some experienced strikers, especially when trying to play on counterattacks you need guys who score if they get their few chances.

Compared to other clubs on bottom good strikers.

Total: 5/10

My prognosis:

If Freiburg will have some success from time to time and don't lose many matches at the beginning of the season they may grab the needed points to stay in Bundesliga.

The promotion euphoria could also give them strength at the beginning where they will have the biggest problems to adapt to Bundesliga. If they can get use of this they will have an advantage against the other relegation competitors.