Freiburg Europa League Euphoria | Julian Schuster emotional, Vincenzo Grifo thanks fans, Matthias Ginter hopeful of German national team return
Freiburg Europa League Euphoria | Julian Schuster emotional, Vincenzo Grifo thanks fans, Matthias Ginter hopeful of German national team return Bundesliga Europa League representatives SC Freiburg managed to radically reverse their recent fortunes with a massive 5-1 win over KRC Genk in the second leg of their 2025/26 UEL Round-of-16 fixture on Thursday night. Just about literally everything went right for Julian Schuster’s Breisgauer . Vincenzo Grifo’s vital 3-1 enabled the 32-year-old veteran to break the club’s all-time scoring record.
Defender Matthias Ginter played so well that reporters were asked him about the German national team again. It certainly proved a night to remember at the Europa Park Stadion. Afterwards, Mainz weren’t the only Bundesliga European representatives crediting their fans with helping them advance deep into a competition.
Grifo – having taken his turn with the club supporters in the Kurve following the full time whistle – gushed over the SCF ultras. Schuster at a loss for words “ I just can’t find the right words, ” Schuster noted in his pitch side post match interview with RTL+ . “ Football just moves so fast.
I just want to enjoy this moment For me, I’ve learned so much this year [Schuster’s second on the job]. I’ve just learned so much and learned how much this means given the challenges one faces. “ It’s a privilege to be a head coach and I have to thank my family, ” Schuster continued.
“ At home, my wife has to put up with everything and allow me the chance to participate in such wonderful moments like this; ones that I absolutely live for. Ginter in top form “ I don’t know, was I really playing that badly before? ” Ginter jokingly asked after a second consecutive European performance worthy of the MOTM award whilst answering questions about the national team in the mixed zone.