Freiburg coach backs team to respond after losing first leg in Braga
Freiburg coach Julian Schuster walks on the pitch ahead of the German DFB Cup semifinal soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and SC Freiburg at MHPArena. Tom Weller/dpa Freiburg coach Julian Schuster was frustrated to concede late on in the 2-1 loss at Braga in their Europa League semi-final first leg, but he believes his side can rally back in Germany. "A 1-1 draw would have been fair.
But even so everything is still to play for, only one half has been played and with our fans anything is still possible," he told reporters ahead of next Thursday's second leg. "The team has the quality to come back. We have the confidence to deliver a better performance and win the second match.
" Schuster described the second goal in stoppage time as "very, very annoying. " Goalkeeper Noah Atubolu, who earlier saved a penalty, could not cling on to a shot and Mario Dorgeles scored on the rebound. Demor Ege Tiknaz had given the Portuguese side an early lead but Vincenzo Grifo soon equalized.