Bundesliga
Freiburg crash out of UEFA Europa League
Despite winning the first leg, Freiburg missed out on a place in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals after a chastening 5-0 loss to West Ham United in London.
West Ham 5-0 Freiburg (West Ham win 5-1 on agg.)
Goals: 1-0 Paquetá 9' (assist: Souček), 2-0 Bowen 32', 3-0 Cresswell 52', 4-0 Kudus 77', 5-0 Kudus 85' (assist: Bowen)
Having recorded a 1-0 win on home soil, Freiburg would have been cautiously optimistic about their chances of finishing the job in the English capital. However, those hopes were dealt a blow in the ninth minute when Lucas Paquetá converted from close range to level the tie. Roland Sallai flashed a shot wide with Freiburg's best effort of the half, but the Hammers continued to pose the greater threat. Mohammed Kudus and Paquetá spurned further chances for the hosts, before Jarrod Bowen struck to put his side 2-0 up.
Freiburg showed signs of life after the restart as substitute Michael Gregoritsch headed over, only for Aaron Cresswell to extend West Ham's lead with their next attack. The Black Forest club refused to throw in the towel as Florent Muslija and Merlin Röhl made Łukasz Fabiański work, but it was effectively game over with 77 minutes gone as Kudus fired in a fine solo goal. He then added a second to seal a 5-1 aggregate win that ends Freiburg's involvement in UEFA competition for another season.
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Match stats
- Last week's victory was the first time Freiburg have won the first leg of a UEFA knockout round.
- Just three players have found the back of the net more times in the Europa League than Gregortisch (five) this season. Vincenzo Grifo is just behind his teammate on four.
- Either a win or a draw would have put Freiburg in the Europa League quarter-finals for the first time in their history. They have never before gone further than the last 16 of a UEFA competition.
- Konstantinos Mavropanos made 80 Bundesliga appearances as a VfB Stuttgart player and also represented Nuremberg in the German second tier.
- West Ham are the only English club to have ever played Freiburg. The Hammers won the first two meetings - also this season in the groups stages - before Freiburg claimed victory in the first-leg.
Teams
West Ham: Fabiański - Coufal, Mavropanos, Zouma (c), Cresswell - Souček, Álvarez (Phillips 87'), Paquetá (Ward-Prowse 62') - Bowen (Earthy 86'), Antonio (Johnson 78'), Kudus (Ings 87')
Unused subs: Areola, Knightbridge, Ogbonna, Aguerd, Casey, Mubama, Orford
Out: Cornet (thigh), Emerson (groin)
Coach: David Moyes
Freiburg: Atubolu - Sildillia (Röhl 62'), Ginter, Gulde (Kübler 62'), Günter (c) - Eggestein, Höfler (Muslija 62') - Dōan, Sallai, Grifo (Gregoritsch 46') - Höler (Philipp 62')
Unused subs: Müller, Uphoff, Lienhart, Scala, Keitel, Adamu, Makengo
Out: Kyereh (knee), Lienhart (groin), Schmidt (abdominals)
Coach: Christian Streich
As it happened!
5 - 0(2 - 0)
West Ham
FINAL
Freiburg
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Full-time: West Ham 5-0 Freiburg
The hosts successfully turn around a 1-0 first-leg deficit and advance to the Europa League quarter-finals. Freiburg's European adventure is over for this season.
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Time added on
There will be two extra minutes to play.
89'
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Atubolu save
Atubolu saves from Coufal as West Ham finish on the attack.
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Earthy
Bowen
86'
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Ings
Kudus
86'
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Phillips
Álvarez
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West Ham party
The hosts are enjoying themselves now as Kudus nets his second of the night.
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Johnson
Antonio
77'
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Hammers score again
Mohammed Kudus scores a fine fourth for West Ham, who are heading for the Europa League quarter-finals.
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Röhl no way through
Fabiański saves from Röhl as Freiburg look to reduce the arrears here.
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Álvarez booked
Álvarez fouls Eggestein and that will be a yellow card.
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Álvarez
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Freiburg changes
Christian Streich throws Maximilian Philipp and Lucas Höler into the mix as Freiburg desperately try to chase down what sadly is looking like a losing cause.
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Maximilian Philipp
Lucas Höler
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Kiliann Sildillia
Merlin Röhl
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Cresswell booked
Cresswell downs Sildillia and the West Ham man is shown a yellow card.
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Cresswell
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Fabiański saves
Muslija has a pop from just outside the area but home goalkeeper Fabiański makes the save.
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Ward-Prowse
Paquetá
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Lukas Kübler
Manuel Gulde
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Florent Muslija
Nicolas Höfler
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Hammers go close
Coufal's cross from the right is headed narrowly off target by Paquetá.
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West Ham further ahead
After Freiburg fail to clear their lines, Coufal and Bowen combine to set up Cresswell, who picks his spot for 3-0.
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Freiburg on the attack
Sallai crosses and Gregoritsch is there to head over the top. The Austrian is in the thick of the action already.
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Off we go again
The second half is underway in the English capital and Freiburg make a change. First-leg match-winner Michael Gregoritsch is on for the visitors, with Vincenzo Grifo making way.
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Vincenzo Grifo
Michael Gregoritsch
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Half-time: West Ham 2-0 Freiburg
First-half goals from West Ham's Bowen and Paquetá have the hosts 2-1 up in this UEFA Europa League, Round of 16, second-leg tie at the London Stadium.
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Time added on
There will be one extra minute to play in this half.
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Grifo energetic
Grifo has been lively for Freiburg this half and the No. 32 works himself into the West Ham area once again before unleashing a shot which Fabiański saves with relative ease.
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Eggestein has a go
Eggestein draws a decent save from Fabiański in the West Ham goal. Freiburg's players applause in encouragement as they regroup. They know there are spaces to exploit here.
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Souček chance
West Ham's Czech midfielder is not all that far away with a clever effort that finds the side-netting.
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Hammers extend lead
Jarrod Bowen finds the corner of the net after sprinting into the area to meet Souček's header. West Ham move ahead in the tie.
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Freiburg advance
This is better from the visitors, who have Dōan and Eggestein trying their luck at goal, but to no avail.
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Paquetá warns again
Paquetá has recovered from receiving treatment and the goalscorer tests Atubolu from range. The goalkeeper is equal to the shot.
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Hosts on the attack
Antonio pings the ball back for Kudus, who is a whisker away from giving West Ham a 2-0 lead.
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Grifo set-piece
Not this time for the Freiburg flyer, whose free-kick from an interesting position spins off target.
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Atubolu alert
The visiting keeper comes off his line to snaffle a Bowen cross that looked very menacing, until the goalkeeper gathered.
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Grifo counter
This is a touch wasteful from Vincenzo Grifo, who counters promisingly only to lose possession.
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Sallai goes close
Freiburg are almost on terms immediately! Roland Sallai drags a shot from the right across the far left-hand post. That was not far away at all.
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First blood West Ham
Tomáš Souček glances a header from a West Ham corner which reaches Lucas Paquetá. The Brazilian converts at the back stick to put the Hammers 1-0 up. We're level at 1-1 in the tie.
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West Ham's turn
The home side are warming into the second leg and have an attempt that narrowly misses from Jarrod Bowen.
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Solid start
A decent opening from the visitors to this game. Streich's men have had a couple of forays forward already, Ritsu Dōan with a shot off target in the last attack.
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Peeeep!
Away we go, then! Freiburg with the 1-0 lead from the first-leg, don't forget.
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Teams out!
Both sides are out on the pitch at the London Stadium and we're all set for kick-off!