Freiburg Beat St. Pauli 2-1 as Vasilj Errors Prove Costly
The defeat made it seven straight league losses for St. Pauli, increasing scrutiny on coach Alexander Blessin.
Overview
- Yuito Suzuki opened the scoring after goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj failed to deal with a Niklas Beste corner.
- Maxi Eggestein doubled the lead early in the second half by finishing a rebound from Vasilj’s parry of Beste’s effort.
- Louis Oppie pulled one back, ending St. Pauli’s 486-minute Bundesliga scoring drought, but the visitors could not level.
- The result moved Freiburg up to 10th in the table, while St. Pauli remain third-bottom and risk dropping further pending later results.
- Freiburg marked captain Christian Günter’s club-record 441st appearance before kick-off.