“Gregerl had it so difficult”
Gregoritsch ends the eternal lull with a world-class goal
December 1, 2023, 7:09 a.m
SC Freiburg winters in the Europa League. In the goal-filled gala against Olympiakos Piraeus, the hitherto hapless striker Michael Gregoritsch excelled with a hat-trick. Coach Christian Streich is full of praise after his striker was freed.
With a broad grin, Michael Gregoritsch held the game ball up to the camera for a selfie and was then duly celebrated by the fans. The three-packer from SC Freiburg couldn’t enjoy his magical performance enough in the 5-0 (4-0) win against Olympiacos Piraeus. “Simply a wonderful evening,” said Gregoritsch: “My first flawless hat trick in the professional world. I’m enjoying it a lot. Everyone knows how much relief and self-confidence that gives me. The last few weeks haven’t been easy.”
The attacker ended his goal drought, which had lasted since May 2nd and a total of 719 minutes of play, with the fifth fastest hat-trick (3rd, 8th, 36th) in the history of the Europa League and shot the sports club into the knockout. Round. The Austrian emphasized that he would “probably never forget” this evening. During his bitter dry spell, he tried “never to complain and instead always kept working.”
How happy the team and fans were for him was “again proof that I’m in the right place. I’m very, very happy and proud. It’s a wonderful thing.” His coach was full of praise. “That’s football. Gregerl had it so difficult, with injuries and all sorts of things,” said Christian Streich on RTL+: “Then he makes it 1-0, just world-class around the opponent and then he even scores three goals.”
The final for group victory will be played at West Ham United on December 14th. The Breisgauers need a win in London to make it directly to the round of 16, otherwise they will go through the detour of the intermediate round. “We had great games in the European Cup and scored a lot of goals,” Streich said in a positive interim conclusion: “It’s something special for us that we’re continuing to play in the European Cup in the new year.”