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What was happening there?

In the 2-0 (0-0) against FC Augsburg, SC Freiburg surprisingly competed in their yellow third jerseys.

Normally, the Breisgauer would have played in their red shirts as usual, but changed jerseys due to the opponent.

Since the FCA played in green jerseys in the Black Forest Stadium, there might have been a likelihood of confusion with a professional from the sports club.

Christian Streich confirms poor eyesight

The player suffered from red-green poor eyesight, said a spokesman for Freiburg.

"We said we had to change that," confirmed coach Christian Streich at Sky, "we didn't want to take that risk." The club did not disclose which player it was.

Then the club took a big step towards the European Cup with sharpened senses.

After two defeats before, Streich's team deservedly prevailed against FC Augsburg.

Roland Sallai (51st minute) and Philipp Lienhart (79th) scored the goals for the hosts.

With the win, SC shortened the gap to sixth place and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to three points.

After the defeat, Augsburg remain in the table 13th, but are only six points ahead of the relegation place.

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The hosts started well, but lost speed and precision in the build-up game over the course of the game.

This also resulted in a flawed and combat-oriented game in which the Augsburgers mainly concentrated on defending and tried their luck on the counterattack.

Only in the second round did the FCA become bolder.

Freiburg could have taken the lead after six minutes through Baptiste Santamaria, but the Frenchman failed from a few meters with a direct pick-up to FCA goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz.

But the goal would not have counted because Santamaria's leg was too high when he finished a duel with Felix Uduokhai.

Augsburg's greatest opportunity in the first round had Rani Khedira (39th), who shot just over it after a nice solo.

In four of the previous five games, the Freiburg team remained without a goal, which initially threatened to continue.

But then left-back Günter started a strong dribble, rounded several Augsburgers and placed across Sallai, who pushed in from a short distance to take the lead.

In return, Marco Richter (52nd) almost equalized for FCA, but the offensive player failed from a tight angle to SC keeper Florian Müller.

A little later, Müller also parried the attempts of Khedira (58th) and Daniel Caligiuri (66th).

Coach Heiko Herrlich's team increased the pressure.

But the Freiburg team was successful again.

Ermedin Demirovic headed a sharp free-kick cross from Günter to the post, and Lienhart finally sank the rebound.