WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — Dženan Pejčinovic scored a hat trick, but Wolfsburg remained on the losing side as they succumbed 4-3 to Freiburg’s late surge. Bundesliga Saturday.
Pejcinovic had never scored a goal in the Bundesliga before, but in the absence of Mohamed Amoula, the 20-year-old forward started. africa cup of nationshe made his mark with three goals as Wolfsburg took advantage of Freiburg’s defensive mistakes.
Wolfsburg’s own blunder was also costly as defender Jenson Seelt, on loan from Sunderland, awarded a penalty and deflected a save from goalkeeper Kamil Grabara into his own net.
This allowed Freiburg to equalize twice before substitute Derry Scherhart scored the winning goal in the 78th minute.
frankfurt draw
Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 with Hamburger SV and finished 2025 in 7th place with one win in their last six official matches.
Hamburg took the lead when Alberto Sambi Lokonga picked up a poor pass across Frankfurt’s defence, then Hugo Larsson equalized for Frankfurt from Nathaniel Braun’s cross.
On-loan Arsenal midfielder Fabio Vieira thought he would give Hamburg the lead again in the 81st minute, but a video review saw his counterattack goal ruled out for narrow offside.
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An offside header by Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav in stoppage time almost brought the team and Hoffenheim to a 0-0 draw, but this result did not help either team qualify for the Champions League.
Eighth-placed Union Berlin ultimately defeated 10-man Cologne to win 1-0 after Andras Schäfer scored a dramatic winning goal from a corner kick in stoppage time and Rav van den Berg’s red card for handball.
Augsburg and Werder Bremen drew 0-0.
Leipzig could move into second place with a win against Bayer Leverkusen later on Saturday.
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