Hannover 96 vs SC Freiburg preview - Tension in store in Lower Saxony
Posted Friday, May 22, 2015 by PA
It will be a tense final afternoon of the Bundesliga season for Hannover and Freiburg on Saturday.
Both could be safe with a draw at the Niedersachsenstadion, but that result could also not be enough for either to stay up.
They go into this relegation decider locked on 34 points - one more than Stuttgart in the relegation play-off position, ahead of Hamburg and three more than bottom-placed Paderborn.
"It's going to be a question of who can hold their nerve and I have full faith in my team doing this," said Hannover coach Michael Frontzeck.
Only a win for either team would mean they are not dependent on results elsewhere, although Freiburg would be home and dry with a draw as long as Hamburg do not almost double their haul of goals for the season in the final 90 minutes.
As unlikely as that may be, that does not mean Freiburg will be playing just for a point in Lower Saxony.
"Nobody here is thinking about anything but victory," said forward Admir Mehmedi on his club's website.
"We will do what we have done every week, which is work hard on ensuring we play a good game on Saturday.
"Beating Bayern Munich [last weekend] was incredibly important for our minds and for the league table, and now our destiny is in our own hands.
"We can go into this difficult challenge with this good feeling. If we stay up, then we can all be very proud of what we have achieved."
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