Ginter praised after heroic comeback effort
Center-back Matthias Ginter played as a striker in the late stages of Freiburg's narrow DFB-Pokal win over St. Pauli due to several injuries suffered in the game.
| Matthias Ginter. | Photo: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Instead, Ginter gutted it out and moved into attack, dropping Nicolas Höfler back into center defense. Playing through the pain, Ginter scored and assisted to incredibly complete Freiburg's 2-1 comeback win. Following the game, the winning goal-scorer Michael Gregoritsch stated:
"(Ginter) reminded me of Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 2014 World Cup final with his laceration. He could hardly walk. - He's an outstanding player and an outstanding guy, incredibly important in the dressing room."
Ginter added: "Tomorrow everything will probably hurt like hell."
