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Freiburg defender Jonathan Schmid has overtaken former Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery as the French player with most Bundesliga appearances after making his 274th outing in Germany’s top flight on Matchday 25.
Schmid was in the starting line-up as the Black Forest club took to the field against Mainz on Saturday.
The 30-year-old, now in his second stint at Freiburg, has played 173 of those games for Christian Streich’s side, while he also featured 23 times for Hoffenheim in 2015/16 and 78 times for Augsburg across three seasons before returning to south-west Germany in summer 2019.
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2 weeks ago
Robin Quaison breathed new life into Mainz s bid to avoid relegation with a late goal in a 1-0 win at home to Freiburg.
Goal: 1-0Quaison (84 )
Having drawn with Schalke and lost to Augsburg in their last two games, Mainz were all too aware of the need to pick up points again if they are to begin climbing away from the relegation zone. They duly began with ferocious intent, and Florian Müller had to be alert in the third minute to smother a chance for Jonathan Burkhardt. The Freiburg goalkeeper was called into action again in the 20th minute to keep out Adam Szalai’s shot on the turn, but there was nothing he could do about a thumping Danny da Costa effort from 25 yards that rattled his crossbar. Leandro Barreiro also had a header saved in what was largely a one-sided first half. Freiburg’s first glimpse of goal didn’t come until the 27th minute when Christian Günter volleyed over at the back post, but the Black Forest club could still have gone ahead before the
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