Union Berlin entered the Europa League group stage with the left foot – a home defeat to Belgian Federation Saint-Gilloise (0-1) – but will visit SC Braga, on Thursday, as the Bundesliga leader! Big surprise.
Diogo Light’s midfield line-up, on loan from FC Porto (again winner), was a 1-0 win over Cologne, Timo Hoppers own goal in the fourth minute (the home team is still reduced to 10 by Luca Kilian’s 81st dismissal, but Union Berlin also missed a penalty kick in 11′, which would have been 2-0, and his goal was disallowed due to offside at 15′), thus taking the lead in the Bundesliga in this Round 6, with 14 points and still undefeated.
Only Freiburg, who played at home against Mönchengladbach (with Weigl, on loan from Benfica, as a starter), were able to oust Union Berlin, in case of a win, but this did not happen, the match ended goalless, and Freiburg left the Berlin Union. Followed by Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim and Dortmund with 12 points.
It should be noted that Malmo, also opponents of Braga in the group stage of the European League, beat Norrköping at home in the Swedish League (round 22), occupying fifth place with 37 points (Djorgarden leads, with 45 points). In Belgium, Union Saint-Gilloise, also of the Arsenalistas group, lost at home to Genk 1-2 and is sixth with 13 points (Antwerp leads with 24), after eight rounds.
The news was updated at 18.38 after the Freiburg-Mönchengladbach match ended
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