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12/20 10:48 CST Pejcinovic scores a hat trick and loses as Freiburg beats
Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga
Pejcinovic scores a hat trick and loses as Freiburg beats Wolfsburg in the
Bundesliga
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) --- Dzenan Pejcinovic scored a hat trick and was still
on the losing team as Wolfsburg succumbed to Freiburg's late surge 4-3 in the
Bundesliga on Saturday.
Pejcinovic hadn't scored in the Bundesliga before but the 20-year-old forward,
starting because Mohamed Amoura was away at the Africa Cup of Nations, made his
mark with three goals as Wolfsburg exploited defensive errors by Freiburg.
Wolfsburg's own blunders also proved costly as defender Jenson Seelt, on loan
from Sunderland, gave away a penalty and diverted a save from goalkeeper Kamil
Grabara into his own net.
That allowed Freiburg to level the score twice before substitute Derry
Scherhart scored a 78th-minute winner.
Frankfurt's draw
Eintracht Frankfurt ended 2025 in seventh place with one win from its last six
games in all competitions, after drawing with Hamburger SV 1-1.
A poor pass across Frankfurt's defense was picked off by Albert Sambi Lokonga
to give Hamburg the lead before Hugo Larsson leveled for Frankfurt off
Nathaniel Brown's cross.
On-loan Arsenal midfielder Fbio Vieira thought he'd put Hamburg ahead again in
the 81st but his counterattack goal was ruled out for a narrow offside on video
review.
Undav denied
An offside header from Stuttgart's Deniz Undav in stoppage time was as close as
his team and Hoffenheim got in their 0-0 draw, a result which didn't help
either team's push for the Champions League places.
Andrs Schfer scored a dramatic winner at a corner in stoppage time as
eighth-placed Union Berlin finally broke down 10-man Cologne for a 1-0 win
following Rav van den Berg's earlier red card for handball.
Augsburg and Werder Bremen drew 0-0.
Leipzig can move up to second place with a win over Bayer Leverkusen later
Saturday.
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