Freiburg climbed out of the Bundesliga’s relegation zone with a 1-0 home win over reigning champions Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Former Wolfsburg player Cedrick Makiadi scored the winner in the 38th minute for Freiburg.
Robin Dutt’s men jumped to 14th place and have 31 points from 32 matches, three points above the relegation zone.
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“We dominated them in this game, even though they had two good chances at the end. I’m proud of this team,” Dutt said. “This victory does not change our attitude at all. It makes things a little easier but we still have two very tough matches and we want to get points from both of them.”
Freiburg play Cologne and Borussia Dortmund in the final two weeks.
Wolfsburg’s defeat means they cannot qualify for Europe next season.
In Sunday’s other game, Vedad Ibisevic and Chinedu Obasi both scored twice to guide Hoffenheim to a 5-1 victory over Hamburg.
Hamburg, who play Fulham on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final, conceded twice in the opening 11 minutes as Ibisevic grabbed a brace.
Robert Tesche’s goal for Hamburg sandwiched strikes by Obasi before Sejad Salihovic added a fifth for Hoffenheim.
Tolgay Arslan was shown a red card in the 89th minute for Hamburg.
Hoffenheim are in 11th place, with results on Saturday securing their status in the top flight for another season.
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