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    The Freiburg experiment: Concept football

    By Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger

    Thursday, June 21, 2007

    When Volker Finke took over at SC Freiburg in 1991, the club had never finished higher than fifth in the 2nd Bundesliga and there seemed to be trouble ahead: the next two seasons would be mammoth affairs because, in the wake of reunification, the second division would first take up a lot of clubs from the East and then be cut down to its original size. Kicker magazine predicted problems: 'You can't miss a certain fear of the future at SC Freiburg,' it said. 'Having lost no less than eight playe ...

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