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Gotō’s late header defeats Schalke and sends 10-man Freiburg top of table

Despite being down to 10 men for the final 25 minutes of the encounter, Freiburg secured a dramatic late win over Schalke at Europa-Park Stadion courtesy of Keisuke Gotō's determined header, a result that propels the Black Forest club to…

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Published: Sunday, 11 October 2026 at 5:34 PM

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Substitute Keisuke Gotō scored an 85th-minute winner to send ten-man Freiburg top of the Bundesliga.
Freiburg defeated Schalke 2-1 at Europa-Park Stadion despite Yuito Suzuki being sent off in the 64th minute.
Maximilian Eggestein opened the scoring for Freiburg, while Adrian Gantenbein scored Schalke's equalizer.

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Ten-man Freiburg secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over Schalke at Europa-Park Stadion on Sunday, courtesy of an 85th-minute header from substitute Keisuke Gotō. The result moves Freiburg to the top of the Bundesliga table ahead of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Maximilian Eggestein opened the scoring for Freiburg before Adrian Gantenbein equalized for Schalke in the first half.

Freiburg faced adversity in the 64th minute when Yuito Suzuki received a second yellow card and was sent off by referee Martin Peterson. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Freiburg found the winner when Vincenzo Grifo crossed for Gotō to score his first-ever Bundesliga goal past goalkeeper Loris Karius.

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