BERLIN: Freiburg missed a penalty but picked up their first point of the new Bundesliga season following a 0-0 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday.
Swiss attacker Admir Mehmedi scooped a spot-kick high over the bar midway through the second half in a drab encounter at Freiburg’s Mage Solar Stadion.
Gladbach had beaten FK Sarajevo 7-0 in the Europa League playoffs on Thursday but a fifth competitive match in 16 days looked to be a step too far for the visitors.
“That wasn’t so fantastic,” Gladbach manager Lucien Favre said.
“But I’ve been in Gladbach since February 2011 and that’s the first time we’ve got a point here. We always lost so we can be very satisfied.”
Earlier, hosts Mainz and Hanover 96 also played out a scoreless draw.
On Saturday, Xabi Alonso made his Bayern Munich debut and Robert Lewandowski scored his first goal for the club as the defending champions drew 1-1 at Schalke 04.
The result means that Bayer Leverkusen sit top of the fledgling table following their 4-2 home win over Hertha Berlin.
On Friday, Borussia Dortmund held off a late comeback to beat Augsburg 3-2 in what was their first league win of the new campaign. AFP