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title: "Shiogai's brace not enough for Wolfsburg against Freiburg in DFB-Pokal"
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description: "Kento Shiogai scored two goals for Wolfsburg but Freiburg won 3-2 in the round of 32 of the DFB-Pokal thanks to a brace from Keisuke Goto."
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# Shiogai's brace not enough for Wolfsburg against Freiburg in DFB-Pokal

Kento Shiogai scored two goals for Wolfsburg but Freiburg won 3-2 in the round of 32 of the DFB-Pokal thanks to a brace from Keisuke Goto.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 29 October 2026، 03:34 Saudi time

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Shiogai's brace not enough for Wolfsburg against Freiburg in DFB-Pokal

[SC Freiburg](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/sc-freiburg-264) beat [VfL Wolfsburg](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/vfl-wolfsburg-1155) 3-2 in a match played as part of the round of 32 of the [DFB-Pokal](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/dfb-pokal-61) for the 2026 season, in a game that saw goals traded between the two sides.

Igor Matanovic opened the scoring for Freiburg in the 6th minute, before [Kento Shiogai](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/kento-shiogai-18116) responded with two consecutive goals for Wolfsburg in the 8th and 43rd minutes, turning the result in favour of the visiting side.

But Freiburg came back into the match in the second half through Keisuke Goto, who scored the equaliser in the 75th minute, then added the winning goal in stoppage time in the 90+2 minute.

With this result, Wolfsburg were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal despite the brace scored by Kento Shiogai, while Freiburg qualified for the next round of the competition.

The match was played at 20:00 Saudi time on 28 October 2026.

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