The second semi-final<\/b> sees Portuguese powerhouse SC Braga<\/b> take on Germany\u2019s SC Freiburg<\/b> in what promises to be a tactical chess match. Braga, led by Carlos Vicens, secured their spot in the final four after a thrilling 5-3 aggregate win over Real Betis. They are notoriously difficult to beat at the Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga, relying on the creative spark of Rodrigo Zalazar and the veteran leadership of Jo\u00e3o Moutinho to dictate play.<\/p>\n
SC Freiburg enters this tie following a dominant quarter-final performance where they thrashed Celta Vigo 6-1<\/b> on aggregate. Despite some inconsistent form in the Bundesliga, Julian Schuster\u2019s side has been prolific in Europe. They will look to keep things tight in Portugal before taking the tie back to the Europa-Park-Stadion. Expect a high-intensity battle between two teams that have never won this competition but are now just 180 minutes away from the final.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Tournament<\/b>: UEFA Europa League 2025\u201326 (Semi-Final, 1st Leg)<\/p>\n \u2022 Date<\/b>: Thursday, April 30, 2026 (Friday, May 1, 12:30 AM IST)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Venue<\/b>: Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga, Portugal<\/p>\n \u2022 Where to Watch:<\/b> Viaplay (Europe), Paramount+ (USA), SonyLIV (India)<\/p>\n \u2022 SC Braga (4-3-3)<\/b>: Hornicek; Gomez, Arrey-Mbi, Lagerbielke, Marin; Gorby, Zalazar, Moutinho; Horta, Victor, Bruma.<\/p>\n \u2022 SC Freiburg (4-2-3-1)<\/b>: Atubolu; K\u00fcbler, Ginter, Lienhart, G\u00fcnter; Eggestein, H\u00f6fler; Doan, Grifo, Muslija; Matanovic.<\/p>\n Score Prediction: SC Braga 2-1 SC Freiburg<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The second semi-final sees Portuguese powerhouse SC Braga take on Germany\u2019s SC Freiburg in what promises to be a tactical\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":50951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4652],"tags":[5377,5378,4057],"class_list":["post-50950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","tag-braga","tag-sc-freiburg","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50952,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50950\/revisions\/50952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Match Details<\/h3>\n
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