The beginning of the end: Randal Kolo Muani scored in the 11th minute to put Eintracht ahead Photo: Picture Alliance/Matthias Koch
From the BZ editorial team
After the Europa League, the DFB Cup season is now over for the Irons. With the 0: 2 (0: 2) in Frankfurt comes the end for the Köpenicker in the quarterfinals.
The record semi-final bonus of around 3.35 million euros? Gone too. Union goes to Eintracht ko Muani.
Probably in front of no Frankfurter did the iron tremble so much in advance as in front of striker Kolo Muani. And the French World Cup runner-up shows why: The attacker forces goalkeeper Lennart Grill to make a save early on (4th). Like three days before against Stuttgart (3-0), Grill is in goal for the ailing Frederik Rönnow.
Shortly thereafter, Grill is powerless. Götze heels the ball onto Kolo Muani, who is able to place the ball freely on his left foot in the penalty area and beats Grill (11′). It gets worse. And that just 93 seconds later…
Keeper Lennart Grill was way too far in front of the box and was lobbed over by Randal Kolo Muani to make it 2-0 Photo: picture alliance / Hasan Bratic
Götze sends Kolo Muani down the left flank in front of 49,500 spectators, Robin Knoche is too slow for the Frenchman, but why does Grill come out of his goal? Kolo Muani says thank you and lifts the ball over the keeper into the goal – 0:2 (13th). At this point, the Irons were not even dangerous in front of the Eintracht case.
And the Hessians even cheered a third time when Borre pushed the ball over the line (20th). But: The Colombian is offside at the Buta Pass. The VAR collects the hit again. The Union professionals can take a deep breath – for eight minutes. Since Borre shoots at the crossbar (28th). The best thing about the break: it’s only 0:2.
Coach Fischer changes three times during the break. Morsten Thorsby and Sven Michel replace the weak Paul Seguin and Janik Haberer.
But what does weak mean? Every professional offers a change. Paul Jaeckel also replaces Diogo Leite in defence. At least there is no more conceding in the second section. In the end, the end is well deserved.