Eintracht saves one point in the last home game of the season, but must continue to worry about returning to the premier class. St. Pauli celebrates.
Dino Toppmöller sneaked over the lawn with hanging shoulders when all the dams broke on the Bank of FC St. Pauli: Hamburgers practically secured the relegation in the Bundesliga and Eintracht Frankfurt screwed up early qualifications for the Champions League. The promoted team fought a 2: 2 (2: 1) in Hesse and can plan for another year in the upper house.
The Frankfurters, on the other hand, prevailed, for the SGE there is a royal class showdown at SC Freiburg on the last match day – then the Eintracht also extends a point for a safe place in the top four. “Of course, this is extremely annoying because we wanted to win today,” said Eintracht sports director Markus Krösche after the second award-winning match ball: “Now it is going into the final against Freiburg.”
Manolis Saliakas (4th) and Morgan Guilavogui (16th) prevented the Frankfurt Champions League party in the Waldstadion. Michy Bathshuayi (71.) at least saved the point that Rasmus Kristensen had put Frankfurt in the lead after 24 seconds.
St. Pauli did not yet accept congratulations on relegation. “We want to stay in this league, we have thrown everything in for it. We haven’t quite rewarded ourselves yet, we have to keep an eye on the goal difference,” said President Oke Göttlich at “DAZN”: “We will go full throttle until the end.”
As good as it is certain that the 1. FC Heidenheim as table-16. in the relegation. St. Pauli is in 14th place in front of the Heidenheimers and has a 13 goals better goal difference, TSG Hoffenheim also has three points and six goals lead. Hamburgers can now contest their end of the season against relegated VfL Bochum reasonably carefree.
Bathshuayi goal does not count
The game in Frankfurt did not need a start -up time. It was less than half a minute for the SBU to quake the forest stadium sold out with 58,000 spectators in bright sunshine. After a solo run by Hugo Ekitiké, the ball came to Kristensen, a double pass with Hugo Larsson later the Dane pushed into the lightning tour.
But St. Pauli, who had to do without the blocked duo Nikola Vasilj in the goal and central defender Sieben van der Heyden, replied less than three minutes later. Saliacas raised the ball from a half -right position over Kevin Trapp. On the other hand, Larsson Frankfurt shot back into the front almost immediately, Ben was full (6th).
Frankfurt had more of the game, but St. Pauli countered dangerously and after his own corner put the second shock. Keeper fully caught the ball and hit him long on Guilavogui, who suddenly ran alone on Trapp. Jean -Mattéo Bahoya blocked his first attempt, who was a margin – and put a short dampers to the party mood.
Despite the deficit, the Frankfurt fans whipped their team tirelessly, but St. Pauli remained more dangerous. In addition to Ekitiké, Michy Bathshuayi stormed after the break, but the SGE continued to struggle to earn clear opportunities.
The lightness from the initial phase seemed lost, even the density of highlights of the first 20 minutes was completely lost in the game. Bathshuayi’s goal did not go on, the template delivered the farès chaibi, who was also substituted. Bathshuayi’s supposed winning goal did not count due to a handball.