Bundesliga: BVB wins and is runner-up – Frankfurt’s coach before exit

Bundesliga on Friday

BVB wins and is runner-up – Frankfurt’s coach is counted

Eintracht started with a bang. But as the game progressed, BVB got better and suddenly dominated. Then tension arose again.

Borussia Dortmund narrowly won the last home game of the current season and are runners-up. Niko Kovač’s team turned an early deficit against Eintracht Frankfurt into a 3-2 (2-1). Due to the renewed bankruptcy, Frankfurt remains outside the European Cup places and is in danger of missing out on participation in international business. Coach Albert Riera is already considered counted.

In front of 81,365 spectators in the sold-out Dortmund stadium, Can Uzun (2nd minute) gave Eintracht an early lead. But Serhou Guirassy (42′) and Nico Schlotterbeck (45’+1) turned the game around in BVB’s favor within four minutes before the break. Samuele Inácio then shone with his first Bundesliga goal (72′), before Jonathan Burkardt (87′) reduced the deficit for Eintracht’s overall improvement.

Before kick-off, not only the BVB departures Julian Brandt, Salih Özcan and Niklas Süle, but also former sports director Sebastian Kehl were farewelled with lots of applause, chants and a La Ola wave. While Süle is ending his career after the season, the future of Brandt, one of Borussia’s longest-serving players, and that of Özcan are open. According to reports, Kehl could move to Tottenham Hotspur after his contract is terminated.

On the pitch, Frankfurt got off to a fantastic start with four starting eleven changes after the disappointing 1:2 against HSV. Already in the second minute, ex-Borussia player Mahmoud Dahoud, who was playing in the league for the first time since matchday 23, left several Dortmund players standing and fed Uzun, who shot the ball dryly from the edge of the penalty area into the right corner to make it 1-0.

In the new BVB home jersey, the home team tried to respond quickly after conceding a lightning goal. Brandt, who wore the captain’s armband in his last home game, almost provided an assist for the equalizer twice. But first Marcel Sabitzer put the 30-year-old’s cross past the post (15th), before SGE keeper Michael Zetterer defused a header from Inácio after a pinpoint cross from Brandt (17th). Jean-Matteo Bahoya even missed the chance to equalize.