Crucial point number one: In the 17th minute, Creswell, who completely misjudged a long ball, put Jens Petter Hauge just outside the penalty area and was only shown a yellow card. After looking at the monitor, referee Jesus Gil Manzano rightly changed his mind and sent the defender off the field.
Borré scores after Knauff’s cross
Crucial point number two: Eintracht quickly took advantage of this numerical superiority. In the 26th minute, Almamy Touré, who had come on for Hinteregger, put the ball well through to Ansgar Knauff, who found Borré in the penalty area. The Colombian stayed cold and scored to make it 1-0. The Frankfurters then calmed the game down. If West Ham became dangerous, it was only through set pieces. N’Dicka cleared the most dangerous action on the line (43′).
In the second period, the Hessians continued to control the game. Just don’t let the English in front of your own goal was the motto. The tension stayed in the game for a long time, but there weren’t many scenes in the goal area. After a header from Craig Dawson, Kevin Trapp had to grab the ball for the first time (60′).
Moyes sees the red card
West Ham tried more after an hour, but that couldn’t be overlooked, Eintracht became a bit passive and played more across and backwards than forwards when they had possession of the ball. The management mode was now announced. Only Kamada set an exclamation mark again, but aimed his left-footed shot wide of the goal (69th).
In the final phase it got heated again in the city forest. Guest coach David Moyes shot a ball in the direction of a Eintracht ball boy and saw the red card for it. Substitute Paciencia (83′) and Touré (86′) then didn’t take advantage of their good chances. But since Antonio (88′), Tomas Soucek (90′) and Jarrod Bowen (90’+3′) didn’t put the ball in the goal either, it didn’t matter in the end. Because the 1-0 brought Eintracht to the final. There, the Hessians meet the Glasgow Rangers.
Source: HR