Bathshuayi puts the lid on it
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Eintracht Frankfurt has not been slowed down by its own ultras on the way back to the track of success in the Bundesliga. On Sunday, the fourth in the table won the game at VfL Bochum 3: 1 (2-0), which had started with a 50-minute delay, and after three Bundesliga defeats in a row again won a threesome.
Three days after the furious 4: 1 in the round of 16 of the Europa League against Ajax Amsterdam, Rasmus Kristensen (27th minute), Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (32nd) and Michy Bathshuayi (90.+6) scored the goals for the team of coach Dino Toppmöller. A week after the 3-2 coup at FC Bayern, VfL missed another step towards staying class and only came to the connecting goal through Gerrit Holtmann (73.). The fact that it was no longer enough for the Bochumer was also due to the Kauã santos, Keeper Kauã santos. As table-16. Bochum stays five points behind a safe non-relegation. With 45 points, Eintracht has a firm eye on the Champions League.
Again fence flags before the game
Eintracht had to do without support. Apparently in protest because they had to hang out a fence flag, a number of SGE ultras left the stadium before the late start of the game. The remaining Frankfurt Appendix only sparsely fired his own team. The game started 50 minutes later than planned because a well -known Bochum problem had caused trouble again. For the first time since January 2024, a banner in the area of guest fans covered an escape route. 14 months ago, the game against VfB Stuttgart was before the demolition, now that happened again.
Referee Felix Zwayer had sent both teams back to the cabins shortly after 3:30 p.m. because the Eintracht fans initially refused to remove the fence flag. Only after Eintracht sports director Markus Krösche had successfully asked his own fans to hang out the banner 34 minutes after the planned kick-off, it finally continued a little later.
Eintracht Frankfurt much more effective
The renewed scandal seemed to employ the guests more at least at the beginning than the Bochumers, which began and confident. However, the VfL was far too generous with the possibilities that Eintracht offered them. Eintracht gradually became awake, but was then more effective. After almost half an hour, Kristensen achieved the very flattering leadership for the Hesse, who only added five minutes later: Bahoya was freely played by Hugo Ekitiké and was successfully dusting. While Eintracht struck ice cold in front of the gate, the Bochumers struggled and sometimes played too cumbersome.
Even after the change, VfL was missing a lot for a long time. Whenever it became reasonably dangerous, Kaua Santos was also on the spot in Frankfurt’s goal as a representative of the injured Kevin Trapp. The Brazilian was only powerless at Holtmann’s goal. In injury time it becomes even clearer for Frankfurt.