Champions League: Frankfurt says goodbye with a shooting festival

In what will be the last game in the Champions League for the time being, the Eintracht Frankfurt women have no trouble with a weak FC Rosengård.

Eintracht Frankfurt’s women secured a victory at the end of the Champions League group phase. There was a 5-0 (1-0) win against FC Rosengård on Wednesday evening. The goals were scored by Ilayda Acikgöz (18th minute), Nicole Anyomi (66th), Shekiera Martinez (74th), Lisanne Gräwe (76th) and Lara Prasnikar (84th).

Eintracht coach Niko Arnautis had to do without Laura Freigang and Sophia Kleinherne, who were ill. And although the Champions League exit was already certain before kick-off, his team approached the game seriously and did not allow a single shot on goal by their opponents in the first half.

Acikgöz is worth seeing

However, you weren’t dangerous too often. In the 14th minute, Martinez put her colleague Anyomi in the spotlight, but she shot well wide of the goal. Four minutes later, Ilayda Acikgöz hit a ball from the edge of the penalty area so perfectly that it went into the goal to make it 1-0. Wanted? Rather not. Worth seeing? In any case!

FC Rosengård, who are currently out of season in the domestic league, were completely disappointing on the other side. However, Eintracht couldn’t get more than a dangerous long-range shot from Prasnikar in the 33rd minute that went past the far corner in the first half.

Eintracht were more accurate in the second half

The Frankfurt women remained the dominant team in the second half of the game. In the 58th minute, Prasnikar tipped the ball past goalkeeper Angel Mukasa, but Gudrun Arnardottir was able to clear it in front of the line.

However, the second goal came in the 66th minute: Martinez forwarded a pass from Sara Doorsoun, Anyomi ran freely towards the goal and carefully scored to make it 2-0. Shortly afterwards, Eintracht made the result clear with a double strike. First, with a bit of luck, a pass from Anyomi landed at the feet of Martinez, who was able to make it 3-0 (74′). Just two minutes later, Anyomi was initially denied by Mukasa, but Gräwe converted the rebound to make it 4-0.

And Eintracht didn’t have enough: Prasnikar headed in a cross from Riesen against Mukasa’s direction to make it 5-0 (84th), thus ensuring the deserved final score. The Frankfurt team finished the Champions League group phase in third place behind FC Barcelona and Benfica Lisbon.