Barcelona (AP) – Oliver Glasner made the “Diver”. When his pros lined up for him and the fans called his name loudly, the Eintracht Frankfurt coach didn’t show any weakness and slid head first onto the green pitch.
Players and fans cheered, but for the head coach from Austria there was also a loss in the spontaneous action after the 3-2 coup at FC Barcelona. “The pants are broken now, but it doesn’t matter,” Glasner later told RTL. In view of the entry into the Europa League semi-finals, he should be able to get over it.
After some discussions with fellow coach Xavi Hernandez down in the coaching zone, Glasner was keen to clarify something. He apologized if he cheered a little too clearly in the direction of the Barcelona bench at the third goal – the interim 3-0 by Filip Kostic. “That was in no way my intention,” said the 47-year-old.
Glasner, who only came to Hesse from VfL Wolfsburg in the summer and thus left a Champions League club, was proud and delighted. “It’s burned into my heart forever. I’ll take these feelings with me until I’m hopefully one floor up,” said Glasner. More than 25,000 Eintracht fans had experienced the success live at the Camp Nou. “In this symbiosis we celebrated this huge success and this great victory,” said Glasner.