Defeat in the Champions League: Eintracht Frankfurt’s footballers lose against Benfica Lisbon

Visiting Benfica Lisbon, Eintracht Frankfurt Women narrowly admit defeat and are now worried about progressing in the Champions League.

In the Women’s Champions League, Eintracht Frankfurt’s footballers narrowly missed out on an important victory. On Wednesday evening, the Hessians lost their third group game 0-1 (0-0) at Benfica Lisbon.

Marie Alidou scored the only goal of the day for the hosts (71st). This defeat means that the Hessians will now have a hard time progressing to the knockout phase.

Almost slapstick own goal for Eintracht

Frankfurt coach Niko Arnautis took the comparison for a 3-1 win in the Bundesliga game on Sunday against TSG Hoffenheim There were no changes in the starting line-up and had to take a deep breath right from the start: In the sixth minute, his defender Sophia Kleinherne completely missed a back pass, forcing their own goalkeeper Stina Johannes to sprint. With a courageous tackle, the keeper was just able to scrape the ball in front of the line.

The Frankfurt team didn’t seem shocked by this action, but it still took a long time to get into the game. Nicole Anyomi had the first good opportunity after almost half an hour, setting the scene with a strong through ball from Lara Prasnikar. However, Anyomi took too long to finish in the penalty area and missed this first major opportunity for the Hessians (25th).

Eintracht plays more courageously forward

From this moment on, Eintracht played more and more forward and had their next good chance in the 39th minute: after a free kick, the ball jumped in front of Sara Doorsoun, but her mixture of shot and tackle just missed the box on the left. As a result, the break went goalless.

The second half began similarly to how the first ended: Frankfurt with self-confident football. Chances to score on both sides are in short supply. At least until the 71st minute: Lisbon’s Kika played a quick pass to teammate Alidou, who took the ball hard on the edge of the penalty area and nailed it into the left corner. There was no chance for Johannes in the Frankfurt goal to prevent the score being 0-1.

Chance of moving forward remains

In the final phase, the Frankfurt team didn’t get in front of the opponent’s goal once and therefore had to narrowly, but deservedly, admit defeat in the end. This means they lose their second place in the Group A table and now have to worry about progressing. After all, there are still three games left to secure a place in the knockout phase.

Eintracht’s league continues on Saturday (2 p.m.) at SC Freiburg. The second leg against Benfica Lisbon is scheduled for next week. Kick-off is on Thursday at 6:45 p.m. in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion.