Eintracht Frankfurt’s narrow test match success at regional league team Viktoria Aschaffenburg wasn’t enough for Oliver Glasner. The coach ignored the result and clearly stated the things he didn’t like.
The mood around Eintracht Frankfurt is driven by enormous euphoria. 6,600 spectators were present at the duel between regional league team Viktoria Aschaffenburg and Hessen. The media stand was also bursting at the seams. Everyone wants to be part of it when the reigning Europa League winner travels through the region. Admittedly, fans and members of the press still had to wait for the debut of Star newcomer Mario Götze waiting.
Despite winning the friendly: Glasner dissatisfied with Eintracht’s appearance
Even without the world champion, coach Oliver Glasner was able to field a prominent team with players such as Randal Kolo Muani, Djibril Sow, Evan N’Dicka, Ansgar Knauff and Lucas Alario. N’Dicka’s golden goal was far too little for the coach – despite the previous training session.
“I’m not entirely happy with our performance,” Glasner began his critical analysis after the final whistle. Aschaffenburg “made it difficult” for Eintracht with an aggressive style of play. He listed the shortcomings: “We stood in front of the goalkeeper seven or eight times and only scored one goal from a corner. We can do much better than that. My team played too slowly and rarely looked for depth.”
Too much euphoria? Glasner hits the brakes
Glasner obviously feels that he has to step on the euphoria brakes. The great triumph in the Europa League, the transfer of Götze, the new media attention: there is a lot of applause for the Frankfurt team nationwide. What follows from this was felt by Eintracht in Aschaffenburg. The Viktoria threw in everything that was in her, she got out the last grains and didn’t leave a meter of space. “We’ve only received congratulations and congratulations for the last six weeks. Now we’ve seen that it’s all over on the pitch,” warned the coach.
Glasner is concerned with sharpening the senses at an early stage. The next tasks in Linz (Saturday, 3 p.m.) and against FC Turin (July 15, 2.30 p.m.) are real endurance tests against foreign first division clubs. After that, the Eintracht pros can better assess where they stand before the robust opening program in the DFB Cup (at FC Magdeburg), Bundesliga (FC Bayern Munich) and European Supercup (Real Madrid).
