Canter victory after deficit
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The joy at Eintracht Frankfurt after the 5: 1 against Galatasaray at the start of the Champions League knew no limits. “We live football for these moments. We train for these moments. We have to suffer for these moments again and again,” said Dino Toppmöller after the game. The SGE is in first place in the premier class (for the table) after the winning victory against the Turkish champion.
The start went anything but according to plan, because Yunus Akgün scored 0-1 in the 8th minute after Leroy Sané was presented. “We won the ball and then make an individual mistake. That can always happen. But I think the pressing idea worked well and the boys implemented it well,” said Toppmöller. Before the break, the SGE set 3-1 thanks to two owners from Davinson Sánchez and Wilfried Singo and a goal from Can Uzun.
Driven by an “madness” in the sold-out Deutsche-Bank-Park, the high pressing of Eintracht repeatedly led to mistakes in the opponent. “It felt like a final. It was incredible of the mood,” said Toppmöller. “We want to enjoy the evenings. We know that we have a chance in every game and then let’s see what the final classification gives.” According to the squad values, the SGE has the most difficult program according to Paris Saint-Germain-5.02 billion euros is the combined squad value of the Eintracht opponents. Atlético Madrid is waiting in the Wanda Metropolitano on the coming matchday, and it will also be against English champion FC Liverpool, the Spanish champion FC Barcelona and the Italian champion SSC Naples.
Gündoğan struggles after bankruptcy: “Up to 1: 1 the clearly better team”
On the other hand, İlkay Gündoğan struggled with the bankruptcy. “We made very simple mistakes. (…) Up to 1: 1 we were the clearly better team. We even had chances to do the second. Then we got it 1-1 and you already noticed on the pitch that the heads hung down and the courage was missing. Then we got two more goals before half-time,” said the 34-year-old. “We felt that the Frankfurters felt at every goal. We just gave it up and then there was such a result. It wasn’t good enough overall.”
Galatasaray had upgraded before the season and took a lot of money in hand to be internationally competitive. Including the Turkish record transfer Victor Osimhen, who came from Naples for 75 million euros and was missing in Frankfurt due to injury, 151 million euros were invested. In addition, well -known professionals such as Gündoğan and Sané came free of charge. “My first impression without thinking about the result is that we have a very good quality team. We have a lot of players who can play at a very high level.” On the coming matchday, the lions receive Liverpool FC.