Uzun meets again
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Eintracht Frankfurt ended its small remis series and consolidated third place in the Bundesliga with a loose 3: 1 (2: 0) against the bottom of the Bundesliga. After three draws, Hugo Larsson met in the 18th minute, Tuta (37th) and Can Uzun (60th) in front of 57,700 spectators for never endangered victory for the Hesse. Finn Porath (73. )’s goal was only statistical.
Hugo Ekitiké (45.) even awarded a penalty for the clearly thought-out Frankfurters, who now have 42 points and in the fight for a Champions League-Platz some air in front of the pursuers RB Leipzig (37), SC Freiburg (36) VfB Stuttgart (35).
After a short discovery phase at the beginning, the game quickly took the expected course. Eintracht dominated and developed two good opportunities in the early quarter of an hour, but Ekitiké could not use. At first the Frenchman narrowly moved, then he failed due to Kiel’s replacement goalkeeper Thomas Dähne.
The 31-year-old, who represented the sick stem keeper Timon Weiner and thus celebrated his Bundesliga debut, was powerless at the Hesse lead goal. At the presentation of Nathaniel Brown, Larsson scored in his 50th Bundesliga game by knee from near -distance.
Armin Gigovic offered the guests, whose too weakly shot Eintracht goalkeeper Kevin Trapp had no problems, the possibility of a quick answer. Eintracht remained game -determining. Uzun only hit the post from around 20 meters, the margin of Rasmus Kristensen defused. However, the Kiel keeper had to grab a second time before the break. After a wide flank from Uzun, the ball came to Tuta, which completed a direct acceptance.
A little later, Dähne showed his class when he defused a penalty from Ekitiké. Referee Christian Leicher had pointed to the point after a handball by Kiel’s defender Ivan Nekic and viewed the video images.
After the change, the same picture was offered. Frankfurt had the game under control and did nothing to the harmless guests. After a catastrophic bad pass from David Zec, Uzun increased into the corner with a thoughts.
“Can had a good training week. In this respect, his start-up mission was a reward for what he showed and invested in the past few weeks, ”said Eintracht coach Dino Toppmöller about the 19-year-old offensive player, who crowned his strong performance with the goal. It was only when the home side became a little more carelessly in the feeling of the safe victory that Kiel got better into the game and the honorary gate. Porath met in the third attempt after he had previously failed twice.