Eintracht Frankfurt defies many resistances at SC Freiburg and fights with a heroic performance in the Champions League. After the game, all the dams break, in the cabin there is a foretaste of the coming season.
At 6.14 p.m., the longing of Eintracht Frankfurt was finally breastfed after the anthem. Around three quarters of an hour after the final whistle of the 3: 1 victory at SC Freiburg The sounds of the Champions League music boomed from the fully turned boxes in the Frankfurt cabin on Saturday evening. “We are the best,” roared the joy -drunken Frankfurt players, who had previously dragged numerous beer boxes onto the field and back back, through the Freiburg catacombs. Eintracht has arrived in the premier class, the party started in the stadium.
Knauff has to lie down first
Before the pleasure that continued in the Frankfurt team bus and eventually ended on Frankfurt night, however, there was a lot of work on Saturday in Freiburg. Ansgar Knauff, who had compensated for the Freiburg leadership by Ritsu Doan (27th) in added time in the first half after a remarkable individual campaign, even reported that despite the celebrations after the final whistle, he had to take a short break. “I put myself on the couch for 15 minutes, now I’m fresh again.”
In view of the noise in the cabin, it is a tight performance to be able to relax there. However, the game in Breisgau perfectly described the fact that the U21 international was long at first. The Eintracht, who was under enormous pressure after the disappointment against St. Pauli, had to call up everything physically and mentally to finally realize the big dream. Consider the deficit, hide the result from Dortmund, give everything in summer temperatures. It is not high enough that the young team mastered all these tasks with flying colors.
Eintracht against all resistance
“We have shown great resistance again. How we came back was simply sensational,” said coach Dino Toppmöller rightly rightly. After the break, the tireless Rasmus Kristensen initially brought Eintracht in the lead (61st), then an own goal of Johan Manzambi made the decision (63.). The rest was struggle, mutual push and at the end of limitless cheers. “Today is a success of sporting over -performance, sport has achieved this success,” said board spokesman Axel Hellmann. Eintracht grew out one last time and earned the victory and third place in the final table.
How much this final was worthwhile was therefore to be seen immediately after the final whistle. Coach Toppmöller first pushed a loud cry of joy into the Freiburg evening sky, then he hugged every player and employee who got in his way before he got up in the sprint towards the curve.
There, the Eintracht jubilee’s grape led by Hugo Ekitiké, who had also got sunglasses out of the cabin in added time, already celebrated sunglasses with the fans on the lawn. A little later, the entire board of directors around squad planner Markus Krösche also joined, the injured players had all traveled anyway. At the very end of this crazy and somewhat bumpy season in the final sprint, Eintracht demonstrated harmony again.
The pressure on Eintracht was great
And that after a week in which, contrary to the looseness played in the past few days, some had to have had to be done. The belief in success, everyone emphasized, was always there. The awareness that there is something to lose now, but also. “You can already compare this with a Europa League final,” said sports director Krösche. “It was a Eintracht-like drama, the pressure was high. But ultimately it was also about a historical event.” A lot was at stake for Eintracht, in the end she cleared the main prize.
The first qualification via the league for the Champions League is a quantum leap and without a question historical. In addition to the financial blessing But above all, the royal class participation means an extreme thrust for the Frankfurt self-image. The harmony, which had jumped off the shovel nine years ago, has reached the very big area. The history of the aspiring club, which mixes up the national football elite through clever transfers and with many talents, faces a new chapter. “This is a milestone for the club,” emphasized Toppmöller. “This is a special step for the club”added Hellmann.
Beck makes the fisherman
And so at the end of this historic day there was only the question of the party timetable. The Krösche responsible for sport believed that nothing was planned. The Hellmann, which was also responsible for activities apart from the lawn, at least revealed that this has now changed. “With us, the president is traditionally responsible for the party call,” smiled Hellmann. Mathias Beck did exactly that on the lawn and took care of a location in the best Peter Fischer Manner. What location it was, remained a secret. At least one song on the playlist should be clear.
