Frankfurt victory against Marseille: Eintracht Frankfurt after victory with every chance

Dramatic game with a happy ending for Eintracht: Frankfurt beat Olympique Marseille in the Champions League and thus have the round of 16 in their own hands.

Eintracht Frankfurt also won the second Champions League group game against Olympique Marseille. The Hessians won 2-1 on Wednesday evening in a game with a spectacular first half and a thriller after the break.

Daichi Kamada gave Eintracht the lead after just three minutes, Matteo Guendouzi equalized in the meantime (22′) before Randal Kolo Muani scored the winning goal (27′). Thanks to the success, the Frankfurters are up Third place in table D and can still reach the round of 16 in the last group game at Sporting Lisbon next Tuesday.

Kamada makes the start

Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner had rebuilt his ailing defense as expected. In addition to the regulars Evan N’Dicka and Kristijan Jakic, Hrvoje Smolcic started in the back five and replaced the suspended Tuta.

But even with a new defense, the Frankfurters relied on the old virtues of the victory against Gladbach. Switching game, few contacts, fast forward – that was the motto, which was rewarded with a dream goal after just three minutes. First N’Dicka was completely blank after a one-two with Christopher Lenz on the left, then Jesper Lindström cleverly let the Frenchman’s sharp cross pass through – and Kamada took the ball at full speed and executed it.

Highlight fireworks at the beginning

The goal was the first, but by far not the last highlight of a first half at absolute Champions League level. Despite or perhaps because of the early shock, Marseille also played straight forward and so there were top chances and goals almost every minute.

Guendouzi’s 1-1 volley after a Zucker cross (22′) was followed almost instantly by Kolo Muani’s lead again after a Götze double pass to the tongue (27′). And those were just the goals of the first half, and in the first half hour there were good opportunities from Götze (15′) and Lenz (19′) on the one hand, as well as Jonathan Clauss (11′) and Alexis Sanchez (30′). the other side.

OM gets stronger after the break, Rode brings stability

The teams couldn’t keep up this pace for 90 minutes and so it was not surprising that the game leveled off a bit before the break. After the change of sides, Marseille was the first team to shift up a gear and increasingly pushed Frankfurt back. Eintracht lost many duels in midfield, didn’t get into the transition game like before and was exposed to an unwelcome long-term stress test.

Keeper Kevin Trapp held the lead with a Sanchez free kick (58th), and a lob from the Olympique striker just missed the goal (56th). Glasner reacted by taking on captain Sebastian Rode, who was supposed to stabilize the shaky defensive structure of the Hessians. With success. The Frankfurters were no longer really dangerous except for a conclusion by substitute Rafael Borré (87th). But they were able to increase their possession again, reducing OM’s attack time and bringing the win home.