SGE loses Barça dress rehearsal
The continuation of the European Cup celebrations in the coming season is becoming increasingly unlikely for Eintracht Frankfurt after the 1: 2 (0: 1) against SC Freiburg. Three days after the impressive performance in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against FC Barcelona (1-1), the disillusionment in everyday football in Breisgau returned on Sunday in front of 47,000 spectators. The 1-0 through Vincenzo Grifo (27th minute) was equalized by Filip Kostic (54th). Joker Nils Peteren (69th) scored the winning goal for the guests once again seven minutes after being substituted on.
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After their tenth defeat of the season, the Hessian Bundesliga team is now nine points behind Freiburg, who are fifth and tied with fourth-placed RB Leipzig. After the strenuous home game against the Spanish club, the team lacked the energy to buck up again after falling behind. In addition, the goal by Daichi Kamada, who had just come on as a substitute, was taken back to make it 2-2 (86th) after viewing the video images. On Thursday (9 p.m.) coach Oliver Glasner’s team will play the second leg against four-time Champions League winners Barcelona at the legendary Camp Nou.
Meanwhile, Freiburg took a big step in the fight for an international ticket with the success on the Main. Regardless of the fuss about Bayern Munich’s mistake in substitution in the 4-1 win in the game last weekend. The DFB sports court had rejected the objection from Breisgau on Friday. The success not only gave the team of coach Christian Streich a good position in the fight for a place in the European Cup, but also tailwind for the cup semifinals on April 19th at Hamburger SV. Freiburg will also host VfL Bochum next Saturday.
The Frankfurters, who had previously remained goalless in five home games, also had a lot of trouble creating or taking chances against the very defensive and clever Freiburgers. In the 11th minute, Jens Petter Hauge took a shot from the edge of the penalty area, but only shot to the side netting on the right. Six minutes later, a good combination initiated by Filip Kostic via Jesper Lindström zu Hauge was not crowned with success: the Norwegian didn’t hit the ball properly. The guests used their only chance more consistently in the 27th minute with a successful counterattack, in which Roland Sallai left three Eintracht professionals on the right and passed to Grifo, who shot in coldly to make it 1-0.
Even after the restart, playful highlights were initially scarce. Only after Kostic scored the equalizer did the game become livelier, faster and more exciting. Hauge served the Serbs with a through ball, which made it 1-1 with a flat left past SC keeper Mark Flekken. Petersen headed in after a Christian Günter free-kick – it was his 33rd joker goal. Ajdin Hrustic hit the inside post for Frankfurt in the 84th minute, Flekken would have had no chance.
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