In overtime and outnumbered, Eintracht Frankfurt secured a point at 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga. Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 (0-1) at 1. FSV Mainz 05 on the second match day of the Bundesliga without any big offensive scenes and with one man less.
On Sunday (27.08.2023) Omar Marmoush equalized the Mainz lead through Jae-sung Lee (25th) in injury time (90+1) from the first half. At the time, Frankfurt was outnumbered after a yellow-red card against Ansgar Knauff (61st).
Mainz coach Bo Svensson was suitably pissed off: “We got confirmation of what we need to win games in the Bundesliga. We simply conceded a very cheap goal.” Not because Frankfurt was so good, but because his team simply defended badly.
Mainz still without a win, Frankfurt saves a point
Mainz is still without a win after the 1: 4 in the Bundesliga opener at Union Berlin. Frankfurt, who are still waiting for their first away win in the Bundesliga in 2023, have at least four points in their account with their effective appearance.
The late 1-1 was “pure joy,” said Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller at the sports show microphone. “Of course it was difficult with one man less. But our fans supported us so well that in the end it was hardly noticed.”
Eintracht, who had narrowly won 1-0 at the start of the Bundesliga against promoted Darmstadt, had offensive problems from the start. Inaccurate passes, standing problems on slippery grass, unclean assumptions and coordination problems ran through large parts of the first half. At the end of the first round, the guests didn’t get a single shot on goal.
Mistakes favored Mainz leadership
The Frankfurters were also the inspiration for the goal that was conceded when defender Hrvoje Smolcic jumped into the rushing goalkeeper Kevin Trapp with a long ball into the penalty area and Lee simply had to head the rebound into the empty goal to make it 1-0. Shortly before, the guests had been lucky when referee Bastian Dankert took back a hand penalty after viewing the video images.
After another inaccuracy in the Frankfurt defense, Dominik Kohr missed the 2-0 (40th minute) with a diagonal shot from the right pentagon shortly before the break. After the restart, Mainz initially had good scenes towards goal through Phillipp Mwene (52nd) and Kohr (53rd).
Yellow-red ends Frankfurt pressure phase
But from the 55th minute, the guests came up to speed. First, Randal Kolo Muani failed to hit a header correctly from five meters (55′). As a result, Frankfurt exerted pressure.
In particular, Marmoush and Kolo Muani, who were conspicuous in the second half, caused danger near the penalty area. “We’ve had dangerous situations and were present in front,” said Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller. However, the yellow-red card against Knauff, who followed a ball with a long leg and hit Leandro Barreiro in the face, pulled the plug on the Hessians.
Bastian Dankert shows Frankfurt’s Ansgar Knauff the yellow-red card after a foul
Marmoush causes cheers very late
Mainz recovered, was more compact and had chances to extend the result. Trapp saved against Anton Stach in the short corner (75th) and was also there to counter a header from close range in the following corner kick.
When everything looked like Mainz’s first win of the season, Frankfurt struck out of nowhere. Substitute Eric Ebimbe served after a solo over the outside from the baseline Marmoush, who scored from close range to make it 1-1.
Mainz in Bremen, Frankfurt against Cologne
On match day 3 of the Bundesliga, the Svensson team will travel to Werder Bremen (Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.). Eintracht first meets Levski Sofia at home in the second leg of the Conference League playoffs on Thursday (8.30 p.m.) during the week (first leg 1-1) and then hosts 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga on Sunday (3.30 p.m.).