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21:38
Min-jae Kim (SSC Napoli) is shown a yellow card.
Kolo Muani makes Kim stand with a strong body fake. The South Korean has to hold onto the Frenchman’s shirt to prevent a dangerous advance. That is of course a crystal clear yellow card.
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21:38
Incidentally, the subsequent corner of the Partenopei then brings nothing further.
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21:36
Penalty missed by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, SSC Napoli
Craziness! Khvicha Kvaratskhelia takes responsibility and takes the penalty very sharply to the left corner. Of course it could be a bit more placed, but this penalty is certainly not bad. Devilish guy Trapp, however, is on the right side and steers the ball around the post with an insane act.
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21:36
The VAR looks at it again, but the touch is clearly in the penalty area. The penalty decision stands.
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21:34
Penalty for Napoli! Again, a high chip comes from the center, which lands directly in Lozano’s run. From six meters he nailed the ball to the right inner post. The ball stays in play and Buta tries to bat the ball away but doesn’t see Osimhen, who he kicks away on the edge of the box. The referee immediately points to the point.
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21:32
Frankfurt have everything under control after a throw-in by the Azzurri, but then a ping-pong ball lands at Zieliński, who has a clear shot from 15 meters on the left-hand side. The right-footed shot on the short corner, however, is a treat for the well-positioned Trapp, who dives in good time and buries the leather underneath him.
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21:30
Frank Anguissa chips high from the center into Victor Osimhen’s run, but Kevin Trapp is faster and safely intercepts the ball before it becomes dangerous.
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21:27
Zieliński brings a free-kick from 27 meters inside the left into the Hessen penalty area, where Jakić clears for a corner. Again, the Partenopei try to kick the corner kick with a lot of spin towards the short corner, but this time Trapp is prepared for this and clears safely with a fist defence.
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21:25
Götze leaves Lobotka and lays across to Sow, whose pass to Kolo Muani is clearly too sharp. The Frenchman stretches with a lunge, but cannot achieve this pass.
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21:23
Again the Azzurri seek out Kvaratskhelia on the left wing with a high and wide ball, but keeper Buta is alert and successfully deflects the ball out of goal. Kick off Frankfurt.
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21:20
In the corner that followed, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia moored a second ball on the edge of the box, but failed to hit the ball properly on completion. The dropkick touchdown still hits the goal sharply, but Kevin Trapp wipes the leather over the crossbar. In the third corner in a row of the Partenopei, Eintracht can finally clarify successfully.
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21:19
Di Lorenzo searches for Kvaratskhelia with a high diagonal ball and Buta plays it safe and clears for a corner. Zieliński finds Di Lorenzo, who heads the near corner from the first post. Trapp is surprised and can only bounce from the front, but Rrahmani’s follow-up shot is deflected and sails over the crossbar.
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21:15
Sow loses the ball in the build-up game against Lozano and the Italians get into a three-on-three situation. Lozano looks for Osimhen, but Eintracht clears the corner for a corner where Rrahmani commits an offensive foul on Buta.
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21:13
The Azzurri only know how to help themselves with small fouls and seem a bit overwhelmed with the aggressiveness of the Bundesliga team, who work out another corner kick. Lindstrøm serves towards the penalty spot, but there is no teammate there.
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21:11
After Di Lorenzo fouled Lindstrøm, Max brought a free-kick close to the left corner flag sharply to the first post, but the ball was blocked by Götze, whose volley missed the Napoli goal.
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21:10
The Hessians press extremely aggressively and want to pull the plug on the leader of the A series right from the start. The Partenopei are indeed having trouble freeing themselves playfully. Very strong initial phase of the Europa League winner.
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21:07
With aggressive counter-pressing, the Frankfurters conquer the ball very high. Götze sends Lindstrøm over the right, but his cross is deflected to Meret, who safely buries the ball under him.
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21:06
The first really good action belongs to the eagles. Jesper Lindstrøm fills up on the right wing and lays across. The cross doesn’t find anyone, but Daichi Kamada can finish from the second row. The tight right-footed shot from 18 meters is blocked directly to the feet of Randal Kolo Muani, whose shot from ten meters and an acute angle misses the far post.
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21:02
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia can hold a high ball down the left wing and cross sharply into the Frankfurt box for the first time. However, Djibril Sow is there and clarifies successfully.
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21:00
Kick-off at Deutsche Bank Park. The SGE plays completely in black. Meanwhile, the guests from the south of Italy are dressed all in white. The ball rolls. Here we go.
20:31
By the way, the balance sheet speaks for the Bundesliga club. Eintracht Frankfurt and SSC Napoli once faced each other in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup 28 years ago. The Hessians won the first leg 1-0 in their own stadium and then celebrated a 1-0 win in the second leg at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. Overall, Italian clubs have also been extremely good for the Eagles recently. Frankfurt have lost only two of their last eleven competitive games against representatives of Serie A (six wins, three draws).
20:23
The Azzurri won 2-0 in the dress rehearsal at Sassuolo on Friday evening and celebrated their fifth competitive win in a row, in which there was also a clean record to celebrate defensively for the third time in a row. Luciano Spalletti changes his starting lineup in two positions compared to this game: Piotr Zieliński and Hirving Lozano start for Eljif Elmas and Matteo Politano (both on the bench).
20:17
SSC Napoli comes to Deutsche Bank Park with a lot of tailwind. Under Luciano Spalletti, the southern Italians won 20 of their 23 league games and, with 56 goals, have the strongest attack in Serie A. In the premier class, too, nobody was as dangerous as the Partenopei, who scored 20 goals in the group phase. On average, Napoli scored 3.3 times per Champions League game and celebrated several gala appearances such as the 4-1 win over Liverpool or the 6-1 win at Ajax Amsterdam.
20:11
At the weekend, the eagles succeeded in the dress rehearsal. At home, Frankfurt beat SV Werder Bremen 2-0. Coach Oliver Glasner therefore sees little reason for changes and leaves it at one: Buta is preferred to Knauff (bench) today.
20:05
The Hessians are going into this round of 16 in very good form. Frankfurt has only lost one of the last eleven competitive games (seven wins, three draws) and under Oliver Glasner can also boast an extremely strong international record. Under the Austrian, Eintracht lost only two of 19 competitive games in the Europa League and the Champions League (ten wins, seven draws).
20:00
With Eintracht, the eleventh Bundesliga club of all time enters the round of the best 16 teams in Europe tonight. However, the reigning Europa League winner has an extremely tough job to drill through. The SSC Napoli is currently the absolute measure of things in Italy. The Partenopei have won 20 of their 23 league games and are already 15 points clear of second place in Serie A. In the premier class, too, the Azzurri scored 15 out of a possible 18 points, even leaving six-time overall winners Liverpool behind.
19:56
Good evening and welcome from Deutsche Bank Park. Here Eintracht Frankfurt receives SSC Naples in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. Kick-off is at 9:00 p.m.