13
15:47
Ansgar Knauff plays steeply from the right. Jesper Lindstrøm gets up and away from a suspected offside position, but wants to pass through to Rafael Borré again in the penalty area. Leipzig’s Joško Gvardiol intercepts the telegraphed pass. There would have been a lot more there.
10
15:45
José Angeliño takes care of the following corner from the left. Willi Orban heads his high cross without the necessary pressure on the goal. Kevin Trapp can access easily.
9
15:44
Now the people of Leipzig are picking up the pace for the first time. Dani Olmo leads the ball through the center and lays it half-left to Christopher Nkunku. The Frenchman is too hesitant to work. Instead of shooting directly, he hits a hook in the box. The right-footed shot that followed, deflected by Ansgar Knauff, lands on top of the goal net.
7
15:41
The game is extremely fair in the early stages. Only now there is the first foul ever – from Jesper Lindstrøm to Joško Gvardiol. But that also proves how cautiously both teams approach it. However, the guests are equally involved. No one has yet gained any advantages here.
5
15:39
The home side make it into the sixteen for the first time. There André Silva strives for the ball, but is well shielded by Kristijan Jakić. The Croatian lets the play equipment tumble confidently into the goal.
4
15:36
It takes a good minute, then the fairly fresh wind in the arena has done its work, which means that there is now sufficient visibility again. So it can go on.
2
15:34
In the guest fan block is ignited. Thick clouds of smoke drift through the stadium. Referee Christian Dingert interrupts the game.
1
15:33
So now the game is running. Spring has also arrived in Saxony. The sun is shining at 13 degrees, the conditions are the best. The excellently playable lawn contributes to this.
15:20
Incidentally, in the first half of the season, on the 10th match day, the two sides drew. It was the third 1-1 in a row between these two teams. Before that, Frankfurt had won 2-0 at home in the Bundesliga. And Leipzig has actually never won in the Main metropolis. Including the DFB Cup, the Saxons have been here seven times and in four cases they took a point away.
15:12
But now we are concentrating on the Bundesliga. There, the lawn ballers recently showed good form. Since a 3-2 defeat at Bayern Munich in early February, Leipzig have not lost five games, winning four of them. At home, the last defeat in mid-December was against Arminia Bielefeld (0:2). Since then, the people of Messestadt have not lost four home games and only lost points against SC Freiburg (1-1). Frankfurt have recently stabilized after a run of three unbeaten defeats that included a 1-0 away defeat at Cologne, winning 4-1 at Hertha and 2-1 at home against Bochum. The events mentioned in the Europa League naturally provide a tailwind. The Hessians want to defy the physical strain and the short regeneration time.
15:04
Appropriately, we are witnessing the duel between two Europa League quarter-finalists here. And the fact that this competition can be really fun was only proven on Thursday when they defeated Real Betis with a very late goal in extra time. Now the challenging task against FC Barcelona awaits on the European stage. Leipzig had reached the round of eight without a fight due to the exclusion of Spartak Moscow and were drawn as their next opponent Atalanta Bergamo on Friday. In addition, the Saxons dance at another wedding – in the DFB Cup semi-final against Union Berlin.
14:58
From a tabular point of view, the current fifth has the tenth as a guest. There are seven points between the two teams. The goal of the lawn ballers must undoubtedly be to make it back into the Champions League. Just one point would be enough to take third place, at least for the moment. But in such a tight race for places in international business, the Saxons are naturally aiming for a home win. When it comes to European football next season, Eintracht is a bit behind. Seven points are currently missing. That’s why the Adlerträger themselves really don’t have anything to give away.
14:45
On the home side there are two changes compared to last Sunday. Instead of Amadou Haïdara and Emil Forsberg, who will both take a seat on the bench today, Kevin Kampl and Dani Olmo slip into the Leipzig starting XI. Domenico Tedesco hardly has any personal problems. Only Lukas Klostermann is rested due to adductor problems. The guests, who were only challenged in the Europa League on Thursday and even had to play extra time, had far less breaks. Nevertheless, Oliver Glasner only exchanges one player – and only because of Djibril Sow’s yellow card suspension. For this, Sebastian Rode moves into the Frankfurt initial formation.
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