Europa League
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Eintracht Frankfurt is despite a defeat in the last game of the league in the round of 16 of the Europa League. After a 0: 2 (0: 1) in the Stadio Olimpico at AS Rome, the Bundesliga team qualified for the KO phase thanks to the advance performance. For the host, Angeliño (44th) and Eldor Shomurodov (69th) met in front of more than 64,000 spectators.
The team of Dino Toppmöller is the fifth with 16 points among the best eight teams. For the SGE it was the second defeat in the leagueapse of this European Cup season. The European League winner won five of the eight games in 2022, a game ended in a draw. For Eintracht it was the first defeat in 2025.
TSG Hoffenheim wins spectacularly at the RSC Anderlecht
Despite a coup at the RSC Anderlecht, the fuselage team of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim was eliminated. The Bundesliga-15. Surprisingly came to a 4: 3 (1: 1) success with the Belgian record champions at the end of the preliminary round, but still missed the top 24 and the playoffs. Coach Christian Ilzer had to do without a total of 17 players in front of around 20,000 spectators in Lotto Park.
Robin Hranac (41st minute) and Tom Bischof (54th) first turned the game after the tour of Luis Vazquez (18th). David Mokwa (59.) and Adam Hlozek (65th) put two goals on it before Keisuke Goto (79.) and Ludwig Augustinsson (88th) made it exciting again. Nevertheless, the second victory on the eighth matchday was not enough. The Hoffenheimers can now concentrate entirely on the relegation battle in everyday league life. Master Bayer Leverkusen will have the next big challenge on Sunday.