After the final whistle all dams break
The mood, which was further fueled by a choreography in the north-west curve, was dampened by the early thigh injury and substitution (8th) of fan favorite and defense chief Martin Hinteregger. At the latest, the red card against West Ham’s Aaron Creswell for an emergency brake (17th) and Rafael Borré’s opening goal shortly afterwards (26th) finally turned the stadium into a madhouse. “You just noticed how much this game means to the fans,” said Trapp. “I’ve rarely heard anything as loud as today.”
How big and the joy of the fans about the trip unabated to the final, everyone present got to see it after the final whistle. The Hessians supporters, who had been standing in the interior directly behind the advertising board in the final minutes of the game, stormed the pitch at the final whistle, as in previous promotion or non-relegation finals, and threw their arms around their heroes. Some incorrigibles built up in front of the London guest curve, here and there there were minor skirmishes with the police, but overall even the square storm fit this evening.
“The fans wanted to share their gratitude with us, my children were also on the pitch with me. What were great moments, it burns in,” emphasized the otherwise rather sober Glasner. His sports director Markus Krösche added: “This love, this passion of the fans, that’s extraordinary.” In a relationship like that between Eintracht and the Europa League, emotions just boil over. And the highlight of this wild ride through Europe is yet to come: on May 18th in Seville.
Rangers complete the dream final
Opponents then, and of course it couldn’t have been any other way this evening, are Glasgow Rangers. At the same time as the success of Eintracht, the legendary club from Scotland knocked out the less legendary club from Leipzig from the competition and thus made the dream final perfect. “In the final, tradition plays against tradition, that’s world class,” said President Peter Fischer, who was probably speaking from the soul of the fans. Eintracht against Rangers in the final for an international title. Not much more is possible.
And since the preparation for this big event, which is still two meaningless Bundesliga games and eleven times asleep, can’t start soon enough, Glasner put the brakes on the party a bit at the end of the evening. “I didn’t give the day off tomorrow, we’re meeting at 12 noon for a forest run. The boys will definitely have to sweat it out a bit.”
Source: HR