After a draw in Frankfurt, FC St. Pauli is only theoretical to relegate in Frankfurt. Eintracht has to tremble for the Chamions League.
Hamburg festival in professional football: One day after the rise of Hamburger SV, the city rival FC St. Pauli took the decisive point in the Bundesliga descent fight. In the 2-2 (1: 2) between Frankfurt and St. Pauli, Rasmus scored Kristensen (1st). Michy Bathshuayi (71.) The Eintracht goals, Manolis Saliakas (4th) and Morgan Guilavogui (16th) met for the guests.
Before the last matchday, St. Pauli, as 14. “This is a really good cushion,” said coach Alexander Blessin, but also warned: “At the end we want to offer a good game again and close the sack.”
Ole Zeisler, Sportschau, 11.05.2025 8:17 p.m.
Frankfurt missed to qualify prematurely for the Champions League, for which a place in the top four is necessary. On the last match day, the Eintracht (3rd place, 57 points) is a draw against SC Freiburg (4th place, 55 points). In addition to Freiburg, Borussia Dortmund (5th place, 54 points) could also pass by in a defeat.
“Of course we would have liked to take this last step today,” said Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller after the game: “Now we are going to Freiburg and then have to take the next step there.”
Ole Zeisler, Sportschau, 11.05.2025 8:20 p.m.
Eintracht superstart
The game had started spectacularly with two fast goals. After 24 seconds, Kristensen scored the Frankfurt leadership from a short distance. A nice counterattack about Hugo Ekitiké and Hugo Larsson had preceded.
St. Pauli only took three minutes for the answer – and it was worth seeing. Saliacas fled the ball from the right with the right inside over goalkeeper Kevin Trapp into the far corner.
St. Pauli’s goalkeeper full of strong assist
At the second goal of the guest, goalkeeper Ben was full of a large part, which replaced the blocked goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj. Fully initiated the hit with a precise flat tee. Guilavogui picked up the ball and scored on the margin.
In a balanced, fast -paced game, the Bathshuayi, who had substituted in the break, ensured the equalization. After a ball win from Larsson and a beautiful pass from Fares Chaibi, Bathshuayi hit the right corner.
In the final phase of the interesting game with opportunities on both sides, Frankfurt ran. Another goal would have been enough to safely qualify for the Champions League. Bathshuayi even hit a second time, but had presented the ball with her hand.
Frankfurt in Freiburg, St. Pauli against Bochum
While Frankfurt now has the important duel in Freiburg in front of his chest on the 34th matchday, St. Pauli can remove the last doubts against relegated Bochum at home (both on Saturday, May 17, 3:30 p.m.).