The Frankfurt team beat Stuttgart (2-3) with three goals in the second half and meets Leipzig
Oliver Glasner’s team will seek their sixth German Cup
Five years after win his fifth and so far last cupbearer titleEintracht Frankfurt reached the final of the German Cup, which will be played against Leipzig, after beating Stuttgart (2-3) at the Mercedes Benz Arena.
DATA SHEET
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stuttgart
Bredlow; Vagnoman, Mavropanos (Zagadou, 31′), Ito, Anton (Enzo, 63′), Sosa; Tiago (Coulibaly, 63′), Karazor, Endo (Fuhrich, 78′); Silas and Guirassy.
eintracht
Trapp; Tuta, Hasebe, Lenz; N’Dicka, Rode (Buta, 46′), Sow, Kamada; Ebimbe, Gotze (Lindstrom, 78′) and Kolo Muani (Rafael Borre, 84′).
goals
1-0 M.20 Tiago; 1-1 M.51 N’Dicka; 1-2 M.55 Kamada; 1-3 M.77 Kolo Muani (p.); 2-3 M.83 Enzo
Referee
Daniel Schlager. TA: Guirassy (9′), Tiago (20′), Bredlow (75′), Ito (80′), Sosa (80′, 2A 85′) / Götze (4′), Sow (5′).
Oliver Glasner’s team took advantage of his rival’s doubts, fully involved in the fight for permanence in the Bundesliga and who, however, took the lead in the 19th minute through the Portuguese Tiago Tomas after a pass from the Greek Konstantinos Mavropanos towards Josha Vagnonanwho sent the ball from the right into the area for the Portuguese to score.
But in four minutes at the beginning of the second half the situation took a turn. In minute 51 Evan Ndicka equalized and in minute 55 the Japanese connection between Makoto Hasebe and Daichi Kamada, who scored, put the visitors ahead.
In addition, a penalty committed by goalkeeper Fabian Bredlow on Randal Kolo Muani, who transformed him, a quarter of an hour from time, extended Eintracht’s lead, which was questioned when, in the 83rd minute, Enzo Millot made the second for Stuttgartwho shortly after was left with one less player due to the expulsion of the Croatian Borna Sosa.
For heart attack it was the end of the game. On the last play of the game, outrage broke out in the ranks of Stuttgart over a possible penalty by Aurélio Buta for hands. The referee needed to use the VAR to be able to review the play and finally decide that there was no maximum penalty. All the local hopes escaped there, who saw the unbeatable possibility of making it 3-3 on the last play of the game.