Win against Werder: Eintracht Frankfurt further up the table

Own goal initiates bankruptcy in Bremen

Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated a successful dress rehearsal for the big Champions League duel with SSC Naples and reconnected with the top flight in the Bundesliga. The Hessians won 2-0 (1-0) against Werder Bremen on Saturday evening and, sixth in the table, now have 38 points.

In front of 50,000 spectators, Bremen’s Marco Friedl scored an own goal in the 8th minute and Randal Kolo Muani (52nd) scored his tenth goal of the season for Eintracht, an average performance three days before the round of 16 first leg in the “premier class” against Naples enough for success.

The hosts started energetically and immediately put pressure on Bremen, who are still in no man’s land in tenth place with 27 points. Already in the 3rd minute it became dangerous for the first time in front of the guest goal when Ansgar Knauff, who was new to the starting XI, narrowly missed a cross from Jesper Lindström. Five minutes later, Eintracht celebrated. After a long free-kick, Kristijan Jakic passed the ball straight in, where Bremen’s captain Friedl unluckily maneuvered the ball into his own goal. A little later, Daichi Kamada, who ran freely, missed the big chance to make it 2-0 when he clearly missed.

Werder only tentatively made their way forward and hardly ever made the Frankfurt defense sweat. The lack of top performers Mitchell Weiser, Christian Groß and Leonardo Bittencourt, who were injured, ill or suspended, was clearly noticeable in the promoted team.
But the initial momentum was also lost in Frankfurt. A harmless header from Knauff, which represented the Portuguese Aurélio Buta well on the right, was the only scene worth mentioning until just before the break. Otherwise there was a lot of idle time on both sides. Only in added time in the first half did Eintracht have another chance, but Lindström hastily missed it.

Shortly after the restart, coach Oliver Glasner’s team followed suit. Kolo Muani’s header was initially denied by Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka, but Knauff put the rebound into the middle again, where the Frenchman only had to put his foot down.
After that, Frankfurt switched to administration mode to save a little energy. Goalscorer Kolo Muani was allowed to take a shower just as early as Philipp Max, who again acted conspicuously on the left wing. Bremen tried hard, but acted far too harmlessly to turn the game around. A goal by Niclas Füllkrug in added time didn’t count because of offside.

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