Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Last minute success in Piraeus
Hauge is Frankfurt’s king of stoppage time
Eintracht Frankfurt defends its optimal starting position in the Europa League. The Bundesliga team countered Olympiacos Piraeus’ lead in a timely manner and then struck coldly in stoppage time. Due to the late success, wintering in European competition is as good as safe.
Defensive staggered, but mercilessly effective at the front: The European specialists from Eintracht Frankfurt have shaken off their league blues again in their favorite competition. The team of coach Oliver Glasner defeated the Greek record champions Olympiacos Piraeus thanks to an outstanding Kevin Trapp with 2: 1 (1: 1) and is already safely in the sixteenth-finals with ten points. Another win in the remaining two games is enough to win the group and the associated knockout stage.
Daichi Kamada (17th) and Jens Petter Hauge (90th + 1) ensured the success of the Hessians, who were in dire straits in the Bundesliga and survived the group stage of the Europa League in the fourth attempt. Youssef El-Arabi (12th) had put Piraeus in the lead. The success will be Frankfurt before the Bundesliga game on Sunday at bottom of the table SpVgg Greuther Fürth (7.30 p.m. / DAZN and in the live ticker at ntv.de) Give a boost, coach Oliver Glasner is under pressure after only nine points from the first ten match days.
“I’m not concerned with what’s going on on Sunday,” the Austrian emphasized like a prayer wheel before the guest appearance in Piraeus. And yet he took the basement duel into consideration with his line-up. Top scorer Filip Kostic did not even travel because of persistent problems with the Achilles tendon and ankle, while captain Sebastian Rode and defense chief Martin Hinteregger initially sat on the bench.
Coach Glasner picks up a warning
Without the three top performers, the semi-finalist from 2019 lacked access in the initial phase.After a perfect cross pass from Henry Onyekuru, El-Arabi only had to insert in the middle. But Eintracht responded with the first successful attack, Kamada executed a perfect interface pass from Rafael Borre.
But even after that, the Glasner-Elf did not get the game under control, the error rate in the cauldron Karaiskakis Stadium was still much too high. Kevin Trapp saved first with a sensational foot defense against Georgios Masouras (36th), who appeared alone in front of him, then he was there with a fist against Mady Camara (40th).
Even after the move, little changed on the lawn. Piraeus continued to set the tone against the pomady Eintracht-Elf, Onyekuru (57th) moved completely free-standing from twelve meters. Frankfurt succeeded almost nothing offensively, there was largely a lack of ideas. The frustrated Glasner got yellow for shooting away the ball (68th).