Success in soccer-German Bundesliga: Europe's dream of unity alive

The minimum target is to reach, but to be even higher ambitions, you don't play the competition currently. As a sports Board Fredi Bobic prior to the start of the season, a single-digit table space than satisfactorily described, he was viewed by some as a deep-stacker. After a black series led Eintracht Frankfurt to the edge of the relegation zone, appeared such a placement like a distant dream. After the 2:1 Schalke 04, the first home victory for the Corona break, the Hesse, now with 41 points, in fact, on the ninth set.

Peter Hess

sports editor.

however, in Order still to rank seven to push, the right to participate in the qualification for the Europa League, have yet to be four-points gap to overcome, as Freiburg and Hoffenheim won, respectively. "We need to do our homework and hope that's all we can do," said midfielder Sebastian Rode, "a lot to be said for that, but as long as it is possible, let's try it." In the last two regular season games Eintracht occurs when 1. FC Cologne against SC Paderborn.

The clash against Schalke can be seen as a mirror image of the season. Eintracht showed in this 90 minutes plus injury time of both of their faces: her radiant up to the 2:0 lead by Silva (29. Minute), and Abraham (50.), then you verhärmtes. After McKennies Goal (58.) Frankfurter found, not even in Numbers (Yellow-Red against bozdoğan, 77.) the gloss of the first half back. "We would have a lot to play better," said substitute player Chandler critical. "At least we defended at the end better." Immediately after the 1:2 Abraham blocked a shot on goal Gregoritsch on the goal line standing up with the head. "We need to be hard-nosed and not allowed to come into the Swim," said Rode.

A quarter of an hour was required for the harmony, in order to find against a passive Schalke team at all in the rhythm. However, Schalke managed this start-up phase to gain no security. They acted exactly as you have it to fear after 13 Games without a win: without Trust. Because of a youthful insouciance that could be expected in a starting lineup with six professionals between the ages of 19 and 21 years of age, as well as a 23-year-old regional ordinary players. As the Frankfurter felt that the scarf core offensive, nothing would come out, risked more, and developed print immediately. Kamada and da Costa made it back to where you had stopped at 4:1-Sieg in Berlin, running and playing joyfully they created an offensive action after the other. As the 3:3 against Freiburg, scoring chances were almost by the minute, however, is not so clear as in the home fixture three weeks ago.

there is No reason to be frustrated, but to make it better. And that happened in the 29. Minute after Schalke had the first Time at the Frankfurt penalty area a bit tight. Then Kostic took in his rugged style against player Kenny on the outside line of the Ball, played it to the start ends of Kamada and the Schalke half of the game was open prior to the counter-ligand Concord. The Japanese fit in all clarity to the opposing penalty area, lurking Silva, and the Portuguese took the opportunity to 1:0 not take. A short hook, a precise shot to the corner: With the self-evident and Belief of the successful goalgetter's had to beat Silva, and it is his seventh goal in the eighth game after the Corona-break, his eleventh goal of the season in the Bundesliga.