First Fürth equalizes in stoppage time, then Frankfurt strikes back. For Hessen it is only the second win of the season. For Union Berlin, too, it looked like a victory for a long time. But then came the appearance of Cologne’s living goal guarantee.
An exuberant Laola swept through the ranks of Eintracht Frankfurt supporters who had traveled with them. While the dejected Fürth players were still on the ground and giving each other consolation, the Hessians celebrated their next last-minute victory. Around 72 hours after the brilliant Europa League night, Eintracht stopped their negative streak in the Bundesliga with a 2: 1 (0: 0) in the basement duel with the Fürth game association.
In a turbulent final phase, Joker Sebastian Rode (76th) and Rafael Santos Borré (90th + 3) released the Frankfurters with the second win of the season after the Fürth had dominated the game for long stretches. The Franconian climber, who had come to equalize in the meantime through Cedric Itten (90th + 1), also remained without a win in his 22nd Bundesliga home game in the club’s history. Frankfurt had already won the last minute in Piraeus.
“That was a victory of the fight, a victory of the mentality. If you get a blow in the neck so late, then hit back. It was a very difficult game. We got better in the second half. We are overjoyed with the three points”, said goal scorer Rode at the streaming service DAZN and added: “I hope that these two victories give a lot of strength and self-confidence.”
Bad passes, ball losses and intense duels
Fürth coach Stefan Leitl was forced to improvise due to the many injuries and illness-related absences. For example, defensive boss Nick Viergever, who was injured at the ankle, moved midfielder Sebastian Griesbeck into central defense. On the side of Hessen, Filip Kostic made his comeback after his forced break in the Europa League.
In the first half the game produced what you could expect when the 18th meets the 15th: Lots of bad passes and ball losses, no compelling chances to score, but intense duels. It took over a quarter of an hour in the Ronhof sports park for the people from Fürth to appear in front of the guests’ gate for the first time. Captain and ex-Frankfurt Branimir Hrgota (16.) sailed after a corner but a few centimeters past the ball.
As a result, the home side had more of the game, but the efficiency in front of the opposing goal was still lacking. The best shamrock chance therefore came first from Eintracht professional Jesper Lindström (27th), who steered the ball almost into his own goal during a clearing process.
Second half: game at eye level
The Frankfurters, who were tired after their Europa League appearance, lacked any idea against the Fürth defense. The Franks looked at least a little more determined in the first half of the game, but missed the lead despite chances from summer newcomer Cedric Itten (42nd) and Hrgota (44th).
After the restart, a game developed at eye level. First of all, Fürth had a great chance to take the lead thanks to his best player of the evening, Jamie Leweling (48th). Then the offensive game of Eintracht flashed for the first time. Filip Kostic (57th) and Almamy Touré (69th) narrowly missed the goal after Djibril Sow (53rd) had previously set the guests’ first offensive highlight.
As a result, the Fürthern lacked the explosiveness that had characterized them in passage one. At the goal of Rode, Franken keeper Marius Funk had no chance. In the final phase, however, Frankfurt could again rely on its strong goalkeeper Kevin Trapp with a double chance for Itter and Hrgota (87th). Then Fürth was allowed to cheer after all, but the joy did not last long. So it was again a bitter and avoidable bankruptcy for the shamrocks.
Baumgart: “I’m still pissed off”
After his relieving equalizer, Anthony Modeste ran to his trainer Steffen Baumgart, put on his cult hat and performed a little dance. With a brace in 2-2 (1: 2) against Union Berlin, the Frenchman once again single-handedly saved 1. FC Köln from defeat.
Modeste (7th) put his team in the lead. After Julian Ryerson (9th) and Grischa Prömel (45th + 1) had turned the game for the guests in the meantime, the Cologne Torgarant was back in the 86th minute. Modeste has now scored the last six competitive goals for FC.
“I’m still pissed off,” said Cologne trainer and Union member Baumgart in the DAZN streaming service – but not because of Modest’s extravagant cheers, as he emphasized. Rather, he was annoyed about one or the other, he said, alluding to the lack of fan support after the deficit.
His boys would have played and done, “and then, when I see the surrounding area, the emotions this stadium can bring, why can’t you do that when you’re 2-1 down, why do the boys have to worry to make a mistake, “he said.
Only briefly in the lead
After all, the table-eleventh from Cologne got four days before the start of the session on November 11th. in the carnival jersey with confetti design the first point in the fifth first division duel with the feared opponent. The Berliners are eighth, two points behind the fourth Wolfsburg, which they would have overtaken with a win. “I think it was already possible to win here,” said Berlin goalkeeper Andreas Luthe. “Even if I have to say that Cologne played a very good home game. They made life difficult for us.” His team should have played the counterattack better to the end. “That has happened again and again in the last few weeks.”
The 50,000 spectators in the Cologne arena saw a rapid start. And the Cologne among them only had to wait until the seventh minute to cheer Modeste’s next goal. After Florian Kainz hit the crossbar, the Frenchman switched quickly, stopped the ball with his thigh and pushed it into the empty goal from three meters.
125 seconds later, the Cologne team gave up the lead when Ryerson slid the ball into the right corner from 18 meters, completely unrestricted. The Norwegian, who waited 46 Bundesliga appearances for his first goal, scored in the second game in a row.
Strange scene, yellow cards and a lot of pressure
How many emotions were involved was shown by a curious scene in the 17th minute. Modeste built himself up with a free kick in front of Union keeper Andreas Luthe and kept jumping into view so that he could not direct his defensive wall with a free kick. Luthe pushed him away with both hands, both saw yellow.
“That’s not my understanding of fair play,” Luthe said of the Modeste campaign. I have made that clear to him to some extent, I think. He didn’t think that was so good. “
However, most of the action took place in midfield. Before the break, the Cologne team turned it up again, but Modeste headed past (38th) and Ondrej Duda hit the outside net (41st). Instead, Union took the lead. Prömel took the ball after a bad pass from Rafael Czichos, played one-two with Genki Haraguchi and pushed in. Seconds later, Awoniyi shot over it from five meters.
After the break, FC put pressure on, Baumgart tirelessly pushed his team forward in a short-sleeved polo shirt at nine degrees Celsius. Hector quickly had a good chance with his head (54th), but overall opportunities against disciplined guests were rare. Three days after the disappointing 2-1 draw against Feyenoord Rotterdam in the European Conference League, the Berliners seemed to have everything under control – until Modeste struck for the second time.
Source From: Stern
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