Eintracht Frankfurt is still hoping to beat Borussia Dortmund and make it into the Champions League. Regardless of this, the uncertainty surrounding the Hesse team’s coach is over.
After a thorough analysis, Eintracht Frankfurt will enter the new Bundesliga season with the recently controversial coach Dino Toppmöller.
“Dino used the time, was very reflective and clear. Of course he was also self-critical, with a strong focus and deductions for the new season. In my view, that is important and decisive,” said sports director Markus Krösche in an interview on the club’s website.
Toppmöller has come under increasing criticism recently, but has a contract with Frankfurt that runs until June 30, 2026. Despite a weak second half of the season with only four wins, he led Eintracht to sixth place in the table, which would even be enough to qualify for the premier class if Borussia Dortmund win the Champions League against Real Madrid on Saturday. Otherwise, Eintracht plays in the Europa League. The fact that the meager haul of 47 points is enough for this was mainly due to the weakness of the competition.
Krösche hopes for more “punch” in cup competitions
Toppmöller made a very good impression in the analysis and convincingly demonstrated that he has the power to drive positive development in the new season,” Krösche continued. After the last game of the season against RB Leipzig (2:2), he avoided making a clear commitment to continuing his collaboration with the 43-year-old.
Toppmöller came to Frankfurt a year ago and succeeded Oliver Glasner as head coach, with whom Eintracht won the Europa League in 2022. Under the new coach, the Hessians failed in the DFB Cup round of 16 against third division side 1. FC Saarbrücken, and the Frankfurt team was also eliminated early in the Conference League. “We expect a different punch, more determination and ultimately better results,” said Krösche about the cup competitions, which are actually Frankfurt’s specialty. “The style of our football has not always been right in the Bundesliga either.”
Decent first half followed by weak second half
In the Bundesliga, things were going well under Toppmöller, whose father Klaus was also Frankfurt’s head coach around 30 years ago, in the first half of the season. Only six points separated the club from fourth place and three from fifth place. In the second half of the season, however, the gap widened significantly. In the final spurt, even European Cup qualification was in danger.
“It was Dino’s first year as head coach in the Bundesliga and he had to deal with difficult conditions,” said Krösche. “And despite everything, he managed to achieve a strong placing with the team.” In the coming weeks, they will look together to see to what extent personnel and structural adjustments in the team environment are sensible and necessary.
Source: Stern
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