Ein man, a scandal: the team athlete Filip Kostic separated himself from his team before the Bundesliga match of Frankfurter Eintracht at Arminia Bielefeld, refused the final training on Friday like the trip to East Westphalia, in the role of the stubborn loner his switch to the Italian series A club to force Lazio Rome. A boycott that was not justified by anything and caused waves of outrage before the Hessians’ competitive game on the Bielefeld “Alm”.
Just as the French striker and star striker Ousmane Dembélé once forced his move from Borussia Dortmund to FC Barcelona, which was expensive with 105 million euros plus bonus payments, in the summer of 2017, the 28-year-old Serbian left winger is currently enjoying a cheap copy. Eintracht says they haven’t even received an offer for the morally offside striker and for the time being, says sports director Markus Krösche, “irritated” about the misguided player.
“We have always got to know Filip as a professional with solid character,” says Krösche, who is amazed to say the least, about the change of heart of the first person shooter, whose market value is estimated at 35 million euros two years before his contract expires. Lazio, however, are said to have only ten million euros left to sign the Serbian international. Whether Kostic and his advisors can give in or the two clubs can agree on a deal in this dirty affair triggered by Kostic? Everything open.
“Filip has achieved so much”
The current question, however, was also how Eintracht would fare on Saturday afternoon under these turbulent circumstances after a defeat and a draw at DSC Arminia, which was also previously without a win. She did it well one half, but then gave up the game. After Hauge’s opening goal (22nd minute), Wimmer equalized for the Bielefeld team, who were enormously powerful in the second half (86th). As a result, Eintracht is still waiting for their first win of the season as fourth in the table.
“The Bielefelder came up more and more, we could not hold the balls”, was the explanation of captain Martin Hinteregger for the reversal of the balance of power. He said only the very best about the sporty missing Kostic. “Filip has done so much for the club, he has to talk to us. Everyone is happy when they stay here. “
Glasner knew after a conversation with Kostic on Friday morning that he wanted to leave the club. The fact that the Serb did not show up for the final training session in the afternoon “surprised him negatively”. Should Kostic still be a player of Eintracht after the end of this transfer period, he will have to “have a longer conversation about the situation” with the “left outside”.
Eintracht started in Bielefeld as if they didn’t miss their renegade colleague Kostic that much. Against rather uncertain Bielefeld players who were imprecise in the passing game, the Hessians earned 72 percent of ball possession in the first half. Her best, undisturbed attack over 14 stations was completed by the Norwegian Hauge, who came this summer, after Durm’s cross from a short goal distance to make it 1-0. His second competitive goal for Frankfurt. The new center forward Borré (25th) missed another great opportunity quite lightly.
The Armines then kept the damage within limits, also because Eintracht did not pursue their trainer resolutely enough on the 47th birthday of their trainer. So in the last ten minutes Bielefeld came into play, but the closings of Klos and Krüger were more trying than determined.
Bielefeld’s Laursen (left) and Ortega clashed unhappily.
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In the second half, Eintracht was visibly intimidated by the Bielefeld players who were now turned back. Borré missed a great opportunity after a quick attack from Frankfurt (56th), which led to Ortega and Laursen from Bielefeld falling into each other. The possibly harder hit Danish defender was taken a little later on a stretcher from the field and then to the hospital. On the other hand, Frankfurt were initially lucky several times when Hack’s shot hit the post (67th) and Hinteregger blocked Hack’s attempt from sixteen meters on the goal line (79th). At Hack’s next opportunity, Hinteregger prevented the impact again (79th).
Snot cheeky Wimmer meets
But in the next attempt by Arminia, Trapp was defeated because the substitute, snotty Wimmer hit the long-deserved 1: 1 with a low shot from 18 meters. Glasner agreed with this assessment because his team had “given up” the game “in the last half hour”. He was “satisfied” with the first lesson. After all the incidents in personnel issues over the past few months at this troubled club, he sees his task primarily as “bringing unity back into calmer waters”. That could take a while.
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