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“S***** it doesn’t matter if we’re better or worse. We want the trophy”
Badesalz comedian Henni Nachtsheim (65) is looking forward to the Europa League final of Eintracht with great excitement: “If the Rangers should be superior and we only shoot once on goal and end up a dirty 1-0 win, we don’t care. ”
With pithy words, Peter Fischer, the President of Eintracht Frankfurt, put the appendix in the mood for the final against Glasgow. The Hessians receive a very special greeting from an inferior opponent. Goethe is quoted here.
Dhe pain must have been great. And certainly in March, when the Betis Sevilla team conceded the equalizer seconds before the end that meant the knockout round of the Europa League, a few days had to pass to recover from the last-minute shock. Eintracht Frankfurt, who will play against Glasgow Rangers for the title in the Europa League final on Wednesday evening, was the opponent. The Hessians had won the first leg 2-1 before scoring a goal to make it 1-1 in extra time just before the final whistle.
Now that the final is also in Seville, the opponents who were defeated at the time are showing greatness. He addressed greetings full of empathy to Eintracht, quoting a well-known German poet. In the Estadio Benito Villamarín – the final will take place in the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, the home of city rivals FC Sevilla – since Tuesday afternoon there has been a greeting to Eintracht on the scoreboard, with the emblem of the Hessian club.
Open, approachable and always with a clear edge: Peter Fischer, the President of Eintracht Frankfurt
Source: pa/dpa/Arne Dedert
“On strict order, quick diligence, the most beautiful prize will be won. For the work to be completed, one spirit is enough for a thousand hands,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is quoted as saying. Underneath it says: “Real Betis wishes Eintracht Frankfurt every success in the final of the Europa League.”
The whistle for the final will sound on Wednesday evening at 9 p.m. The city in Andalusia has been in a state of emergency for days. Fans of both teams travel to the event by plane, train, bus and car. Almost 30 aircraft from Frankfurt alone are scheduled to land in Seville on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as Jerez de la Frontera, which is just under an hour’s drive away.
At a celebratory evening event, the Eintracht officials got their own delegation in the mood for the game. “We will be the boss in the stadium. It’s your fault that I’m not allowed to drink from this cup,” said Peter Fischer, the 66-year-old president. He was in the best of moods. “Winning the European Cup is a thousand times better than sex. Because these trophies are damn, damn rare,” he said in reference to the importance of the Europa League title.
For Frankfurt it would be the first international title since 1980
Fischer and board spokesman Axel Hellmann have decided to go into the curve in advance and to motivate the fans who are traveling with them in the stadium. “My goosebumps are always the size of peas. They can get even bigger, the peas,” said Fischer. The approximately 800 guests were not here the night before the game “to drink and eat for free,” explained the club president, as usual drastically. “What we are doing here is doping.”
For Eintracht Frankfurt it would be the first international title since 1980. At that time, the Hessians won the Uefa Cup in a German-German duel against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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The European Cup final is coming up in Seville: Eintracht Frankfurt versus Glasgow Rangers. For many fans, the public viewing is probably the main thing, as there were far more ticket requests than seats in the stadium. WELT reporter Maximilian Seib reports on the sometimes arduous journey of the trailers.
