Eintracht is still waiting for Mario Götze (30). The playmaker is also absent from the second pre-season test due to slight muscular problems.
6620 fans saw a 1:0 of the European Cup winner at fourth division Viktoria Aschaffenburg without him.
“That was another precautionary measure. Mario has been training, but football is still too dangerous,” explains coach Oliver Glasner (47). Apart from Götze, attacker Jesper Lindström (adductors) and joker Gonçalo Paciência, who was negotiating with a possible new club, were absent. Italy’s first division promoted Cremonese is interested.
In the end, the fans in Aschaffenburg saw more changes than goals. Eintracht brought a total of 27 players – all were used. Host Viktoria even had to vacate her own cabin so that the pros had enough space. The regional league team was then less forgiving on the pitch.
Eintracht was only successful in the 27th minute. After a corner was blocked by Lenz, Kolo Muani hits the ball in front of the goal and Evan Ndicka dusts off to make it 1-0.
Glasner annoyed: “I’m not entirely happy with the test today. We ran into goal seven times alone – and only scored one goal. We can do better.” Kolo Muani, Alidou, Akman, Borré, Kamada and Ferri missed.
Glasner: “For the last six weeks we have only received congratulations and congratulations. Today we saw that it’s over on the pitch. The opponent was aggressive and made life difficult for us.”
