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Test against Bergamo, then vacation

VOut in the morning, back in the evening: Eintracht is putting pressure on for the last time this year. This Friday, coach Oliver Glasner’s team will fly to Bergamo, where the test against Atalanta, with which the Frankfurt club has been a fan for many years, is due. Not all men will be back on board on the return flight. Luca Pellegrini is allowed to stay at home.

The left-back and the rest of the Europa League winners take up duty on January 3 – with one or two exceptions. Since it is now also officially certain that Eintracht will fly to the training camp in Dubai from January 4th to 14th, Daichi Kamada does not have to start this journey from Frankfurt. The Japanese, who lost to Croatia in the round of 16 at the desert World Cup in Qatar with his compatriots, has flown directly from home to the emirate.

And if one of the two Eintracht professionals involved in the World Cup were to become world champions, coach Glasner would be willing to make concessions. Only Frenchman Randal Kolo Muani and Croatian Kristijan Jakic are eligible. The other five Eintracht players who were in Qatar have already retired from the tournament.

As the last Djibril Sow, who experienced a Waterloo with Switzerland in the 1: 6 against Portugal. “Maybe there will be a Christmas amnesty,” said the Eintracht coach with a wink on Wednesday. A fresh world champion in the ranks of Eintracht would therefore also only have to join the team on January 4th in the training camp. Glasner does not see any problems with the choice of location in Dubai. “A million Germans fly to Dubai every year. We are in no position to have to justify ourselves. That’s not Eintracht Frankfurt’s job.”

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