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There was a lot going on after the final whistle at Paok Saloniki. Eintracht is raging after the Greek provocations and Kevin Trapp was shown the red card.
Thessaloniki – Suddenly the person who had initially noticed nothing of the tumult and insults found himself in the middle of the accusation. After the heated battle at Paok Saloniki, including the inglorious aftermath, Eintracht coach Dino Toppmöller was asked whether he bore a not inconsiderable degree of complicity in what happened after the final whistle, given his apparent lack of fair play considerations.
Red? For me? Kevin Trapp in the yellow sweater can’t believe it and told the referee exactly that. © IMAGO/Jan Huebner
After the final whistle, events at Eintracht Frankfurt escalated
This happened shortly before the end of regular time: Paok captain Vieirinha slipped the ball into the touchline, directly at the Frankfurt bench, and then rolled around on the ground. Coach Toppmöller interpreted this as a clear display, picked up the ball, threw it to his player Eric Dina Ebimbe and signaled him to play quickly.
This upset everyone who supported Paok, fans, trainers, players, masseurs, doctors, journalists, stewards and God knows who else, so much so that all the fuses soon blew and Toppmöller later asked, as mentioned whether that had to be the case.
Toppmöller sees triggers at PAOK
“Paok’s player should ask himself that,” replied the 42-year-old. “He slipped the ball out and knew that the ball would come back in quickly, so he just stayed there. I don’t blame him for that. But if someone wants to point the finger at us, I have to address that too.”
The Greeks interpreted what happened next as compensatory justice and celebrated it in all its glory. When Konstantinos Koulierakis actually scored the 2-1 winning goal for Paok in stoppage time, emotions ran high. In his exuberance, Koulierakis first knocked a TV stand off his feet, the Paok coaching team provoked the Eintracht coaching team, and after the final whistle this form of “you’ve got this now” attitude increased immeasurably.
SGE keeper Trapp wants to mediate and gets into the argument
Paok assistant coach Pantelis Konstantinidis in particular could hardly pull himself together, either grabbing his groin or sticking individual fingers in the air to illustrate his clear message. Not to mention a few swear words in English (first letter F) or Greek (first letter M). The Eintracht players rushed back, there were rude insults, pushing and the classic pack formation.
Unfortunately, Eintracht captain Kevin Trapp also got involved at some point, after he had previously only followed the whole commotion from a safe distance and from the “corners of his eyes” and actually didn’t want to get involved. But when Paok coach Razvan Lucescu continued to rage, Trapp thought he had better call the good man to reason and signaled to him with his index finger on his mouth: “Calm down, the game is over, it’s enough Now, everything is okay.”
Trapp sees the red card
Lucescu didn’t find it, and when the coach and a few other supervisors started to attack and “a few words flew in my direction”, i.e. F and M words, the goalkeeper himself was trying to regain his composure. And before he knew it, he – like Paok player Soualiho Meité and assistant coach Konstantinidis – was shown a red card by referee Simone Sozza.
The Eintracht captain saw this as a “scandal, really”. He couldn’t say why he saw red. “According to the referee, I started again when everything calmed down again. But I didn’t see what had calmed down and I don’t know what I should have started either,” says the keeper and thinks: “It couldn’t be more obvious, everyone can see that I’m trying to mediate and calm everything down .” He now hopes for “common sense” in UEFA’s assessment. However, the 33-year-old will probably not be able to avoid a one-game suspension.
Toppmöller: “It’s going to be a hot dance”
Eintracht started their journey home with a good deal of anger in their stomachs. “We want to convert the anger into positive energy,” says coach Dino Toppmöller. Already on Sunday in the home game against Heidenheim. But especially in the second game against Paok Saloniki in front of the home crowd. “I’m looking forward to the second leg,” said Trapp with a smug smile on his lips. And Toppmöller sent a few greetings to Paok: “You can expect a hot dance, we will approach the game with maximum energy.”
2023-10-07 03:19:00
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