Hummels cooks up Eintracht: Frankfurt’s Champions League hopes dashed

“Will Robin finally cook Hummels tomorrow?” was the BILD headline on Saturday before the hit in Dortmund. But then yesterday exactly the opposite happened after stupid defensive mistakes.

Hummels cooks up Eintracht – Frankfurt loses 1:3 and can finally bury their hopes of the Champions League.

Referee Siebert shows BVB captain Can the red card, but later takes it back

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Of all people, BVB defender Mats Hummels (35), who was selected by national coach Julian Nagelsmann for the upcoming international matches, headed the decisive 2-1 win for the hosts in front of 80,000 fans. Robin Koch (27), nominated for Hummels, then fouls Dortmund’s joker Bynoe-Gittens on the penalty area line – and Emre Can, who was born in Frankfurt, puts the lid on it with a penalty.

Eintracht keeper Kevin Trapp, how Hummels was sorted out by the DFB, on “DAZN”: “The two goals conceded at the end are unnecessary. Now we have to recover for ten days, then we have two important home games with Union and Werder. The goal has to be six points.”

Coach Dino Toppmöller: “We are eating up another set-piece goal, which really annoys me. Losing the ball before conceding the goal was crazy.” Toppmöller was referring to Willian Pacho’s fatal passing error before the free kick, which led to Hummels’ 2-1 win.

Problem: For long stretches, Eintracht did not operate on an equal footing with BVB as Toppmöller had hoped. Even after the break and with the switch to two strikers (Marmoush/Ekitiké), Frankfurt lacked any offensive power.

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Also exciting: In the 85th minute, referee Stieler withdrew his red card against Can, who had sidestepped Skhiri, based on VAR advice and gave yellow instead. Eintracht’s 1-0 goalscorer Mario Götze was angry: “For me it wasn’t a clear wrong decision. A straight leg, if the foot is stationary, it will be out for six months.”

BVB victory in the final phaseCrazy Hummels flying header

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The only positive aspects: Eintracht is five points ahead of seventh-placed Augsburg. And sports director Markus Krösche will begin contract negotiations with supervisory board chairman Philip Holzer during the international break. And according to BILD information, everything looks like Krösche will stay in Frankfurt.

2024-03-17 20:25:05
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