Sports crisis at Eintracht Frankfurt
Trapp sounds the alarm after missing victory – “Very negative cloud”
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Eintracht Frankfurt lost two points against Werder Bremen. Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp is annoyed by the results from recent games. There are difficult weeks ahead. The sixth place they so longed for is suddenly in danger for the Hessians.
The wonderful spring weekend with summer temperatures was already clouded for Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday night. The disappointing 1-1 draw against crisis club Werder Bremen and the once again wasted opportunity to take a huge step towards the European Cup in the Bundesliga took its toll on those in charge as well as on the players.
“Somehow there is a very, very negative cloud hanging over us. We were sometimes rightly criticized because the games were simply not nice and the results were not there,” said goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.
Behind Leverkusen, Bayern, Stuttgart, Dortmund and Leipzig, Eintracht is still on course for the Europa League in sixth place. But the two draws against 1. FC Union Berlin (0-0) and now against Bremen in front of 58,000 spectators felt like clear setbacks. “It’s disappointing and frustrating when you don’t come out of a game like this with a win. We have planned much more. There would have been more,” said coach Dino Toppmöller. “So we have to swallow this first.”
Long list of defects at Eintracht Frankfurt
In the wild exchange of blows with one goal each (Tuta and Milos Veljkovic) and one red card each (Tuta and Jens Stage) per club, Eintracht pressed for victory late on, but once again it wasn’t rewarded.
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The twelfth draw this season is a headache. “We have to continue to be patient. That’s what it’s all about now,” said Toppmöller. That doesn’t seem so easy, after all, the Hessians are making little progress in terms of play.
Kevin Trapp from Eintracht Frankfurt is frustrated
Quelle: picture alliance/HMB Media
The list of defects is long. Mistakes such as the unnecessary sending off of Tuta or the repeated foul play by junior Dina Ebimbe, who could have also seen yellow-red, continue throughout the season. Sports director Markus Krösche spoke of a “completely unnecessary red card. That’s extremely unfortunate.” Tuta is likely to be out for a suspended period in the coming weeks. Midfielder Ellyes Skhiri is also facing a break due to a calf injury.
This is particularly bitter because there are games against the best teams in the country in the next few weeks. In Stuttgart, at FC Bayern and against the designated champions Bayer Leverkusen. “The remaining program is brutal. We still have everything in our own hands,” said goalkeeper Trapp, who made a thoughtful and accomplished impression on the DAZN microphone.
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For hardly any other club is international business as important as for Eintracht and their emotional fans. The Europa League semi-finals in 2019 and the triumph in 2022 were great moments in the club’s recent history. With the long-term extension with chief strategist Krösche (until 2028), the course for the future should be set this week.
Late on Friday evening, Krösche was well served. “We are not satisfied with the way things were done, nor with the results. We have to develop a different punch. A result like that cannot satisfy us,” said the 43-year-old before the remaining six games.
