The missed participation in the champions of the Champions League league is a bitter disappointment for the football players of Eintracht Frankfurt. “It definitely hurts now at that moment,” said international Elisa Sense after the 0: 3 in the away game of the third qualification round against Real Madrid on Thursday. “What we showed today was not enough.”
Trainer Niko Arnautis found that the “more mature team” had prevailed. The opponents, but you also have to say that, were “a hammerless”. The Frankfurt women had already lost 1-2 in the first leg.
Now against the 1. FC Slovácko
In the newly created Women’s Europa Cup, the Eintracht women will still be represented internationally. The second European women’s club competition is played in parallel to the Champions League. Lower clubs of the third qualification round offers a “second chance”, according to the UEFA. The Europa Cup is held in a pure knockout format and include six rounds: the first and second round, the eighth, quarter and semi-finals and finally the finals, all of which take place in the first and second leg. In their first game, the Frankfurt women meet 1. FC Slovácko from the Czech Republic. This was the result of the draw on Friday.
At Eintracht, participation in the Champions League had been formulated as a requirement in recent months – the words of Captain Laura Freight passed before the second leg. At the kick -off, “everything was set to zero again”, Freigang had defiantly claimed: “We go in a goal behind, but that doesn’t matter.”
The first goal of the season is already missed
In the seventh minute there was almost an early compensation in the overall result. The Swiss international Géraldine Reuteler shot-but the former Eintracht goalkeeper Merle Frohms prevented the early goal. Shortly afterwards, the Madrilen women took the lead 1-0 (9th minute) with a goal from Naomi Feller. After the damper, the Frankfurt women had not realized much. In the 34th minute, Signe Bruun scored the next goal. After two templates, Linda Caicedo finally scored the third goal for the Spaniards in the 60th minute. “We were lacking the last bite,” was cited by the German Press Agency, “after a now-or-nie game you shouldn’t have to say that. You must have given everything.”
The first goal of the season, which Eintracht sports director Markus Krösche had spent on, missed the women. This Monday (6 p.m.) the league home game against RB Leipzig is coming up. Free access formulated a clear message: “I don’t want to lose games anymore. We have the quality for it, but we have to achieve results.”
