Eintracht Frankfurt: Toppmöller – Krösche on Future

The lucky equalizer in stoppage time could not appease Eintracht Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche. After the 3:3 (1:1) draw at Werder Bremen at the start of the second half of the Bundesliga, the 45-year-old no longer wanted to give full support to head coach Dino Toppmöller.

He evaded the answer to the question of whether Toppmöller would continue. “We’re discussing this now. We have to address the issues and see that we never show such performances again,” he said instead.

Toppmöller was aware of his situation. The coach didn’t want to talk about a turning point for him. “I don’t have that feeling,” he said. “In the end, it’s not about how I feel. I think we’re all not happy.”

Is Toppmöller still on the bench in the Champions League?

There are some indications that Toppmöller’s time in Frankfurt could soon be coming to an end after two and a half years. He may no longer travel to Hessen’s last-chance game on Wednesday (6:45 p.m.) in the Champions League at Qarabak Agdam in Azerbaijan.

“We have had the same issues that have accompanied us for 17 or 18 games now,” said Krösche. “We concede incredibly easy goals. We are far too hectic when we have the ball and have no structure. We can’t continue like this.” Every time they stand there and say that there were too simple mistakes and too many goals conceded. “And yet nothing changes.”

Eintracht only got one win from their last seven Bundesliga games. Not enough for their own European Cup aspirations. Plus the massive defensive problems that were also visible in Bremen. In the first three league games of the year, Frankfurt conceded nine goals.

“This is a tiresome topic, and unfortunately these patterns repeat themselves,” admitted Toppmöller. “And of course I am primarily responsible for this.” The question is how much longer.