So it will be difficult for Eintracht against FC Barcelona!
On Thursday, Frankfurt meets the top Spanish club in the Europa League. The anticipation of the hit is actually huge, but was clouded on Saturday. Because in the weak 0-0 against Fürth, a horror injury shocked players and fans.
The 87th minute: After a duel with Jens Petter Hauge (22), Fürth defender Marco Meyerhöfer (26) twisted his right leg badly. The Eintracht striker immediately puts his hands in front of his face in horror, is stunned and even bursts into tears at the end.
Meyerhöfer, who played in the Eintracht youth team until 2014, is carried off the pitch on a stretcher. The 50,500 spectators, who are also shocked and quiet as a mouse after the scene, give him a fair round of applause.
All the more bitter for him: His parents and his wife Katharina were in the stadium and had to watch the shock.
Photo: Michael Kreft
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The Fürth defender (contract until 2025) will spend the night in a Frankfurt hospital overnight. The guests expressly thanked the people of Frankfurt for the initial support.
A first suspicion: tibia and fibula fracture. More details should be available on Sunday morning.
Photo: Michael Kreft
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Eintracht captain Sebastian Rode: “Jens Petter is inconsolable. Unhappy how he fell in there. I saw the foot in a not so nice position. There are no winners today.”
This serious injury overshadowed everything in the end. Also the weak game of Frankfurt, who serve Fürth the second away point this season on a silver platter.
Because Eintracht struggles against the compact defense of the bottom of the table over the entire 90 minutes – there are hardly any dangerous actions on the offensive.
Especially before the break there is far too little speed, hardly any wit, no ideas. Little goes beyond the outer Kostic (left) and Knauff (right).
Only Jesper Lindstrøm (22) causes a bit of danger on the pitch. The Dane also has the only two chances before the break, but fails in each case by the strong Fürth goalkeeper Linde (42nd/44th).
It doesn’t get much better in the second half either. Eintracht continues to play far too complicated, keeps getting stuck. Paciência, who comes for the once again unlucky Borré, ends up missing the best chance (80th). Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche on Sky: “It was far too little for our needs.”
So there definitely needs to be an increase by Thursday. Eintracht could have sold up to 300,000 tickets for the “game of the century” in the quarter-finals of the Europa League against the reinvigorated Barcelona. However, Frankfurt should then show a different performance, otherwise the Euro eagles will be plucked!
