Eintracht Frankfurt has taken a big step closer to the knockout phase of the Europa League thanks to offensive star Omar Marmoush. The Bundesliga football team won 1-0 (0-0) in their home stadium against Slavia Prague. In front of 57,350 football fans, Marmoush scored the goal of the day with an artfully taken free kick in the 53rd minute. The Hessians have thus collected ten points after four match days in the league phase and have consolidated their position in the top group.
After the victory in the DFB Cup against Borussia Mönchengladbach (2:1) and the furious 7:2 in the Bundesliga against VfL Bochum, it was the SGE’s third home win within nine days. On Sunday (5.30 p.m./DAZN) Eintracht will face Champions League participants VfB Stuttgart again away from home.
Turbulent injury time at Hoffenheim
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and their controversial coach Pellegrino Matarazzo also missed out on a sense of success in the Europa League. The Bundesliga 16th On the fourth matchday against Olympique Lyon, after a turbulent stoppage time, the score was only 2-2 (0-0). Of all people, the Frenchman Valentin Gendrey took the lead (47th minute) against the seven-time French football champions in front of only 18,227 spectators in Sinsheim. But Abner Vinicus equalized (66th). Alexandre Lacazette (90+3) scored again for Lyon, Umut Tohumcu (90+5) late on to make the final score.
The Kraichgauer team can only boast one win and two draws. Matarazzo had made three changes to his team compared to the 2-0 defeat against FC St. Pauli, including moving U17 world champion Max Moerstedt into the starting line-up. New impetus was desperately needed, especially in attack. TSG recently remained goalless in three of four games across all competitions.
At Lyon, former Bundesliga professionals Moussa Niakhaté (formerly Mainz 05) and Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich) as well as a few regular players only sat on the bench. In 2018, both teams faced each other in the group stage of the Champions League – and drew 3:3 and 2:2.
