Eintracht Frankfurt achieved an important victory in the relegation battle on matchday 29. At VfL Wolfsburg, the Hessen team won 2-1 (1-0). André Silva had given Frankfurt the lead with a penalty kick (27.). In the second half Wolfsburg increased the pressure and came through Kevin Mbabu (58th) to deserve the equalization. Daichi Kamada caused the late Hessian release (85th).
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The Frankfurt started bravely and attacked Wolfsburg deep in their half. Despite this research-oriented approach, it took a bit until the first good goal opportunity in the hard-fought game. This was offered to the hosts, who found the game better after 20 minutes. Maximilian Arnold served Jerome Roussillon with a first-class change of sides, the Frenchman had plenty of space in front of him and marched to the level of the penalty area. Then he served the ball to Josip Brekalo in sixteen, who accepted it briefly and locked it from six meters.
The ball would probably have passed under the crossbar, but Trapp put his fingers on it and cleared (20.). Right at the beginning of the Wolfsburg printing phase there was a penalty for Frankfurt. Marin Pongračić clung to André Silva on the right from a cross. Guido Winkmann immediately decided on a penalty. The foul man started himself and confidently transformed. The Portuguese aimed to the right and Koen Casteels was in the left corner (27th).
The Wolfsburgers responded to this lead with angry attacks, but Xaver Schlager (31st) and Brekalo (33rd) both narrowly moved from promising positions. With a counterattack, the guests even had the opportunity to take an even higher lead, but Mijat Gaćinović slid the ball over the inside when attempting from eight meters (41 '). He missed a goal just before the break, as did Bast Dost, who failed due to Trapp (44th).
At the beginning of the second section, the hosts demanded a penalty, but Winkmann and the VAR agreed that Silva was only on the shoulder with the ball (53.). VfL came to compensate and as against Leverkusen it was again a header after an Arnold free kick. The cross came from the right side to the first post, where Kevin Mbabu prevailed against Makoto Hasebe and Timothy Chandler and headed into the far corner (58.).
The Glasner-Elf tried to add directly, but now it was the Frankfurt team who came up with a counterattack. Chandler lifted the ball from the right inwards, there Pongracic headed the ball on Gacinovic. So the Serb suddenly stood free in front of Casteels, but he made himself big and was shot from close range (75th). Eintracht still had one last option, which they also used.
A Kostic cross from the left was in the air for a long time and yet Bast Dost got the ball on the right in the penalty area. The Dutchman put to the center where Schlager Daichi had lost sight of Kamada. The Japanese remained calm and deliberately pushed into the right corner to win (85th). Wolfsburg tried again with high balls, but more than one yellow-red card for Lucas Torro due to repeated foul play did not jump out (90. + 5).
The voices:
Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt): "Wolfsburg is a very strong team and also had many opportunities to score a goal. We just believed in it and just fought to the end. Today we really did what we set out to do Earned now or not, it was important for us that we took the three points with us. "
Jörg Schmadtke (Managing Director Sport VfL Wolfsburg): "I thought that we played a really great game up to 1-1 and did not reward ourselves for the huge effort we put in. That is why I think we have a very good overall Play made. After the 1-1 we got a little headless. "
Bast Dost (Eintracht Frankfurt): "We brought that. We have been waiting for a long time to win. The game against Freiburg was awesome. I have never seen you win such a game. We had at least ten hundred percent and then you play 3: 3. "
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