Joy in the city forest: Frankfurt cheered the gate to 3-1.
Photo: dpa/Uwe Anspach
It honors İlkay Gündoğan that he wrote his explanations in detail in this sobering Champions League night in German and Turkish. The ex-captain of the German national team, which was chosen as the leader of the Turkish master Galatasaray Istanbul, had experienced a nightmare in the heart of Europe. Or better a lesson in passion because Eintracht Frankfurt ended up over the guests from the Bosphorus. The 34-year-old, like colleague Leroy Sané, was released after almost an hour and later admitted: »Overall, it was not good enough. We let our heads hang a bit. “
Had national coach Julian Nagelsmann with his basic scolding at the level of the Süper Lig, the Gündogan’s new employer with 15 points and 15: 1 goals after five match days, but right? Galatasaray’s coach Okan Buruk had to admit not to have had no answer to the fighting spirit of the eagle wearer. Despite a large -scale shopping tour, it could be difficult for his team to survive on the stage of the best. In contrast, the Hesse made a crash course in terms of champions League suitability with a cleverly composed squad.
Although Ansgar Knauff was the only Frankfurt experience in the premier class, the Eintracht ensemble did not demonstrate a standing quality for the first time. Trainer Dino Toppmöller raved: »What night, what an evening. Incredible. At half -time I told the boys that they are good that they have the quality. ”Trainers and players seem to have developed together on the route via Conference League and Europa League.
The host was still happily equalized by an own goal of the accident for Davinson Sanchez (37th), before the edent technician Can Uzun (45.+2), double packer Jonathan Burkardt (45.+4 and 66.) as well as Energy bundle Knauff (75.). Match winner Burkardt seemed relieved. “It was an incredible start for the team and for me.”
The FSV Mainz’s royal transfer had initially strangely crushed in Frankfurt, now the 25-year-old rose to the symbolic figure of the resistance spirit. Toppmöller recognized the penchant for perfection with him, which does not have to be in the power of this group: just cut everything in – the rest runs by itself! The coach had advised Burkardt to soak up “the special energy in this stadium” before the game. There is officially no goal for the league of the Champions League: enjoy and win as often as possible!
The most important victory had already achieved the no longer moody diva from the Main in the run -up of the gala – outside of the lawn: Hesse kept the sovereignty in the stands. Officially 3000 tickets had been held-ultimately there were a maximum of 4,000 Galatasaray supporters among the 58,700 spectators. The announced “gala invasion” should remain a brain. Already in the confetti choreography under the motto “Black and white with all men”, it became clear that the yellow-red had little to report.
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Eintracht board member Philipp Reschke was pleased: »We had a home game in every respect. A compliment to all spectators that the atmosphere was somewhat spectacular and peaceful. ”The lawyer had threatened to lose their ticket at the black market with the loss of the season ticket or withdrawal of membership. According to Reschke, his own appendix remained “mindful and vigilant”. And at the end of the next magical night, so roared through the city forest: “Europe’s best team – SGE!” The guest block had long been silent.
The eagle carriers have set an exclamation mark for the location of Germany: Despite all the calls to doom, the Bundesliga seems competitive. At least on the first match day. Two victories (Bavaria and Frankfurt), two draws (Dortmund and Leverkusen) are impressive. The competition from England (defeats for Chelsea and Newcastle), Spain (Atletico) or Italy (Naples) did not get away with it. Maybe German football virtues are not completely buried. In any case, the European League winner greets the top of the Champions League in 2022, which will certainly not stay for long in view of the upcoming tasks at Atletico Madrid (September 30) and against FC Liverpool (October 22).
Sports board member Markus Krösche emphasized: »Beadlers after the first match day, I don’t count that now. It was simply a good performance, the team is stable and convinced of your own strength. ”Otherwise you still have” some construction sites “in German football, but the smart Frankfurt maker, who also works in the DFL league association, is not worried. “For us and the league, it is simply important in an international context to collect points.” The beginning is made.