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Frankfurt with bitterem Europa-Ko
Eintracht Frankfurt suffered a bitter defeat against Union Saint-Gilloise. Of all people, a German shoots the Belgian first division team to victory.
Dennis Eckert Ayensa scored for Union Saint-Gilloise to make it 2-0
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Title dream ended! Eintracht Frankfurt was eliminated in the second round of the Europa Conference League. The Hessians lost to Union Saint-Gilloise 1:2 (0:2). Dennis Eckert Ayensa, who already played for Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Ingolstadt, set the decisive needle.
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After the turbulent 2:2 (2:1) in the first leg, the game took some time to gain momentum. Without the injured star striker Sasa Kalajdzic, Dino Toppmöller’s team had problems on the offensive for long stretches.
Sports director defends Toppmöller
National goalkeeper Kevin Trapp struggled with words after the game on RTL. “To be honest, it’s difficult to analyze it so rationally right now. We’re really having difficulty creating chances at the moment. “Today it wasn’t compelling enough going forward, but I find it difficult to explain,” said a disappointed Trapp. “But overall it was just not enough. You could just tell from the silence in the stadium, it will be difficult to digest this defeat,” summed up the 33-year-old.
Sports director Timmo Hardung said: “We deserved to lose and we have to accept that. In the end it wasn’t enough today, but it wasn’t the coach’s idea.”
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The Hessians were clearly the dominant team in the first half, but were unable to convert their dominance into a goal. Farès Chaibi failed with his free kick attempt by the narrowest of margins (45th +1), guest goalkeeper Anthony Morris just barely steered the ball over the crossbar with a remarkable save.
German professional shocks Eintracht
After the restart there was a sudden shock for the home team: The Swiss Cameron Puertas gave the Belgian league leaders the lead after a strong counterattack (47th). And it got even worse, German professional Dennis Eckert Ayensa scored from a corner (80th), just four minutes after coming on as a substitute, to make it 2-0.
The goals conceded took a toll on Eintracht, but even with new signing Hugo Ekitike coming on as a substitute, Frankfurt didn’t have enough offensive play. Junior Dina Ebimbe was able to score the next goal (88th), but was unable to avert defeat.
The 2022 Europa League winner failed to build on the inspiring performances of previous years on the international stage.
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With Sports Information Service (SID)