The relief was huge. Eintracht Frankfurt won again for the first time after six Bundesliga games without a win and a real flood of goals. The 2-1 win in Wolfsburg was happy, but "an incredibly important signal" for the Hessians.
Wolfsburg (dpa) - These Frankfurt cheers would have been heard even in a full stadium.
When referee Guido Winkmann officially made the somewhat fortunate 2-1 (1-0) away win at VfL Wolfsburg, the Eintracht players roared a lot of what had been accumulating for weeks in frustration and increasingly also fear of relegation. "Today we achieved an absolute liberation," said coach Adi Hütter with relief. "It is very good for us."
Frankfurt had previously been victorious six times in a row in the Bundesliga and had conceded the number of 21 goals conceded in these six games. Eintracht already has the chance on Wednesday in the catch-up game at Werder Bremen to distance themselves from the relegation spots. "This will be an important game," said strong goalkeeper Kevin Trapp. "We had difficult weeks and I don't know if many believed that we could take something with us in Wolfsburg. But it was a great team effort with a lot of will. Bremen won again, so it is brutally important that we also won to have."
The Japanese Daichi Kamada scored the winning goal in the empty Volkswagen arena only five minutes before the end (85th). Wolfsburg had significantly more chances in this game and came through Kevin Mbabu in the 58th minute again to equalize. But Eintracht was much more resilient this time than in previous weeks. Taking a penalty from André Silva's (27th) penalty gave the team "confidence and strength" (Hütter). After the 1-1 draw, Marin Pongracic only allowed one major Wolfsburg chance (63).
"Of course, we had to stabilize the defensive. We succeeded today," said Hütter. "But what I liked best: I saw from the first to the last minute of every player that he put himself at the service of the team in a fighting manner. That was an incredibly important signal from us."
The Wolfsburg team missed exactly this signal in this game. Only four days after their convincing 4-1 win in Leverkusen, they stumbled again in the race for the Europa League places. Because one competitor in 1899 Hoffenheim equaled points with the sixth in the table. Another competitor Hertha BSC is getting closer and closer with former VfL trainer Bruno Labbadia. The Lower Saxony are four points ahead of the Berliners.
"I would classify the defeat unnecessarily today," said coach Oliver Glasner. Especially since he has to repeat himself more and more in such analyzes. VfL won only one of their past seven home games and spoiled this record in the 1-2 against Hertha BSC or 1-1 against Schalke 04. "I don't believe in coincidences. The fact is that we are often at home leave too many opportunities, "said Glasner. "We don't reward ourselves for the effort we put in."
In the first half alone, the wolves had a goal shot record of 14: 4 and two particularly thick options by Josip Brekalo (20th) and Wout Weghorst (42nd). A symbol of the fact that much of what went wrong this Saturday only four days earlier went wrong, but was different: Marin Pongracic scored two goals in Leverkusen. Against Frankfurt, however, the Croatian Under-21 international caused the penalty before the 0-1 and later missed the great chance to 2-1.
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