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Goal scorer Rafael Borré, Filip Kostic and Ansgar Knauff celebrate the 1-0
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Uwe Anspach / dpa
Eintracht Frankfurt has reached a European final for the third time after 1960 and 1980.
After the 1:0 (1:0) in the semi-final second leg of the Europa League against West Ham United, the Frankfurters now meet the Rangers from Glasgow in the final, who made the final with a 3:1 (2:0) against RB perfect to have.
The final will be held in Seville on May 18th.
In the first leg in London it had taken less than a minute for Eintracht to take the lead.
This time it took longer, also because West Ham initially acted more alert than last week's 1: 2, while Frankfurt seemed more nervous.
And then the shock for Eintracht right at the beginning: Martin Hinteregger had to be substituted with a thigh injury (8th minute).
Less than ten minutes later, the hosts had their first good chance when West Ham's Aaron Creswell misjudged a high ball and Jens Petter Hauge ran alone towards the visitors' goal.
Creswell grabbed a little too boldly in the duel shortly before the 16th - and according to the TV pictures, referee Jesús Gil Manzano also decided on the emergency brake and red (17th).
As a result, Frankfurt took over the ball and the game, Rafael Borré's goal (26th) was only logical.
The Londoners only had a chance just before half-time when Kurt Zouma sent the ball towards the goal from a free kick, Evan N'dicka cleared the line.
After the restart, Frankfurt – supported by the majority of the 48,500 football fans – still had everything under control.
Because West Ham were now more offensive when they were behind, Frankfurt also had chances again and again when they were outnumbered, but it was no longer really dangerous on either side.
As in Frankfurt, Glasgow's best performance at the stadium came from the stands in the early stages, then almost 50,000 jumped at the same time in the 18th minute as captain James Tavernier used the first chance to score his seventh goal of the competition and put the the hosts scored.
Leipzig also acted too unfocused afterwards, while the more aggressive Rangers pushed for the next goal.
This was also achieved a short time later by Glen Kamara (24th).
In the second half, Leipzig came back into play with a goal from Christopher Nkunku (71st).
But then it was John Lundstram (81') who, after the 0-1 draw in the first leg, made it perfect for Rangers to reach the final.
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