As of: February 10, 2024, 5:43 p.m
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Eintracht Frankfurt gets a point against VfL Bochum.
The SBU lacked cool-headedness.
A returnee gives hope.
Frankfurt – Eintracht Frankfurt is standing still in the Bundesliga.
On the 21st matchday, the SGE suffered the next setback in the race for the European Cup places.
Despite having the best opportunities against VfL Bochum, coach Dino Toppmöller's team couldn't get past a 1-1 draw (1-1) and missed out on making amends for their disappointing performance the previous week at 1. FC Köln (0-2).
Despite Marmoush's accurate return: Eintracht Frankfurt missed out on a win against VfL Bochum
Africa Cup returnee Omar Marmoush, on whom the Eagle Bearers' hopes rest, gave the ineffective Hessians an early lead (14th), but thanks to Moritz Broschinski's goal (17th), Bochum secured the next point in the battle for the Relegation.
Frankfurt has to improve in the second round first leg of the Conference League on Thursday (6.45 p.m.) at Union Saint-Gilloise.
Eintracht coach Dino Toppmöller had called for “a good reaction” to the “weak performance” in Cologne.
To do this, he had to change his starting eleven to five positions: Attacker Sasa Kalajdzic became a father on Saturday, goalkeeper Kevin Trapp also had to miss the game at short notice with back problems, and Jens Grahl played instead.
Eintracht Frankfurt around striker Omar Marmoush couldn't get beyond a draw against VfL Bochum.
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SGE is having a hard time before the break: Bochum wrestles a point from Frankfurt
The Bochum team actually got off to a better start, but the SGE took the lead with the first opportunity.
After a counterattack via Fares Chaibi, Marmoush, who was back for the first time since the Africa Cup of Nations, slotted in easily.
However, the answer came quickly: Broschinski equalized with a deflected shot.
Eintracht had a difficult time before the break, and the injury-related substitution of Hugo Larsson after around 20 minutes also increased their personnel concerns.
The Hessians bit their teeth against Bochum's compact defense, but VfL, on the other hand, played along cheerfully and repeatedly caused needle pricks.
Opportunities such as Bochum's Kevin Stöger's inaccurate finish (26th) remained in short supply in the first half.
Only Chaibi (45th) narrowly missed a cross from Donny van de Beek shortly before the half-time whistle, and not much else came from the SGE.
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Eight points behind the CL places: Eintracht Frankfurt is standing still
That changed after the break when Marmoush (48th) missed the big chance to score a second goal.
Willian Pacho (57th) was similarly negligent and missed another good opportunity from close range.
Takuma Asano aimed inaccurately twice on the other side (59th/66th).
Eintracht invested more and created chances almost every minute.
The SGE started the final phase with momentum, after a strong individual effort from substitute Hugo Ekitike, Chaibi (69th) also failed to get the ball over the line at the best opportunity.
So it remained a performance-based draw.
Eintracht is still in sixth place in the table and is already eight points behind the Champions League places.
(wuc/SID)