As of: March 2, 2024, 5:41 p.m
By: Luca Hartmann
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After four league games without a win, Eintracht Frankfurt won 2-1 against newly promoted Heidenheim.
A slapstick own goal and Nils Nkounkou scored the goals for the SGE.
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After four league games without a win and being eliminated from the Conference League, coach Dino Toppmöller's team can still win.
In the 2-1 win against Heidenheim, the SGE initially benefited from a curious own goal from Heidenheim defender Benedikt Gimber.
Nils Nkounkou increased for the Hessians shortly after half-time.
The hosts only managed to score again through Marvin Pieringer.
Nils Nkounkou (front) celebrates his goal to make it 2-0.
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Heidenheim with a decent opening phase
After six minutes, the advanced Patrick Mainka missed the first opportunity for the home team, who had to do without their best scorer Jan-Niklas Beste due to injury.
US international Lennard Maloney was also unavailable for the first time this season.
Nevertheless, the Heidenheimers did well.
The Frankfurt team ventured forward for the first time after 20 minutes when Nkounkou threatened to score with an unsuccessful cross.
Kevin Müller held on to the ball in the second attempt and a little later Omar Marmoush couldn't find his teammate Fares Chaibi.
Slapstick own goal gives Eintracht the lead
Because hardly anything worked out of the structured game, a bizarre scene was needed: Gimber unchallenged played a back pass towards goalkeeper Müller.
However, the ball bounced right in front of the Heidenheim keeper and bounced over his foot into the goal - a flattering break.
However, Eintracht's defense, which had recently been heavily criticized and had conceded twelve goals in the last six games, hardly allowed anything to happen.
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And after the break, Eintracht made things clear.
Nkounkou made it 2-0 with his first real shot on goal.
Schmidt reacted and brought new forces into play.
After Pieringer's goal, hope arose again.
Ultimately, however, nothing changed as Heidenheim also lost out in the third duel with Eintracht.
Rather, the unlucky Müller prevented a higher defeat with a triple save against Marmoush and Ansgar Knauff (70th).
Jan Schöppner missed the best chance to equalize with a header after a corner (80th) and Trapp had to intervene twice in stoppage time.
(LuHa/dpa)