Eintracht Frankfurt: Slapstick bankruptcy in the Rhein-Main derby against Mainz!

In the exciting Rhine-Main derby between Eintracht Frankfurt and the 1st FSV Mainz 05, an own goal caused trouble at Eintracht. The use of Kaua Santos, who guarded the box for the sick Kevin Trapp, proved to be fatal. In the 15th minute, Santos unhappily promoted the ball into his own network after a missed game and thus ensured the first goal of the Mainz. Only shortly afterwards, in the 27th minute, the guests increased to 2-0 by a deflected shot from Paul Nebel. At that time, Eintracht already played outnumbered because captain Nadiem Amiri was put off the pitch in the 21st minute with a red card, reports Hessenschau.de.

The second half did not bring the hoped -for turn for Eintracht. The team tried to catch up, but had to accept again in the 58th minute by a mistake by Santos that Mainz increased to 3-0. Nikolas Veratnig served Jae-Sung Lee, whose shot Santos could not hold on. An ultimate storm run by Eintracht finally ended with a goal through Rasmus Kristensen in the 75th minute, which set the final result to 1: 3. With this defeat, Eintracht ends the first half of the season and thus missed the Christmas present to the fans, as reported today.at.

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Eintracht has now collected three competitive defeats in a row and has been without victory for five games. Despite 65 percent possession of the ball in the first section and 12: 2 goal shots, the team of coach Dino Toppmöller was unable to wrest something countable to the hosts. The pressure on Eintracht is growing because it is still in third place in the table, but already has nine points behind Bayern Munich. This also marks the first home defeat of the season and the end of an eight game -lasting unbeaten series against the Mainz.