Frankfurt misses record: First European Cup defeat in Lyon!

Frankfurt misses record: First European Cup defeat in Lyon!

Eintracht Frankfurt had to come to terms with a painful defeat against Olympique Lyon in the Europa League. The game ended 2: 3, and the Frankfurters miss a sole record of 18 unbeaten Europa League games, which they now have to share with Chelsea FC, like hessenschau.de . The start was promising for the Hesse: Ansgar Knauff put the Eintracht in the lead in the 19th minute of the game. But the hopes did not last long, because Lyon dominated the game and equalized by Rayan Cherki before turning the game with goals from Malick Fofana and Ernest Nuamah.

Eintracht under pressure

After the first half, Frankfurt started stumbling. Defensive errors led Lyon to completely took over the game. Fofana used an unsuccessful ball from Arthur Theat and increased in the 50th minute to 2: 1, followed by Nuamah's goal in the 54th minute, which set the score to 3: 1. The only bright spot was Omar Marmoush's connection goal in the 85th minute, which gave some hope late, but it was not enough for a point win, as well as radiobielefeld.de reported.

The defeat was also a bitter setback for coach Dino Toppmöller, who saw the red card after the final whistle. With his team, Frankfurt remains among the top eight teams in the Europa League despite the defeat, but direct progress to the round of 16 is no longer secured. Eintracht has lost its lightness in the current phase and is now under pressure to score in the remaining games in order to achieve the desired goal.