He Leipzig did not succeed in the early goal of Ansgar Knauff which ended up giving success to Red Bull Arena in Eintracht Frankfurt (0-1), on the return of the Spaniards Dani Olmo on the playing field two months after suffering his last injury.
Returning to the set range Marco Rose of the Spanish international is the best in the rivalry between the two teams bidding for a place in the next edition of the Champions League.
He did not have a good first part of the course Dani Olmo who injured his knee in Spain, in the match against Georgia in September and then, on November 4, he injured his shoulder in the clash against Mainz. The Spaniard is back to support his set-up with his sights set on the round of 16 of the Champions League against Real Madrid. Olmo played almost half an hour against Eintracht. He replaced Christoph Baumbartner when the score was tied.
And it was him Eintracht, settled at the top, has established itself as another candidate for a position in the Bundesliga Champions League. The victory in Leipzig had added value for Dino Toppmoller’s side, who scored the only goal of the game in the seventh minute, with Niels Nkounkou’s measured pass from the left into the area for Ansgar Knauff to tap home the winner in the back. of his marker and pushed the ball into the net.
Nothing was able to change the score afterwards. Although he put pressure on Rose’s frame, he was able to equalize after a quarter of an hour thanks to Benjamin Sesko in the first half and another at the beginning of the second half of Lois Openda, which he overthrew. However, the visiting team managed to seal it as Mario Gotze was in an unbeatable position to extend the lead.
He Leipzig, unorganized, seeks to avoid defeat in individual actions. Benjamin Henrichs had the equalizer in his face. He shoots, low, near the post. But his shot was caught by KEvin Trapp who successfully kept the whole match against Dino Toppmoller’s box.
A draw and a back-to-back defeat left Leipzig, still fourth in the table, six points behind Eintracht Frankfurt, fifth, in the European zone despite being threatened by Borrusia Dortmund, sixth.
LEIPZIG
01
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
0 – Leipzig: Janis Blaswich; Benjamin Henrichs (Elif Elmas, d.88), Mohamed Simakan (Castello Lukeba, d.87), Lukas Klostermann David Raum; Christoph Baumbartner (Dani Olmo, m.68), Kevin Kampl, Xaver Schlager, Xavi Sions; Lois Openda and Benjamin Sesko (Yussuf Poulsen, d.67).
1 – Eintracht Frankfurt: Kevin Trapp Puppy, Robin Koch, William Pacho; Eric Ebimbe (Kristijan Jakic, m.72), Hugo Larsson, Mario Gotze (Jens Hauge, m.84), Niels Nkounkou; Ansgar Knauff, Donny Can de Beek (Aurelio Buta, m.63) and Sasa Kalajdzic (Jessic Ngankam, m.62).
Purpose: 0-1, m.7 Ansgar Knauf
Referee: Frank Willenborg. He showed yellow cards to Eric Ebimbe and Hugo Larsson, from Eintracht
Happenings: The match on the seventeenth day of the Bundesliga was played at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig.
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Source: La Verdad
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