Eintracht Frankfurt’s winning streak is broken. After three threes in a row, the Hessians lost 2: 3 (1: 2) at TSG Hoffenheim.
Sebastian Hoeneß clenched his fist and disappeared in a crowd of cheers in front of the TSG Hoffenheim coaching bench. A few meters further, the Eintracht Frankfurt players crept off the pitch with their heads hanging. Their winning streak was broken – in two respects.
“It’s very annoying,” said Eintracht midfielder Sebastian Rode after the Hessians 2: 3 (1: 2) in the ghost game in Kraichgau after an early lead at Sky: “We lost the thread after the 1-0. In the end it was no longer enough, we no longer had an answer. ” It was the first defeat after three three-pointers in a row. In addition, Eintracht missed their seventh win in a row against TSG.
Dennis Geiger (24th), Georginio Rutter (30th) and Diadie Samassekou (59th) scored for the Hoffenheim team (23 points), who initially climbed to fourth place in the table and expanded their lead over Frankfurt (18 points).
TSG celebrated their third win in a row, and it was also their fifth home win in a row. The goals conceded by Rafael Borre (15th) and Goncalo Paciencia (72nd) didn’t change anything. “That has a lot to do with self-confidence,” said Geiger: “We now have a flow.”
Frankfurt missed the second goal
The Frankfurters were on the trigger in the first few minutes. After a free kick by Filip Kostic, the Colombian Borre had the lead on his head (7th), but the ball landed next to the goal.
The hosts, who had to do without Florian Grillitsch, Ermin Bicakcic, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Marco John and Robert Skov, had an extremely difficult time in the beginning. The lead of Eintracht by Borre after a cross from Jesper Lindström was no surprise.
Even after the hit, the guests determined what happened in the pouring rain. The second goal of Eintracht was in the air, at Hoffenheim not much was possible. The compensation by Geiger’s remarkable long-range shot fell more or less out of nowhere.
The goal caused a break in the Frankfurt game, TSG immediately took command. Rutter’s goal after a failed defense by Eintracht goalkeeper Kevin Trapp turned the game in favor of Hoffenheim. Shortly afterwards, Rutter could even have increased the lead (33rd).
Frankfurt pursues usury of opportunities
At the beginning of the second round, the Frankfurters went back to work more resolutely. Borre was close to equalizing after just a few seconds. Even afterwards, Eintracht pushed for the second goal, and it got tricky in the TSG penalty area several times.
On the other hand, the Kraichgauer had counter-chances. Geiger missed the chance for the third Hoffenheim goal in the 54th minute.
After just under an hour, Samassekou punished the open style of play in Frankfurt, who had already exposed their defense extremely early on. Substitute Pacienca made the game exciting again.
