Ekititike porro meters
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Eintracht Frankfurt has developed a decent starting point on the path of the semi-finals of the Europa League. Unlike FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, Hesse remained undefeated in the quarter -finals in Tottenham Hotspur. For the dream of taking the final on May 21 in Bilbao, the Bundesliga Club has to increase during the return match next Thursday.
Hugo Ekitike (6th minute) put the team of coach Dino Topmöller in mind, Pedro Porro (26th) obtained a balance for the Premier League club before 57,849 fans. The opponent of the winner returning to the semi-finals is either Outsider FK Bodø / Glimt or Lazio Rome-The Norwegian first leg won 2-0.
The weak appearance of Bundesliga in Werder Bremen (0: 2) seemed forgotten in Eintracht in the initial phase. Pushed by Topmöller on the sidelines, Frankfurt started with confidence – and surprised the hosts. After the preliminary work of Ellyes Skhiri, who won the decisive duel in the midfield, Ekitike marked his head with a lot of pace on the left side of the penalty area.
Topmöller had announced Tottenham compared to previous opponents in competition only once again. The Spurs, which are received with trumpet on the peak scene in northern London, show only 14th place in the Premier League. The team around the former Bundesliga Heung-min professional is marking a number of goals.
After the management of Frankfurt, Tottenham has increased more and more towards the penalty of Eintracht, in particular on the left side of the son. On a few occasions, the Bundesliga professionals were able to clarify the ball before it could be really dangerous for their Kauã Santos goalkeeper. The James Maddison cross on porro did not prevent anyone – the defender reached deserved equalization.
The goal was visibly achieved by the Francfurters. The Hessen was now missing the train to the goal for a while. Several false passes prevented an ordered construction game, to the big problem of Topmöller, which in the meantime retired to the bank from the edge of its coach area. An harmless Ekitike shot (45.) – Many more only came in half.
Tottenham had better access to the game over long distances. Two and a half years ago in the match of the two teams in the group phase of the Champions League (2: 3), Francfurt had already conceded three goals in the first half, one of the star of Bavaria today Harry Kane.
Ten minutes after the break at halftime, the transverse bar (55th and 57th) saved and once the chewing reacting reacting (56th) after a high trace of actions, the uniform always stumbled in front of the second goal. At least, dangerous situations seemed to be a kind of alarm clock, before the end of the final phase that Hesse played again.
