Eintracht Frankfurt reacts to narrow loss to Bayern Munich

As irritating because it was for Bayern Munich as management of their eventual 3-2 Bundesliga win over Eintracht Frankfurt slipped from their grasp, the extra elating it was for Frankfurt. Die Adler have had a rotten 2026 up to now, as their run of matches and not using a win went as much as 8 as earlier head coachDino Toppmöller left the membership and, amid delays in getting a brand new everlasting rent within the place, an interim was put in place. However new head coach Albert Riera has had a constructive affect since arriving, with a draw after which a win to lastly break the run and not using a win.

A visit to Munich isn’t what the physician ordered for a staff attempting to regular themselves once more, although, so there was a sure trepidation within the fandom forward of their away match in opposition to Die Rekordmeister. The anticipated outcome did come to go as Bayern gained the match, however after a horrible first half Frankfurt actually discovered their footing and made the Bavarians sweat.

Accordingly, Frankfurt had been completely satisfied in regards to the efficiency and particularly the enhancements proven within the second half.

“I’m answerable for the plan and the positioning, however finally the gamers are crucial factor,” Riera mentioned, as captured by Bayern’s official web site. “At halftime, I instructed the lads that we had been 2-0 down resulting from two set items and that we didn’t want to cover. We solely made minor changes at halftime and did significantly better within the second half.”

Striker Jonathan Burkardt, who made his first look since his damage in November, decreased the arrears to 3-1 and echoes the idea his head coach discovered within the second half: “We obtained into the sport too late, however we are able to additionally take lots of positives away from it. Hitting the submit clearly hurts. We performed effectively within the second half, however nonetheless deserved to lose. Whenever you’re so shut on the finish, you’d naturally have preferred to take one thing away from the sport. We’ve seen that if we keep on with our type of play, it could work in opposition to any opponent.”

Defender Nmandi Collins, in the meantime, solely had eyes for the way forward for the membership with Riera as coach: “All of us attempt our greatest to implement the issues we provide you with in coaching. I’m very completely satisfied, the cooperation is excellent and harmonious.”

Now the crucial for Frankfurt is for them to hold this momentum into the following matches and make up some factors on the groups above them.

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