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Without the ailing Jonas Hector, but with the entry of Frankfurt, Marius Wolf, Cologne had a lot of difficulty developing a concept for their playing forward. This was also due to Frankfurt’s pressure play, which effectively disrupted Cologne’s attacking efforts early on.
Aside from a shot from Frankfurt’s André Silva in the opening phase, which missed his target, the 300 spectators in the Cologne stadium saw almost no action worth mentioning. Even with the few standards, the FC did not develop goal risk.
The Frankfurt tour in “untimely”
Eintracht tried to seize the advantages and the opportunities by possessing the ball, successfully: in the 45th minute, Cologne defender Sebastiaan Bornauw attacked Daichi Kamada too clumsily and knocked the Japanese down. Referee Sven Jablonski decided on the sanctions after studying the video recording. André Silva swung sharply down to the right, the blow to the neck hitting Colonia immediately before the half-time whistle.
After the break there were two more shocking moments for the hosts: first Kamada went over the ball with a good chance in a central position, a little later goalkeeper Timo Horn shot his own defender on a goal kick. But then the tide turned on the Cologne game.
A good move leads to a call
In the 54th minute, Kingsley Ehizibue crossed from the right precisely on Ondrej Duda who had also run. No Frankfurt near him: Duda’s shot was unsustainable for Eintracht goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.
From this moment on, both teams acted with much more determination, especially the home team sought with much more intensity the way to the opposing goal than in the first part of the match. Again Duda had the opportunity to lead Cologne (64th), but missed Trapp, Frankfurt’s Bas Dost, however, he also had the advantage with a strong shot to the foot (71st), but found his teacher in Cologne on goalkeeper Horn.
Last quarter of an hour dedicated
Amin Younes missed Frankfurt’s biggest opportunity in his first competitive match for Eintracht about a quarter of an hour before the end: Rafael Czichos managed to deflect his shot with his right leg around the post. Younes cheered the Frankfurt game on, but Cologne kept the guests under control thanks to their combative style of play.
The final point was a firm right-footed shot from Anthony Modeste, who missed the Frankfurt goal. The 1-1 draw was ultimately a performance-based result. “It was definitely not a pretty game to watch.”said former Frankfurt Marius Wolf, but emphasized: “We can take advantage of that point, and we don’t play bad either.” Scorer Duda said: “I’m happy to be back. We can play football, we have quality.”said scorer Duda. But it’s time “to get three points.”
1. FC Köln have to play at VfB Stuttgart on Friday (23.10.2020, 8.30 pm), Eintracht Frankfurt will play one day later (3.30 pm) at Bayern Munich.
