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In a heated atmosphere, even the end of coach Adi Hütter’s team’s proud streak of success fell apart. Bremer and Frankfurter met after Eintracht’s first loss this year.
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Adi Hütter is actually one of the calmest coaches in the Bundesliga. Cautious in dealing, objective in tackling. But during and after the 1: 2 (1: 0) loss at Werder Bremen, the Eintracht Frankfurt head coach broke “his neck”, as he called it, on Friday night. Hütter confronted his colleague Florian Kohfeldt, even denouncing the behavior of the Bremen people quite frankly. “It is always special here. It has nothing to do with a level,” said the Austrian. “That we have lost here hurts me especially.”
His mood also had something to do with the end of Frankfurt’s proud 11-match winless streak. That is “a setback” in the fight for places in the Champions League. “You have to be so clear about it,” Hütter said, but that wasn’t the only thing that was important to him. Rather, the 51-year-old raised the same allegations that his compatriot Oliver Glasner of VfL Wolfsburg had surprisingly addressed last season: that at Weser Stadium not on the substitute bench, but in the seats behind him, where Bremen team managers supervisors consider that a rather rude tone prevails and that referees and opponents are constantly influenced. “I got caught by it,” Hütter said. And that then drew wider circles.
Hinteregger also did not remain calm
The Frankfurt coach saw the yellow card during the match. After the final whistle, Eintracht defender Martin Hinteregger and Werder forward Niclas Füllkrug were almost palpable amid heated discussions.
Florian Kohfeldt firmly rejected the charge of unsportsmanlike conduct and provocation. “A club like Eintracht Frankfurt – it’s amazing. But we all have to be able to play a football match and then shake hands,” said the Bremen coach. “There are only one or two statements. But you have to be able to lose decently.” Because there would have been insults from the Frankfurter Bank. “Everyone has to wonder what choice of words they found today.”
One problem with this heated match was that Wangen referee Robert Hartmann noticeably spun out of control. Even André Silva’s first goal in Frankfurt (9th minute) shouldn’t have counted because the Portuguese’s 19th goal of the season was preceded by an unjustified corner kick. Theodor Gebre Selassie (47.) tied only after the video assistant intervened, and Joshua Sargent (62.) again suspiciously scored the offside 2-1. In the end, the referee barely had authority over the facts, everything was discussed and commented on.
Hütter: “Werder was disgusting”
“We gave up on a game we had in our hands,” complained Hütter. “Werder was disgusting, they were uncomfortable and we fell into their trap.”
His team had scored 28 out of 30 possible points in the previous eleven Bundesliga games. Eintracht achieved five wins in a row before this 1: 2. What happened on Friday night in Bremen is the test for all the teams that reached the top of the league like in a wave: How do you react when the endurance? What happens if something doesn’t go as expected?
Even Kohfeldt speculated that the early 1-0 had hurt Frankfurt more than good, because this goal gave them a deceptive sense of security. And his own coach, Adi Hütter, said unequivocally: “If you think you can walk through the Bundesliga, it will be difficult. Now it is clear what character the team has. I hope we react to this defeat. The next opponent is called VfB Stuttgart.
