Eintracht Frankfurt withdraws from DFB-Pokal – Younes is not badly injured | hessenschau.de

Luka Jovic’s imminent return was just a minor distraction. Eintracht Frankfurt were eliminated from the DFB Cup after losing to Bayer Leverkusen. It was a sigh of relief for Amin Younes on Wednesday.

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Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt has been eliminated from the DFB Cup. The team of coach Adi Hütter, in which the return of forward Luka Jovic from Real Madrid took place shortly before kick-off, lost this Tuesday to Bayer 04 Leverkusen by 1: 4 (1: 1). Amin Younes had already put the 2018 cup winner ahead in the sixth minute of the game.

But as a result, the Rhenish got better and better. Lucas Alario (27th / penalty), Edmond Tapsoba (49th) and Moussa Diaby (67th, 87th) turned the game around. Leverkusen’s Jonathan Tah was shown a red card after an emergency brake on André Silva (73rd).

Younes meets Frankfurt tour …

In a good first football half with chances from both sides and physical actions, Eintracht got off to a perfect start: one of the first offensive efforts on the right wing led to success. Through Daichi Kamada and Silva, the ball landed on Younes, who placed the game material in Leverkusen’s goal from a distance of seven meters (6th).

The start of a cup fight was made. Nobody’s Amiri (12th) could have tied quickly, Silva in a heads up against Lukas Hradecky (13th) or Kamada from the rotation (23rd) could have added. The next blow did not fall out of play, but from the penalty spot. Alario converted (27.) after Frankfurt’s Erik Durm touched the hide in his own penalty area with his elbow.

… and then he has to get injured

From the point of view of Eintracht, the next setback had already been indicated around 1: 1. The scorer Younes had to be substituted after almost half an hour (29th) because shortly before Kerem Demirbay hit him on the foot in a duel . “He took two blows to the Achilles tendon and he couldn’t walk,” Hütter said after the game. “He is not a complainant and he would have liked to continue playing.”

Wednesday afternoon it was time to take a deep breath. As the club announced after investigations, Younes has not suffered serious injuries from the kicks. The return to the team formation should take place in the next few days, depending on the complaints.

Leverkusen has doubts at the head

Back on the sports side of Tuesday night: With the removal of the midfield engine, the game turned upside down, and before the break, Werkself had more chances with a left-foot shot from Wendell (41st) and a header from Lars Bender (42o).

Even after the break, the trend that the home team found better and better in the game continued. Frankfurt had the first good chance of the second round (47) through Durm, but Leverkusen applauded the next goal, but one with dubious accuracy. Shortly before his header, Tapsoba tended to be offside when Demirbay presented his free throw (49th). No video assistant could have reviewed the scene in the second round of the DFB Cup.

The Hessians tried to fight again after all these setbacks, but they were no longer really dangerous against Leverkusen’s team. Martin Hinteregger tried with a free kick, but former Frankfurt goalkeeper Hradecky was no problem (62nd).

The fact that Eintracht could deny the final phase after the red card against Tah (73rd) no longer ensured a rebound. On the contrary: at this point the hosts had already made it 3-1.

After a poor pass from Aymen Barkok, Bayer 04 quickly switched to Amiri and Diaby pushed the ball past Kevin Trapp into the far corner (67). Shortly before the final whistle, Diaby increased to 4: 1 (87). Eintracht Frankfurt are eliminated from the DFB Cup, and are now only in the Bundesliga this season.

Broadcast: hr-fernsehen, DFB-Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt, 01.13.21, midnight