German Cup: Eintracht deceives Gladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach despite its numerical superiority and qualified for the round of 16 of the German Cup. Arthur Thiaty was sent off for handball. Just last Sunday, the Belgian was also sent off in the Bundesliga for a controversial yellow and red card. Hessian won 2:1 (1:0) on Wednesday.

The first half of the match was marked by two solo strikes: when Kevin Stoger crossed for Lukas Ulrich in the 15th minute, the left-back had only Theat in front of him.

He slipped a bit in the duel, but when he fell he played the ball with his hand and thus prevented Gladbach from having a clear scoring chance. Referee Matthias Golenbeck did not hesitate for a moment and immediately showed red (15th place).

A second individual effort led to the opening goal for the hosts: after gaining possession in the defensive midfield, Ilyas Sekhiri sent a pass to Hugo Ekitiki, who was not stopped by Marvin Friedrich or goalkeeper Moritz Nikola and pushed the ball into the net (min. 45+). 2).

Quick kick after the break

Coach Gerardo Siwani's team quickly made up for the difference after the break. Tim Kleindienst watched Ko Itakura's shot from a central position. With the help of the left post, the ball scored the equalizing goal (47).

As a result, Gladbach seemed to want to control the match by majority – and Dino Topmüller reacted: Frankfurt coach brought Omar Marmoush into the match and thus replaced the winning scorer.

Borussia was unable to get the ball out of the danger zone in a rampage in front of Nikola's goal. Marmoush triumphed in the narrowest space and shot the ball under the crossbar from close range (70) – and a convincing celebration was guaranteed.

Gladbach Final attack stays out

Borussia failed to give the fans the strong rebellion they were hoping for, and even allowed several chances for Frankfurt through Skhiri and Marmoush.

Toppmöller is happy with his team's 'mentality'.

“When I see what we invested in today – we had less time to recover, we played more games and we got the justified red card – it shows the mentality of this team.”Eintracht coach Dino Topmüller said happily into the ARD microphone after the match: He added: “Omar is of course an important part of it, but talking about just one individual today would not be fair.”