FRN 1:0 HER | Eintracht Frankfurt - Hertha BSC (Bundesliga)

Bundesliga

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final

Eintracht Frankfurt

1:0 (1:0)

Hertha BSC

Saturday 25.01.2014, 18:30 • Commerzbank-Arena (Frankfurt am Main) • Bundesliga

		Eintracht Frankfurt finally won a match at home for the first time this year, unbelievably! They jumped ahead to the 14th place with 18 scored points. Hertha stay in 6th place. Frankfurt deserved these 3 points but the match was far from being really great. The second half became better, but real chances were only a few. Final result: Frankfurt – Berlin: 1-0! Thanks for your attention! ---- (20:23:48)
		Game over.
	90+3	Rode with a counter attack, but his ball in was grabbed by Hertha, but visitors lost ball in the midfield. The game looks to be decided, 20 seconds to go.
	90+2	Pekarik was blocked, throw in for Hertha again.
	90+2	Schröck kicked the ball out, throw in for visitors.
	90+1	Schwegler got a yellow card due to pushing.
	90+1	3 extra minutes added to the match. Now Hertha has taken the ball.
	90	Schröck kicked the ball in, Alex Meier got it exact, shot from the right, Lustenberger kicked it out!
	89	Ramos fired the ball after the pass of Pekarik, his shot from the left was saved by Trapp.
	89	Frankfurt lost ball, counter attack now started.
	88	Free kick for Frankfurt, Meier got the ball, turned to the net but a defender kicked the ball away.
	87	Zambrano has to leave the field now, he cannot stand without help now. Hope for recovery in these minutes.
	86	It was dangerous, but Zambrano fell to the ground after a contact with Ronny. The two heads contacted heavily, it can be an injury either!
	86	Zambrano fouled Lustenberger and Wagner too. Free kick for Ronny.
	85	The last change today. Rosenthal is out, and Madlung is in to the pitch for Frankfurt.
	84	Time is ticking and Hertha is not showing the potential to score soon, only 7 minutes left!
	84	Kraft kicked the ball away from about 20 meters away from his net.
	83	Frankfurt nearly gave up the attacks totally, focusing on defence completely. Only some slight trials.
	82	Ronny passed to Ramos to the left side, but Ramos didn't reach it, that pass was not exact.
	81	Schröck fouled Langkamp. Too many fouls are there in these minutes.
	81	Wagner fouled Zambrano, touched his face, free kick for Frankfurt.
	80	Niemeyer kicked the ball in, but Trapp took it in the middle at about 5-6 meters.
	79	Lustenberger kicked the free kick in, Allagui had a header on the right but it bounced high up, arrived behind the goal. No danger.
	78	Skjelbred is substituted for Wagner. Hertha used their 3rd and last change.
	77	Kobiashvili's pass looked great but Pekarik was in offside.
	76	Hertha still passing at the back, only 15 minutes left.
	76	Skjelbred kicked the foot of Zambrano, yellow card was shown.
	75	Aigner is out and Joselu entered the field by Frankfurt. 1 change remaining by both teams.
	74	Hosogai is substituted to Kobiashvili by Hertha.
	73	The replay shows that Zambrano used his left elbow to win the battle. It's controversial.
	72	Ramos fell off near Zambrano. Then Ronny was fighting with the defender and got a yellow card.
	71	Again visitors are passing at the back.
	71	Niemeyer came from behind to shoot, but a defender blocked it bravely, the ball didn't reach the penalty zone either.
	70	Hertha defenders are passing to each other, waiting for opponent to attack them.
	70	The teams settled down in the midfield part of the pitch.
	69	Today's attendance is 42000.
	68	Team Hertha has 23 minutes left to score goals. Frankfurt is defending their goal very well.
	67	The game calmed down now a bit.
	66	Long pass towards Rosenthal was too long, Kraft took it.
	66	Niemeyer kicked the ball in, Ronny was destructed by the goalkeeper but it was not a foul.
	65	Lustenberger saved his team after Schröck stole the ball and kicked in.
	64	Berlin put some pressure on Frankfurt in the last two minutes, but Eintracht now relieved.
	63	Skjelbred passed to Ramos who was not in offside, but it was some centimeters long for him, goal kick after this chance.
	62	Pekarik kicked in, Ramos fired, a defender freed to corner again.
	61	Schröck got the goal kick of Trapp, but lost it, Hertha stole it. Ronny passed to Ramos, who was tackled. Corner.
	61	Allagui fell off in front of the penalty area of Frankfurt, but the referee showed nothing.
	60	Djakpa wanted to kick the ball in from the left, but it was way too deep, Kraft grabbed it easily.
	59	Aigner nearly saved the ball in chance on the right side, but the ball was slightly out of the line.
	58	Distance is 35 meters. After kicking it a team mate fouled inside, Meier was the fouling person.
	57	Foul by Langkamp against Rosenthal. Free kick on the right wing position.
	56	Inui out, Schröck in for Frankfurt while Schulz is substituted by Ronny by Berlin.
	55	Skjelbred got a nice pass inside the zone in the middle, but it was a little bit late, a defender could tackle him. The situation was 3 against 2.
	54	Hertha is trying to take the domination of the midfield now.
	53	Ramos got a ball on the left, but fouled Zambrano.
	52	Inui got a dream pass from Aigner to the left side, had a huge advantage but his tempo was slow and Lustenberger tackled him and Hertha could kick it away. It was quite a big chance.
	51	After getting the ball, Inui quickly lost it against Langkamp.
	50	Inui remained in offside, free kick for Hertha.
	50	Teams have not spun up their speed after the break either.
	49	Rode got a kick from Ramos, free kick out for Eintracht.
	48	Allagui got a pass inside the penalty area on the right side, but he lost it after getting, it could have been a more dangerous chance.
	47	First attack by Eintracht, Meier kicked the ball inside the zone from the right, but Kraft grabbed the ball.
	46	Inui wanted to pass for Rosenthal but a defender filtered the attempt.
	46	Start of 2nd half.
		Frankfurt had more attacks, but the number of dangerous shots is really low. Eintracht has taken the lead in the mid part of the half, so they have slightly better chance. Berlin must spin up their speed to score today. Stay with us after the break, keep watching! ----
	45+1	1st halftime finished.
	45+1	Langkamp got the header but Schulz fouled in the middle, so free kick... could have come but only the end of half.
	45+1	Now a dangerous free kick can come, Schulz was kicked by Schwegler.
	45+1	Only a single minute extra time will be added. It started now.
	45	Langkamp kicked out in front of Rosenthal. It could have been a chance.
	44	Now a free kick after Aigner fouled Pekarik.
	44	Frankfurt possess the ball mostly in these minutes, Hertha only sometimes can keep it.
	43	Schwegler was searching for Rode, a defender headed to Inui, but Hertha filtered the attack finally.
	42	Niemeyer kicked the ball out of the sideline for safe. Throw in for Frankfurt.
	41	Unfortunately the tempo is not quick, only sometimes. Midfield play is the most common in this game, but we have seen a goal already.
	40	Inui kicked a corner in, Schwegler bombed it in the middle immediately but his shot was way too high. Goal kick.
	38	Schulz fired again from the left side about 35 meters from the goal line, it was not dangerous again, too weak, Trapp easily grabbed it.
	36	Goal for Frankfurt! After a huge misunderstanding by two defenders in the middle, the ball bounced between them, Alexander MEIER got the ball, had a solo and kicked the ball immediately in the net from about 12 meters. 1-0 for Frankfurt!
	35	Ramos's handplay will cause a free kick for Eintracht.
	33	Huge crash in the middle between Skjelbred, then Aigner got a big one, but yellow card not seen now.
	33	Last pass for Inui was not good, Schulz got the ball on the left, but the pass was not exact, he had to pass back to the field, chance flew away.
	32	I don't think this match will bring us a harvest of goals.
	31	Kraft was disturbed by a striker, he kicked the ball out of the line.
	31	Inui fouled Skjelbred, free kick for Hertha near their own penalty zone.
	30	Free kick for Hertha, Schulz fired it from 40 meters distance. No problem for Trapp.
	29	Rode fouled Ramos. Number 20 against number 20.
	28	What a dangerous situation without any result! In the middle Schwegler, Inui (twice!) and Rosenthal all searched for the shooting position but none of them got it about 15 meters from the goal line.
	26	Ramos kicked into Djakpa's foot, yellow card awarded for it.
	25	Teams are building their attacks very long but no success so far, the last passes are not reliable.
	25	Niemeyer fouled Aigner in the middle, no reward.
	24	Russ tried to pass very strong to Rosenthal, but Kraft had to save it.
	23	Pekarik had a getaway on the right, but his ball in was way not exact, it was dangerous on the goal, but slightly too high.
	21	Zambrano got a yellow card due to kicking Hosogai.
	20	Pekarik fouled Djakpa, free kick for Frankfurt, however it looked like 50-50%.
	19	Djakpa pushed on Ramos a big one, free kick for Hertha by the half line.
	18	Van den Bergh passed the ball in from the left towards Skjelbred, but a defender could fire it out.
	17	Zambrano fouled Niemeyer, free kick for Hertha.
	16	Russ made himself a good chance to shoot from the right corner of the penalty area but his bomb was a bad one, weak and too wide.
	15	Allagui grabbed the ball after a pass across, he tricked away Djakpa, shot in the middle, it was strong but not exact, slightly wide on the right side of the goal. It was a great chance!
	15	Fortunately Ramos looks to be okay.
	14	Allagui got a nice ball on the right, it was clearly not offside, he fired, Trapp disturbed him by closing the angle so Allagui kicked it way too wide.
	13	Both teams focus on possessing the ball enough.
	13	The speed is good enough but we could not see dangerous chances today so far.
	12	Jung kicked the ball into the penalty area from the right, Pekarik headed it out of the sideline.
	11	Schultz passed to van den Bergh on the left side, he fouled his defender, Frankfurt got the free kick.
	10	Skjelbred got the ball after a nice attack, but he didn't hit the ball properly, it was bouncing into the hands of Trapp.
	8	Jung wanted to kick the ball in from the right side, it bounced on a head, Djakpa couldn't save it on the left side, but it was out from his leg. Goal kick.
	8	Long ball ahead is too long, Hertha takes it.
	7	Frankfurt is passing at the back. Now Russ and Djakpa are passing, finally Trapp got the ball.
	6	Ramos is back to the pitch, probably his injury is not serious.
	5	Teams are focusing on defence so far, no dangerous chance has been yet.
	4	Ramos has painful face, hopefully it's not the end of his match so early.
	4	Adrian Ramos stayed on the ground after he tackled Djakpa. His leg slightly injured.
	3	Allagui lost the ball close to a shooting position in the middle.
	2	Van den Bergh gave the ball home for safety reasons.
	1	Frankfurt is playing in red, Berlin in blue.
	1	Game started.
		Starting lineups: Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp – Djakpa, Russ, Zambrano, Jung – Rode, Schwegler – Inui, Meier, Aigner – Rosenthal Subs: Wiedwald – Joselu, Kadlec, Schröck, Barnetta, Weis, Madlung Hertha BSC: Kraft – Pekarik, Lustenberger, Langkamp, van den Bergh – Niemeyer, Hogogai – Allagui, Skjelbred, Schulz – Ramos Subs: Jarstein – Kobiashvili, Janker, N'Djeng, Ronny, Wagner, Mukhtar Referees: Drees – Christ, Gittelmann.
		Welcome. Game starts at 18:30.

Commentary by

Kármán Zoltán

Goals & lineups

Goals: 36. Meier

Cards: 21. Zambrano (FRA), 90+1. Schwegler (FRA) – 26. Ramos (BER), 72. Ronny (BER), 76. Skjelbred (BER)

Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp – Djakpa, Russ, Zambrano, Jung – Rode, Schwegler – Inui, Meier, Aigner – Rosenthal
Subs: Wiedwald – Joselu, Kadlec, Schröck, Barnetta, Weis, Madlung

Hertha BSC: Kraft – Pekarik, Lustenberger, Langkamp, van den Bergh – Niemeyer, Hogogai – Allagui, Skjelbred, Schulz – Ramos
Subs: Jarstein – Kobiashvili, Janker, N'Djeng, Ronny, Wagner, Mukhtar

Referees: Drees – Christ, Gittelmann

Attendance: 42000