Although the next striker at Eintracht Frankfurt was injured, the Hessians won Albert Riera’s home debut on matchday 22 against Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 (2-0) and increased their crisis in the Bundesliga. With the surprisingly clear victory, Eintracht celebrates their first three-pointer in 2026 and, with four points from two games since Riera took office, has some breathing room again. After the 4:6 in the first leg, the Gladbachers have now conceded nine goals in two games against Frankfurt and have been waiting for a success in six Bundesliga games. Nathaniel Brown gave Frankfurt the lead (24th minute), Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab made it 2-0 (34th), Ansgar Knauff made the final score (75th). _________________________________________________________________________________ Bundesliga, DFB Cup, international matches: Here we provide you with the highlights – completely without advertising. Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportschauFussball?%20sub_confirmation=1 Sports documentaries, cycling, winter sports and more: https://www.youtube.com/@sportschau?%20sub_confirmation=1 Sportschau on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportschau/ Sportschau on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sportschau?lang=de-DE Sportschau on Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9i3DXKwqSNjGhkUo46 Sports news at: https://www.sportschau.de/ In the 4th minute, Eintracht opened the game with the first approach to the goal. After a long ball to Arnaud Kalimuendo, Moritz Nicolas played cleverly, rushed out of his goal and blocked the attempt of the Frankfurt attacker, who tried to poke the ball past Gladbach’s keeper with his long leg. The next chance finally meant the first change on the scoreboard: Nathaniel Brown asserted himself strongly against two opponents on his left side and sent Jean-Matteo Bahoya on his way, who sprinted through and passed back into the middle, where Brown finished at full speed into the far corner to make it 1-0 and had no real opponent. Although the Borussia team subsequently obviously did more for the game and occasionally approached dangerously, it was the Frankfurt team who upped the ante: in the 34th minute, the agile Bahoya found Amaimouni-Echghouyab on the right while running through the center, who courageously moved inside, finished and then had the luck of the brave as Lukas Ullrich’s foot sent the ball unstoppable into the far corner to make it 2-0 falsified. Eugen Polanski’s team remained active despite the two blows to the neck, repeatedly creating opportunities against a visibly unsettled Eintracht defense, but failed due to a lack of accuracy (Philipp Sander 30th, Kevin Stöger 45th) or a Frankfurt leg that was thrown in at the last second (Sander 42nd, Reitz 43rd). In any case, the 2-0 score at halftime didn’t entirely correspond to how the game was going; Eintracht was simply the more effective team. In the second half, Gladbach continued to press straight away: after a cross from the right, Haris Tabakovic’s header was denied by the flying Kaua Santos (48′). Overall, the Riera team did a much better job of keeping Borussia away from their own goal – even though Rasmus Kristensen was also injured during the break and had to stay out. With clever fouls, a lot of willingness to run and a little more pressure against Gladbach’s structure, Mario Götze and Co. controlled the game without having much possession of the ball themselves. Instead of a big Gladbach final offensive, the preliminary decision came in the 75th minute: After a long ball from Kaua Santos, Takai took the ball far too carelessly and uncleanly and was given a painful taste of Knauff’s speed: The attacker, who had just replaced Götze, took the ball from Takai’s foot and coldly shot it against Nicolas to make it 3-0. The clear lead visibly gave the hosts more self-confidence, and Kaua Santos, who had often been so shaky lately, stood out again in the final phase with a great save against Wael Mohya (84th), received congratulations from his colleagues and then celebrated the long-awaited victory with them. For Polanski, the coming days could be quite uncomfortable, despite a good performance in the first round. Starting lineups: Eintracht Frankfurt: Kaua Santos – Kristensen, Amenda, R. Koch, Brown – Larsson, Amaimouni-Echghouyab, Doan, M. Götze, Bahoya – Kalimuendo Coach: Albert Riera Borussia Mönchengladbach: Nicolas – Sander, Elvedi, Takai – Engelhardt, Castrop, Ullrich, Reitz, Stöger – Honorat, Tabakovic Coach: Eugen Polanski Referee: Martin Petersen #bundesliga #sportschaubundesliga #sportschau Fußball
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