Is unity losing Europe? Riera’s future in Frankfurt in the balance | What’s up, Bundesliga? The observers agreed. The neutral ones, like TV expert Lothar Matthäus, as well as Eintracht sports director Markus Krösche. “There were simply not enough of us. We defended poorly, didn’t have the aggressiveness and didn’t have the moments going forward to really create scoring chances,” was Krösche’s honest conclusion after the 1:3 against RB Leipzig. Only one person had obviously seen a different game: Albert Riera. The Frankfurt coach once again had an alternative, quite exclusive opinion. “I had the feeling that we could keep up and win the game. We had no problem, we just should have been more effective,” Riera tried to make us believe. Matthäus was like many others at Sky who were puzzled by this conclusion: “I can’t understand how he analyzed the game.” In terms of communication, the Spaniard is increasingly on the wrong path, which his team has also taken again in terms of sport after stabilizing in the meantime. After Dino Toppmöller left in mid-January and the unsuccessful interim solution of Dennis Schmitt, Riera’s top priority was to stem the flood of goals conceded. This was successful for the time being. In four of the first six Riera games the score was zero. The Spaniard’s man-oriented pressing, which leads to one-on-one situations all over the field, worked against weaker teams. Admittedly, this only comes at the cost of weakening our own offensive. For the individual class of Leipzig’s offensive department, however, the approach was a gift. Robin Koch, Arthur Theate and Aurele Amenda basically had to pay an entry fee because the three defenders were just spectators for long stretches. Due to their passivity and lack of speed of action, they often didn’t even get into duels, which was particularly mercilessly demonstrated before the 0-1 defeat. The Hessians were still well served by conceding three goals. The efficiency that Riera missed from his team was not present on the Leipzig side either. If Ole Werner’s team had made better use of the numerous scoring chances, especially in the second half, Eintracht would have been sent into late Saturday evening with an absolutely deserved packing, similar to the 6-0 defeat in the first leg. Not only was Riera’s puzzling analysis surprising, personnel decisions are also incomprehensible. After a little more than an hour, Oscar Höjlund was the first Frankfurter to call it a day. In relation to the rest, he was the best man on Eintracht’s side and, alongside Hugo Larsson, who was once again very error-prone, gave the midfield center a certain amount of dynamism and wit. Instead, Can Uzun was allowed to try from now on, but it was clear that he had lost all self-confidence after difficult weeks. By the way, Mario Götze, who is also a candidate for this position purely in terms of player type, was hardly allowed to play after his contract was extended until 2028 and was recently on the bench for over 90 minutes twice. Ritsu Doan, who had to watch an entire game from the sidelines for the first time this season, was able to make himself comfortable next to him on Saturday. The Japanese’s strengths didn’t come into their own under Riera. Krösche’s Optimism for Purpose Against Leipzig, an opponent that Eintracht would like to compete with in the race for Champions League places, the balance after the first and second round games is zero points and 1:9 goals – a difference in class. The two games demonstrated why one club is very likely to play in the premier class next season and the other needs a good season finale and at the same time kind help in order to be able to plan for international business at all. ► Subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss any more videos! Follow us on our other social media channels: ► Instagram: https://instagram.com/kicker ► Facebook: https://facebook.com/kickeronline ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/kicker_bl_li ► TikTok: https://tiktok.com/kicker Our offers: ► kicker app for iOS and Android: https://hyperurl.co/kickerapp ► Website: https://www.kicker.de ► kicker eSport: https://esport.kicker.de
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