<a href="http://www.time.news/bayer-leverkusen-x-west-ham-predictions/" title="Bayer Leverkusen x West Ham Predictions”>Eintracht Frankfurt loses again in Leverkusen. The Hessians are still largely satisfied with their own performance. With that the referee less so.
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It was necessary to talk between Eintracht and the referee Felix Brych.
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12:01 min.|19/19/24, 12:00 am|once
Highlights: Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt
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Markus Krösche could not reach the goal in the 90th minute from his head. The Frankfurt sporting director struggled with referee Felix Brych’s decision to not even look at the scene on the sidelines. “It was a clear penalty,” said Krösche. He was not alone in this opinion on Saturday.
“Not everyone was at their best today”
After a slapstick move by goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, who shot his teammate Jonathan Tah so that the ball almost went into the goal, Hugo Ekitiké splashed into the penalty area and jumped up to head the ball into the empty goal. Tah, who was swinging back, pushed the Frankfurt player, who was already in the air, with his outstretched arm so that he lost his balance and could no longer put any pressure behind the ball. Brych, who had already whistled two penalties, allowed to continue playing.
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09:52 min.|19.10.24|once
The Eintracht PK after the game against Leverkusen
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“I appreciate Felix as a referee, but today I am speechless,” said Eintracht coach Dino Toppmöller after the 2-1 win. “It was clearly dirty. The boys sitting in the dressing room dejected and angry,” said the coach. “In such top games, small things often decide. But unfortunately not everyone was at their best today,” was Toppmöller’s clear message to Brych.
Some controversial decisions
It wasn’t the referee’s first controversial decision this evening. In the fifth minute, Leverkusen was awarded a controversial penalty after studying the video images. Kevin Trapp was able to clear Victor Boniface’s shot. Omar Marmoush gave Frankfurt the lead shortly after – as well as a controversial penalty kick (16th).
Leverkusen were able to turn the fast-paced game around with goals from Robert Andrich (25th) and Boniface (72nd). Leverkusen’s home win was not entirely deserved, as the home team fired far more shots on Frankfurt’s goal (26:9). But Eintracht had no chance in a good Bundesliga game. The Hessians were accordingly worried by the missed penalty in the final phase.
Götze emphasized the positive
The Ekitiké striker was still upset after the game. “That’s crazy, crazy, crazy. I’m alone in front of the goal, that’s a penalty and a red card,” Sky TV quoted him as saying. In an interview with ESPN, the Frenchman also said: “He pushed me, that’s why I fell down. I was so sure to play the ball. I feel unfairly treated.” The team earned points based on their performance.
“Leverkusen was already more dominant and had the better chances to score. But if Heki does it in the last situation, we will go home with 2-2,” summed up Mario Götze. The world champion would like referee Brych to at least take another look at the scene in the “review area”. Götze wants his team not to have to deal with the defeat for too long. “We played a reasonably good game and can be happy at least,” the midfielder tried to emphasize the positive after the annoying end.
You can find assessments from referee manager Knut Kircher and the Leverkusen team about the scene in our ticket:
