He usually uses a hybrid tactical system based on a line of three central defenders, where a young Brazilian (Tuta22 years old), an expert Austrian (Hinteregger29) and a promising French defender, of Cameroonian origin, from Auxerre (N’Dicka22).
Three back, two full-backs who are, in reality, players who go from end to end (Knauff20, and Kostic29), in charge of giving flight to the idea of Oliver Glasner, a 47-year-old Austrian coach, who has not been at Eintracht for a single season.
The German game is supported by a line of three central defenders who protect Trapp, the goalkeeper who conceded to PSG in Barça’s 6-1
Everything is supported by the expert hands of Kevin Trappwho was goalkeeper for Paris SG when he was shaken by Barça in Luis Enrique in the spring of 2017 with that 6-1 that would be, curiously, the end of the trident because Neymar He left months later for the Parc des Princes.
Is Filip Kostic, as Betis can prove, the main offensive capital of the German team, which has two creative footballers (the Danish Lindstrom, 22 years old, and the Japanese Kamada, 25) escorting the Colombian Rafael Santos Borre (26), a scorer with a fleeting step through Atlético and Villarreal before going to the Argentine River Plate, a step prior to his return to Europe through the German gate.
Kostic it is, however, the greatest treasure of Eintracht, remaining as a reminiscence of that golden stage in which the Serbian formed a Balkan connection with the Croatian Ante Rebic (now in Milan) and also Serbian Luka Jovic (nine substitute for Madrid), directed then by the also Croatian Niko Kovacwho left the bench.
“Barça is one of the biggest names in European football. But to put it bluntly: if you pass against the fifth in Spain, you can also do it against the third.”
Oliver Glasner, tecnico del Eintracht
They all left Frankfurt. All but Kostic, whom the club, clinging to the contract that binds him until 2023, did not allow him to leave the team, causing moments of tension in his relationship with the board. Now, he is the beacon as he proved against Betis, transformed into the most dangerous player.
He scored 0-1 at the Benito Villamarín and served the free kick that caused the cruel end in Frankfurt with Rui Silva’s resounding error when 20 seconds had passed of the 120 minutes already exhausted in extra time. That left foot contains poison every time it comes into contact with the ball.
“Don’t stay frozen”
“Barça is one of the most important names in European football,” he acknowledged. Glasner, forced to give two press conferences on a Friday that went down in club history. After midnight he did it to analyze the incredible tie with Betis that opened the doors for him to the Europa League quarterfinals.
Hours later he sat down before the journalists to analyze the duel that will take place in Leipzig and the date with Barcelona in Xavi. “But to put it bluntly: if you pass against the fifth in Spain, you can also do it against the third,” stressed the coach, who did not show excessive concern about facing Barça.
“We are happy. The team and the city deserve this attractive rival. It is important that we do not remain frozen but that we accept this obstacle,” he said. Loudr, spreading a message of maximum ambition.
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“We want to go to the semi-finals. During the international break, we will focus more on Barcelona. Now it is important to find the focus for Leipzig,” said the coach.
“It’s a challenge, perhaps the best rival possible. But we saw that Galatasaray already gave them problems. We also want that,” he said. Markus Kröschesports director of Eintracht, convinced that Barça will be able to follow the same path as Betis.