The cliché says that football is a game of two halves. That was certainly the case in the Waldstadion today. The first half was apppalling. Oberhausen are easily the worst team to have visited Frankfurt in years, yet it was no surprise that they went ahead. Cha had failed to cover when Ochs joined the attack and we were hit with a simple goal on the counter. Ouch!
Meier, who grows in stature game by game, equalised shortly after, but it was still an anaemic 45 minutes. His industry and the continuing rehabilitation of Chris were the only bright notes. Very little, then, to inspire the 1959 team who had turned up to be presented with a replica of their Championship Trophy during the interval.
Off the pitch, the paint must have been peeling off the dressing-room wall at half time! Funkel rang the changes, and the lifeless Cha and Dragusha made way for Lexa and Marcus Beierle at the start of the second half. With immediate effect.
What a pair of substitutions! Lexa raided down the right and Beierle profitted to make it 2-1 almost from the restart. Then Lexa scored an individual goal that marked his best performance in a Frankfurt shirt in a long, long time. Oberhausen were finished!
Beierle took his second, and was so unlucky over his 45 mins not to get a hat-trick. The Waldstadion’s newest hero “Ari-Ari” van Lent scored, much to his own disbelief! Hoffman popped in the sixth, and in the meantime we let in another soft goal. 6-2 then, though I’m sure if we got a seventh the team would have stood aside to let Oberhausen make it 7-3.
It’s hard to take much of such a facile victory. Oberhausen’s ‘keeper got a well deserved ovation from the crowd at the end. But for him it could easily have been 12 or 15 for Frankfurt.
On the plus side: two goals for Beierle will do no harm to his confidence, Lexa was back to his devastating best (hey, Stephan, throw your shirt in my direction next time!), Meier gets better with every game, and Chris is playing himself back and is a street above 2. Liga level. Oh yeah, we really missed Schur’s leadership in the first half, but he’s back next week.
On the downside: we’re stuck with “Ari-Ari” van Lent up front, and even though he does his best, it’s not good enough at this level. Also, two soft goals, again.
Anyway we’re still looking okay for going up and have a very beatable Schalke at home in the Cup.
Meier, who grows in stature game by game, equalised shortly after, but it was still an anaemic 45 minutes. His industry and the continuing rehabilitation of Chris were the only bright notes. Very little, then, to inspire the 1959 team who had turned up to be presented with a replica of their Championship Trophy during the interval.
Off the pitch, the paint must have been peeling off the dressing-room wall at half time! Funkel rang the changes, and the lifeless Cha and Dragusha made way for Lexa and Marcus Beierle at the start of the second half. With immediate effect.
What a pair of substitutions! Lexa raided down the right and Beierle profitted to make it 2-1 almost from the restart. Then Lexa scored an individual goal that marked his best performance in a Frankfurt shirt in a long, long time. Oberhausen were finished!
Beierle took his second, and was so unlucky over his 45 mins not to get a hat-trick. The Waldstadion’s newest hero “Ari-Ari” van Lent scored, much to his own disbelief! Hoffman popped in the sixth, and in the meantime we let in another soft goal. 6-2 then, though I’m sure if we got a seventh the team would have stood aside to let Oberhausen make it 7-3.
It’s hard to take much of such a facile victory. Oberhausen’s ‘keeper got a well deserved ovation from the crowd at the end. But for him it could easily have been 12 or 15 for Frankfurt.
On the plus side: two goals for Beierle will do no harm to his confidence, Lexa was back to his devastating best (hey, Stephan, throw your shirt in my direction next time!), Meier gets better with every game, and Chris is playing himself back and is a street above 2. Liga level. Oh yeah, we really missed Schur’s leadership in the first half, but he’s back next week.
On the downside: we’re stuck with “Ari-Ari” van Lent up front, and even though he does his best, it’s not good enough at this level. Also, two soft goals, again.
Anyway we’re still looking okay for going up and have a very beatable Schalke at home in the Cup.
Keep the Faith!
Keep up the good work!
Great job Eintracht!!!